Lodestone Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Lodestone hosting and run your own Minecraft server manager on your own domain. xCloud runs Lodestone Core 0.5.1 from the official image pinned by immutable digest, mounts a persistent data volume and publishes Core's HTTP API over HTTPS in minutes — then you add it to the Lodestone dashboard at lodestone.cc and create your first Minecraft instance.

Deploy your Lodestone

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What is Lodestone?

Lodestone is a free, open-source server hosting tool for Minecraft and other multiplayer games, built with Rust, React and TypeScript. Its backend, Lodestone Core, is an authenticated HTTP API that creates and runs game server instances; the dashboard is a separate web interface that connects to a Core.

This deployment runs Lodestone Core 0.5.1 on your own xCloud server. Core has no web interface of its own: you open the Lodestone dashboard at lodestone.cc, add your Core's HTTPS address and manage your Minecraft instances from there.

From Sign-Up to a Live Core In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Lodestone Core normally means a container, a data volume, a domain and a certificate before the dashboard can reach it. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Lodestone from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in and no credentials to generate.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Lodestone Core image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no companion services, mount the lodestone_data volume, and publish Core's HTTP API on port 16662 over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Connect The Dashboard
Copy the Core URL and Dashboard link from your installation credentials, read the one-time setup key from the container log, open lodestone.cc and add your Core by its HTTPS address. Create the owner account right away, then create your first Minecraft instance.

Everything Lodestone Does, On Your Own Server

Lodestone Core runs in full here: the authenticated API behind HTTPS on your own domain, with its users, instances and settings on a volume you own.

Minecraft Instances From One Dashboard
Create and manage Minecraft instances from the Lodestone dashboard, which talks to your own Core over HTTPS.
One-Time Owner Setup
The owner account is created once, from the dashboard, with a setup key printed in the container log. Wrong and replayed keys are rejected, and after setup API access requires a signed-in user.
Playit.gg Tunneling
Playit.gg integration is on by default in Core, so Minecraft instances can be reached without publishing game ports. You can turn it off in Core settings.
File Manager And Permissions
Upstream lists a file manager with upload, download, unzip and copy and paste, plus user permission management for collaborative remote server management.
Java And Server JARs On Demand
Java runtimes and server JARs download into the data volume when you create an instance, so there is nothing to pre-install.
Everything On One Volume
Users, SQLite data, instances, downloaded Java, settings, logs and the optional playit.toml all live on lodestone_data and survived an xCloud Restart in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Minecraft Server Manager 24/7

Managed hosting for Lodestone Core, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Lodestone Core 0.5.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Single container, no extra services
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Lodestone

Run your own Core
Manage Minecraft instances from the hosted Lodestone dashboard while Core, its users and its data stay on a server you control.
Reach servers without port forwarding
Playit.gg tunneling is on by default in Core, so players can reach an instance through an outbound tunnel instead of published game ports.
Share management with a community
Upstream describes collaborative remote server and resource management with user permission management, for communities that run servers together.
Keep server state in one place
Users, instances, downloaded Java and settings sit on one data volume you can back up as a unit.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Lodestone hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for several instances at the dashboard's default RAM sizes.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Lodestone itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Minecraft Server Manager?

Lodestone on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is installed?

Lodestone Core 0.5.1, the API server. There is no built-in web interface: opening your domain's root returns an empty 404, and the info endpoint is /api/v1/info.

How do I sign in?

Open the Lodestone dashboard at lodestone.cc, add your Core's HTTPS address, and create the owner account with the one-time setup key printed in the container log. Complete owner setup immediately: the key is reissued on every restart until an owner exists.

What runs alongside Lodestone?

Nothing. It is a single container with SQLite storage on the data volume.

How do players connect?

Playit.gg is enabled by default in Core and opens an outbound tunnel for Minecraft instances; you can turn it off in Core settings. The template does not publish extra game ports or UDP.

Can I run Docker-backed instances?

No. The Docker socket is not mounted, so Docker-backed instances are not supported.

What should I back up?

The lodestone_data volume, as one unit: it holds users, SQLite data, instances, downloaded Java, global settings, logs and the optional playit.toml.

Backups in xCloud

Is there an upload size limit?

Yes. Uploads through HTTPS are limited to 100 MB per request.

What survives a restart?

Core settings, users and instances live on lodestone_data. In QA the owner login and the Core name were still present after an xCloud Restart.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Lodestone?

No. The template pins Lodestone Core 0.5.1 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 12 MiB. Minecraft instances need more RAM than Core itself — the dashboard defaults to 1024–2048 MB per instance — so this page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Lodestone?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Lodestone project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Lodestone project.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.