Create Your Own Minecraft Server

Minecraft was the most downloaded video game in 2011

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 can be hosted on your own server and you will have complete control over how the game plays. Minecraft Online

Minecraft is a videogame that allows players to create a 3-dimensional world with various blocks. The players must be creative in order to design and build their virtual world. Users can mine and break down nearly every block in Minecraft by drilling and then collecting them. These pieces can then be gathered and assembled to make new items. The currently available Java Edition allows players to customize the game with mods towards their preferences, creating new gameplay mechanics, items, textures, and assets.

There is no goal, so there is no way to play Minecraft. Players can accomplish anything they want.

However, there are some pre-defined game modes:

Creative Mode allows players the freedom to build whatever they like from the unlimited resources available. Survival Mode is where players must find natural resources like wood and stone through exploration. To survive, players must build a house and protect themselves from enemies. Multiplayer mode allows multiple players in the game to interact and communicate in one 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 install any mods you like and modify your world with elements not available at the time the game was created.

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 you are logged into Scaleway. - You have now configured your SSH Key - You have an Ubuntu Bionic Beaver instance (18.04) or later - You have sudo privileges or access to the root user - You have a copy Minecraft client for your computer Deploying your own Minecraft server can be done in a few easy steps on a Scaleway Development Instance. If you do not yet own an Instance, create your first Instance.

Connect to your Instance using SSH.

Upgrade the software on the Instance and update the apt packet cache

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

Enter the user's new password, the password confirmation and the user details when prompted.

Switch into the minecraft user account:

su minecraft Copy code

Change into the user’s home directory

cd Copy code

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 may be adjusted to meet your specific needs. For optimal performance, it is recommended that the minimum value be kept at 1024M.

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

nano eula.txt Copy code

#By changing the setting to TRUE, you are agreeing to our$ #Fri November 15 14:47.37 GMT 2019 eula=true Copy code

Then save the file by pressing on CTRL+O and exit nano by pressing CTRL+X. Chakribakri's blog

To avoid problems with the screen command, take ownership of the current shell

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)! minecraft For help, type "help" Copy code

After the application has finished running, move your screen to the background using CTRL+a followed d. To restart the session, use the command line screen -r.

Now log off your Instance, and you can configure your Minecraft client.

Note: The Minecraft server created above uses the standard settings. If you want to create a new world, modify the level-name directive in the server.properties file as well as other settings accordingly. For more information, please 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.

Start the Minecraft client on your local machine.

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

Click Add Server, and enter a name to your server and the public address of your instance.

Your server has been added to the servers list. Click on the server to connect.