itzg/minecraft-server unable to connect

[waxen helm]

Hello!
I'm trying to deploy an instance of the itzg/minecraft-server image, and am unable to connect to it for some reason. When i deploy the template, the TCP address automatically points to 25565, so i know it's not a mismatched port or anything

[tender gull]

You are connecting to the Railway provided port, right?

Railway proxies abc.rlwy.net:???? to abc.railway.internal:25565
You have to use the first port to connect

[cerulean heath]

New reply sent from Central Station thread:

Hi,
👋🏽
Just a heads up, the reason you can’t connect is because Railway doesn’t expose port 25565 directly. That port only exists inside the container. Railway assigns a random public port on every deploy and then proxies traffic from that public port to 25565 internally.
To fix it, go to your service in Railway → Deployments → Networking tab. Look for the “TCP Public Port.” That’s the port you actually need to use.
Instead of connecting to abc.rlwy.net:25565, you need to connect to abc.rlwy.net:<the-public-port-they-give-you>. It’ll be something like 34829 or 51244 depending on the deploy.
As long as your container is listening on 25565 inside, you just connect using the Railway-assigned port outside and it’ll work.

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