Detailed Steps:
Download and Install Velocity: Download the latest version of Velocity from the PaperMC website.
Configure Velocity:
Locate the velocity.toml file in your Velocity directory.
Edit the [servers] section to define your backend servers.
You'll need to add each of your servers to this section, including their name and IP address.
Configure Player Information Forwarding:
For PaperMC servers, you need to enable player information forwarding in paper.global or paper.yml.
For Fabric servers, you can use the FabricProxy-Lite mod.
For BungeeCord servers, you can use BungeeGuard.
Set up Server Properties:
Open your server's server.properties file.
Ensure that the online-mode setting is set to false.
Enable Velocity in Paper.global:
Open the paper.global file (or paper.yml for older versions).
Find the proxies section and add a velocity section.
Set enabled to true.
Set online-mode to true.
Add Secret Key:
In the paper.global file, find the secret key and paste your Velocity secret key.
Restart Servers:
Restart all your Minecraft servers.
Join the Network:
Open Minecraft and enter the IP address of your Velocity proxy server.