Automate Your Minecraft Server: Start, Stop & Kill with BisectHosting Schedules (Full Guide)
0Ready to give your Minecraft server its own daily routine? In this step-by-step tutorial I walk you through creating three powerful BisectHosting schedules that:
Start a powered-off server at the exact time you choose.
Stop the server gracefully each day (with a player warning).
Kill any stubborn process that ignored the stop order—so you never pay for idle time!
Along the way you’ll see a real-world “oops” moment: I accidentally put the stop task before the warning say task—and the message never fired. Watch me diagnose the failure, adjust the timing, reorder the tasks, and prove the fix live on camera. You’ll leave knowing why task order matters and how schedule names keep you organized.
🔧 What You’ll Learn
1. Choosing smart schedule names that reflect their tasks
2. Setting precise execution times (with 24 h clock)
3. Preventing lost player progress with a 15-minute warning
4. Using “kill” as a safety net, not a first resort
Video Jump Table
00:00 How to Start and Stop a Minecraft Server
00:30 Create schedule set
00:40 Name each schedule
00:50 Add Start-Server schedule
02:38 Insert command into schedule
03:10 Select Start-Server task
03:45 Add Stop-Server schedule
04:00 Set stop time
04:30 Define "online" status
05:27 Add Kill-Server schedule
06:10 Configure Kill-Server task
07:00 Append task to Stop schedule
07:20 30-min request limited to 15-min cap
07:45 Task order fixed by entry sequence
09:30 Start schedule executes
11:15 List server time
11:40 Schedule processing visible
11:50 Order importance confirmed
12:20 Discuss Kill-Server schedule
12:30 Kill schedule ran successfully
12:50 Rebuild Stop schedule
13:40 Enter tasks in correct order
14:00 15-second demo delay set
14:30 Power action added
14:50 Reschedule other events
16:00 Observe Start schedule run
16:50 Explain server vs local time
17:49 Stop schedule executes
Useful Links
BisectHosting: Minecraft & other game servers: https://bisecthosting.com/
Scheduling Tasks: https://www.bisecthosting.com/clients/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/186/How-to-schedule-tasks-on-the-Starbase-panel.html
Automatic Restarts: https://www.bisecthosting.com/clients/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/331/How-to-schedule-automatic-restarts-on-the-Starbase-panel.html
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