Create a Minecraft server schedule in your game panel: add a schedule with cron-style times, then a task such as a daily restart. This guide sets up 1 restart a day at 1 am.
How to create a Minecraft server schedule
- Log in to your game panel at https://gamepanel2.gtxgaming.co.uk/
- Click Manage Server on the server you want to set up a scheduled task on.
- Change to the Schedules page.
- Click Create Schedule.
- Enter a name for the schedule. For this guide we use 'Daily Schedule'.
- Enter the Minute, Hour, Day of month, Month and Day of week for when you want the schedule to run. For this guide we do 1 restart a day at 1 am.
Examples of schedules
Each example lists the values for Minute, Hour, Day of month, Month and Day of week, in that order. * means "every".
- Every 30 minutes: Minute
*/30, Hour*, Day of month*, Month*, Day of week* - Every 6 hours: Minute
0, Hour*/6, Day of month*, Month*, Day of week* - Once a day: Minute
0, Hour0, Day of month*, Month*, Day of week* - At 0 minutes past the hour, every 6 hours, starting at 03:00 AM: Minute
0, Hour3/6, Day of month*, Month*, Day of week*
Add the task to the schedule
- After creating the schedule, specify what the task does. To add a task, click the New Task button.
- Click the Action drop-down and select the action you want the task to perform. For this guide we use "Send power action to restart the server".
- Click the Payload drop-down menu, select the action you want the task to perform, then click Create Task.
- Once the task is set up, the schedule shows when it will run and what the task will perform.
Minecraft schedule questions
How do I create a Minecraft server schedule?
In the game panel click Manage Server, open Schedules, click Create Schedule, give it a name and the Minute, Hour, Day of month, Month and Day of week values, then add a New Task with the action you want (for example a restart power action) and click Create Task.
How do I restart my Minecraft server every 6 hours?
Create a schedule with Minute 0, Hour */6 and * for Day of month, Month and Day of week, then add a task with the Send power action action and the Restart the server payload.
Want your own Minecraft server? See Minecraft server hosting or Minecraft Bedrock server hosting.
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