# Minecraft balena server not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Created:** [October 13, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836 "2020-10-13T06:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@Unknown](https://forums.balena.io/u/Unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/1 "2020-10-13T06:18:00Z")
Hi, I’ve recently used this tutorial: [https://www.balena.io/blog/how-to-create-a-minecraft-server-for-the-pi-4-with-balena/](https://www.balena.io/blog/how-to-create-a-minecraft-server-for-the-pi-4-with-balena/) to create a minecraft server on my raspberry pi 4 with 2gb of ram, however i can’t connect to it and get the below error: ![Image 13-10-20 at 11.56 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/9/9acd74f21ae952fe09bd70f9d198f4b046c8d104.jpeg) this is my output from the balena dashboard that i think is related to the problem ```auto [04:10:59 INFO]: Starting GS4 status listener [04:10:59 WARN]: Unable to determine local host IP, please set server-ip in server.properties 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server java.net.UnknownHostException: balenaminecraftserver: balenaminecraftserver: No address associated with hostname 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1642) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.RemoteStatusListener.(SourceFile:67) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-220] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.RemoteStatusListener.a(SourceFile:89) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-220] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:248) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-220] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:939) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-220] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.MinecraftServer.lambda$a$0(MinecraftServer.java:177) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-220] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: balenaminecraftserver: No address associated with hostname 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress$PlatformNameService.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:929) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressesFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1515) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress$NameServiceAddresses.get(InetAddress.java:848) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1505) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1637) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 12:10:59 (+0800) mc-server ... 6 more ``` ---
**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/7 "2020-10-13T06:31:51Z")
Hi Are you setting this up for playing over the local network? ---
**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/8 "2020-10-13T06:34:26Z")
Can you tell the detailed steps that you did to get here? I am guessing you flashed the pi, the device came online, and this is what you saw - is that right? Did you run any other commands? ---
**Author:** ![Unknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@Unknown](https://forums.balena.io/u/Unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/12 "2020-10-13T06:47:48Z")
I’m trying to set it up for the local network - and have been messing around with it for about an hour trying to get it to work - i managed to fix the corrupt jarfile issue and get it to not come up with the error ‘could not connect’ but got stuck on this. I haven’t been able to access the server at any point throughout my debugging if that helps ---
**Author:** ![mtoman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mtoman/32/3599_2.png) [@mtoman](https://forums.balena.io/u/mtoman)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/14 "2020-10-13T12:50:41Z")
Hi, I have tried setting up the server and I can confirm that I am able to see the message you shared but it looks like a warning to me, below that I can see the server starting successfully: ```auto [12:44:11 INFO]: Starting GS4 status listener [12:44:11 WARN]: Unable to determine local host IP, please set server-ip in server.properties 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server java.net.UnknownHostException: balenaminecraftserver: balenaminecraftserver: No address associated with hostname 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1642) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.RemoteStatusListener.(SourceFile:67) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-228] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.RemoteStatusListener.a(SourceFile:89) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-228] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:248) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-228] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:939) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-228] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R2.MinecraftServer.lambda$a$0(MinecraftServer.java:177) ~[patched_1.16.3.jar:git-Paper-228] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: balenaminecraftserver: No address associated with hostname 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress$PlatformNameService.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:929) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressesFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1515) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress$NameServiceAddresses.get(InetAddress.java:848) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1505) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1637) ~[?:?] 13.10.20 14:44:11 (+0200) mc-server ... 6 more [12:44:11 INFO]: Thread Query Listener started [12:44:11 INFO]: Starting remote control listener [12:44:11 INFO]: Query running on 0.0.0.0:25565 [12:44:11 INFO]: Thread RCON Listener started [12:44:11 INFO]: RCON running on 0.0.0.0:25575 [12:44:11 INFO]: Running delayed init tasks [12:44:11 INFO]: Done (17.407s)! For help, type "help" ``` Can you check whether you can see that as well? Or share the whole log from the `mc-server` service if you do not mind. Also, are you trying to connect using the `balenaminecraftserver` hostname to connect to the server? Could you try using the IP address to connect and see whether that works? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Unknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@Unknown](https://forums.balena.io/u/Unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/16 "2020-10-14T02:27:55Z")
It seems to have started working when i turned on my pi this morning - i could successfully connect using the address balenaminecraftserver, which is weird because it wouldn’t work before. Thanks for your help and I’m sorry for any inconvenience caused. ---
**Author:** ![daniel.crowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@daniel.crowe](https://forums.balena.io/u/daniel.crowe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/19 "2021-08-25T00:12:19Z")
I came here for a different balena project that was failing due to the same exception. I eventually found the solution and I thought I’d post it here in case anyone else needs it. To fix this error, you need to add an entry to `/etc/hosts` pointing the balena device name to `127.0.0.1`. See here for more info: [java - InetAddress.getLocalHost() throws UnknownHostException - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1881967) My project was running some java code over SSH on a balena device. The call the `InetAddress.getLocalHost` works fine when run directly, but fails over SSH. ---
**Author:** ![Lizzieepton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/lizzieepton/32/5393_2.png) [@Lizzieepton](https://forums.balena.io/u/Lizzieepton)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/minecraft-balena-server-not-working/197836/20 "2021-08-25T15:13:18Z")
Thanks for sharing @daniel-crowe!