# Trying to setup a Minecraft server using zrok

**URL:** <https://openziti.discourse.group/t/trying-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-using-zrok/5677>\
**Category:** zrok\
**Created:** [March 4, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/trying-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-using-zrok/5677 "2026-03-04T16:54:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Desd0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Desd0](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/Desd0)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/trying-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-using-zrok/5677/1 "2026-03-04T16:54:55Z")

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Hello, I am currently trying to setup a minecraft server using zrok and followed this video’s steps meticulously:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq43hp6n9rE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq43hp6n9rE), it was working as fine before but now when I try to do this command:powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File start-server.ps1; it now results into this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/netfoundry/original/2X/1/17ec37d799fbe6891aab00dc25ed7fc682e46390.png)

P.S. I am using Windows 11 as of writing this, it was ok when I was still on Windows 10.

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**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/trying-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-using-zrok/5677/2 "2026-03-04T18:43:16Z")

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Hi @Desd0, welcome to the community and to OpenZiti/zrok!

I assume you're running the powershell I put out on my personal repo here: [minecraft-zrok-bootstrapper/start-server.ps1 at main · dovholuknf/minecraft-zrok-bootstrapper · GitHub](https://github.com/dovholuknf/minecraft-zrok-bootstrapper/blob/main/start-server.ps1)

Part of those steps from that associated README say:

> - edit the script and update the PATH\_TO\_ZROK with the location of your zrok.exe

Can you open your `start-server.ps1` script, find that line ([it should be the top of the file](https://github.com/dovholuknf/minecraft-zrok-bootstrapper/blob/main/start-server.ps1#L1)) and right after that, add one more line that says:

```auto
&($PATH_TO_ZROK) version

```

and run it again? OR jsut show me the output of the zrok version command?

For example mine shows this:

```auto
.\start-server.ps1
               _
 _______  ___| |__
|_ / '__/ _ \| |/ /
 / /| | | (_) | <
/ ___|_| \___ /|_|\_\

v0.4.23 [8d88e32d]

```

I'm thinking maybe you have a newer binary? What version of zrok do you have?

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**Author:** ![Desd0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Desd0](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/Desd0)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/trying-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-using-zrok/5677/3 "2026-03-05T13:41:13Z")

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Hello, I am using the 1.1.11 version of zrok, I tried the old version I used before, which was zrok version 0.4.26, worked fine in that version; also, does Windows 11 or the settings on my firewall has something to do with my issue?

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**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/trying-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-using-zrok/5677/4 "2026-03-09T12:10:25Z")

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Ok. Is that one screenshot all of the output Can you please run it and capture the output so that I can see any/all of the output?

what if you try to run the zrok command directly. Can you try that and let's see the output? Based on your screen shot it should be:

```auto
t:\wherever\you\have\zrok.exe share reserved mugg9w4h6rminecraft

```

Can you run that from powershell? Make sure you use the full path to zrok (i used a fake one above)