Offline MOTD
Stopped, installing or suspended Minecraft servers still answer in the server list, with your own message.
Stratum → Servers → Offline MOTD. Normally a stopped Minecraft server just looks dead in the server list. With the offline MOTD, players see a message instead (for example "Server is stopped, the owner can start it in the panel") and a kick message when they try to join.
States
Each state has its own MOTD, version text, hover text and kick message:
- Offline: the server is stopped.
- Installing: the server is being set up.
- Install failed: the owner has to reinstall.
- Suspended, Restoring a backup, Transferring.
{server} puts the server name in. Colour codes and hex colours work; gradients show on clients from 1.16.
The node agent
A small agent runs next to Wings on each node. While a server is stopped, it answers on that server's port. When the panel starts the server, the agent frees the port first, so the game starts normally.
The page shows a one-line install command per node and whether each agent is online. The agent reads everything it needs from Wings' config and updates itself when the panel ships a new version.
Suggestions
Install the agent on one node first and stop a test server. The server list should show your offline MOTD within a few seconds.