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Network & Firewall Tuning • March 17, 2026 • 6 Min Read

Minecraft SRV Records & Cloudflare Proxy: Mapping Domain Names Without Exposing Ports

Connect domain names to game servers running on non-standard ports. Configuring DNS SRV records for Minecraft and TeamSpeak with zero port confusion.

M By Marcus Vance, Principal Sysadmin

Eliminating the Need for Port Numbers

SRV (Service) records allow players to enter play.yourdomain.com into game clients without appending :25565, even if your backend server runs on port 25580.