Create Your Own Minecraft Server

In 2011 one of the most popular video games was released: Minecraft.

Developed by the Swedish company Mojang, it has reached over 176 million sales. Minecraft now has more than 112,000,000 active monthly players.

Minecraft Instances allow you to modify the gameplay according to your preference.

Minecraft allows players to create 3-dimensional worlds using blocks. The players must be creative in order to design and build their virtual world. By drilling and collecting blocks, users can mine and remove them from Minecraft. These pieces can then be gathered and assembled to make new items. Java Edition is currently available. This Java Edition lets players customize the game to their likings, creating new gameplay mechanics and textures.

There is no goal, so there is no way to play Minecraft. Fake Root Any goal can be achieved by players.

However, some pre-defined game modes are available:

Creative Mode allows players create whatever they want with the limited resources they have. Survival Mode: Players must explore the world to find natural resources such wood and stones. To survive, players must build a house and protect themselves from enemies. Fake Root Multiplayer mode is available in the game. This allows multiple players to interact and communicate within a single world. Players can either connect to one of the publicly known worlds or build their world with their friends by using a private Minecraft server.

Why should I run my own Minecraft server?

By setting up your own Minecraft server, you can set the game's rules and invite all of your friends to play with you. You can add all the mods and modify your world to include elements that were not available in the original game's code.

The Minecraft server is a Java application and runs perfectly on Scaleway Instances, allowing you to deploy your own Minecraft Instance in just a few minutes.

How can I create my own Minecraft server maker?

- You have an account and are logged into the Scaleway console - You have successfully configured your SSH key - You have an instance running Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (18.04), or later - You have sudo access or privileges to the root user - You have a copy of the Minecraft game client for your local computer Deploying your own Minecraft server can be done in a few easy steps on a Scaleway Development Instance. In case you do not have an Instance yet, start by deploying your first Instance.

Use SSH to connect to your instance

Update the apt packet cache and upgrade the software already installed on the Instance:

apt update && apt upgrade -y Copy code

OpenJDK is an open source implementation of the Java Platform.

apt install -y openjdk-8-jre-headless screen Copy code

Create a new minecraft user under which the Minecraft server application will run:

adduser minecraft Copy code

When prompted, enter your new password, confirm your password, and provide the user details.

Log in to minecraft's user account

su minecraft Copy code

Change into the user's directory home:

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Download the Minecraft server maker application by using wget. The link for the latest version of the application is available directly on the Minecraft Server website:

wget https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/3dc3d84a581f14691199cf6831b71ed1296a9fdf/server.jar Copy code

Run the Minecraft server application with the following command:

Important: The flags -Xms and -Xmx define the minimum and maximum amount of RAM that can be used by the Minecraft server application. These values can be adjusted according to your requirements. For the best performance, it is recommended to keep the minimum value at 1024M.

During the first run of the application, a file eula.txt is created. Open the file with a text editor such as nano and change the value to true from false

nano eula.txt Copy code

#By changing the setting below to TRUE you are indicating your agreement to our$ #Fri Nov 15 14:47:37 GMT 2019 eula=true Copy code

Save the file by pressing CTRL+O. Then exit nano by pressing CTRL+X.

Take control of the current Shell to avoid any issues with the screen command

script /dev/null

Create a new screen for the Minecraft application to be run in:

screen -S minecraft Copy code

Re-run the Minecraft server maker application:

java -Xms1024M -Xmx2048M -jar server.jar nogui Copy code

The following output informs you that the Minecraft server application is running:

... [14:53:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.14.4 [14:53:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Loading properties [14:53:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Default game type: SURVIVAL [14:53:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating keypair [14:53:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting Minecraft server on *:25565 [14:53:39] [Server thread/INFO]: Using epoll channel type [14:53:39] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing level "world" [14:53:39] [Server thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default ... [14:54:18] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 83% [14:54:19] [Server-Worker-2/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 85% [14:54:19] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 88% [14:54:20] [Server-Worker-2/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 90% [14:54:20] [Server-Worker-2/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 95% [14:54:21] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 97% [14:54:21] [Server thread/INFO]: Time elapsed: 14775 ms [14:54:21] [Server thread/INFO]: Done (42.088s)! For help, type "help" Copy code

After the application has started, move the background screen by pressing CTRL+a followed with d. The session will be moved to the background. To restart the session, use the command line screen -r.

You can now log out of your Instance and configure your Minecraft Client.

Note: The Minecraft server created above uses the standard settings. You can create a new world by changing the level-name directive and other settings in the server.properties. For more information, refer to the official documentation.

How can I connect to my own Minecraft server maker?

Connect your server to the Minecraft client once it is up and running.

Install and launch the Minecraft client from your local computer.

After logging in to your Minecraft account click the Multiplayer button.

Click Add Server and type a name for the server and the public IP Address of your instance.

Now your server is listed in the servers directory. To connect to your server, click the server and then Join Server.