SRV records on Minecraft servers
Hello, I have 2 minecraft servers on 1 dedicated server, 1 of them is hosted on port 25565 respectively without additional SRV record in cloudflare, but the 2nd server is already hosted on port 25566 and for it I made SRV record which looks like this
The problem is that sometimes when I go to mc.example.com I am not redirected to this server I need but to the main server, which is hosted on 25565 port, it is very rare cases but I write about it several players once a day exactly.
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As I see it, you're attempting to use
mc.example.com to connect with, on both servers at the same time, and where both of the servers run on the exact same IP address?
If that is correctly understood, I would start by changing it so you are using a different, and unique name for each server, e.g. mc-1.example.com and mc-2.example.com.No, you don't understand, I have 1 dedicated server running 2 minecraft servers.
The domain of the 1st server is: mc.example.com, I don't make SRV record for it because the port on which this server is running is 25565 therefore only A record is enough.
Server domain 2 is: mc.test.com, it is already running on port 25566 for example so I do the SRV record above for it, but sometimes when people try to go to mc.test.com they get to the server mc.example.com, and I don't understand what this is related to.
It's on the exact same IP address, right?
I don't make SRV record for it because the port on which this server is running is 25565 therefore only A record is enough.Although that is actually true when you run on the default port, have you actually tried with two different SRV records, one for each? In the past at least, I've heard about multiple Minecraft versions, where some versions would support SRV records, and other's wouldn't, - however, I have no information about how deep or far that reaches. If you're dealing with an older client that doesn't support SRV, that could eventually be the problem. I could be tempted to try something like: For
example.com:
_minecraft._tcp.mc SRV 0 5 25565 minecraft-ip.example.com
minecraft-ip A 192.0.2.123
For example.net:
_minecraft._tcp.mc SRV 0 5 25566 minecraft-ip.example.net
minecraft-ip A 192.0.2.123
Alternatively, if you want both mc.example.com and example.com to work, then something like:
For example.com:
_minecraft._tcp SRV 0 5 25565 minecraft-ip.example.com
_minecraft._tcp.mc SRV 0 5 25565 minecraft-ip.example.com
minecraft-ip A 192.0.2.123
For example.net:
_minecraft._tcp SRV 0 5 25566 minecraft-ip.example.net
_minecraft._tcp.mc SRV 0 5 25566 minecraft-ip.example.net
minecraft-ip A 192.0.2.123
So you're explictly setting it up with SRV, even if it is normally not necessary.