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Make sure to allow port 25565/tcp to your server
Vanilla
PaperMC
Forge Server
Download the forge installer from their website and install the server to a directory of your choosing.
Copy that folder to your server
On the server, create a directory for the server.
# mkdir /etc/minecraft
Put your folder here
Install java
# apt install openjdk-17-jre
Add a minecraft user.
# useradd minecraft
# chown minecraft:minecraft -R /etc/minecraft/
Start the server a first time.
sudo -u minecraft /etc/minecraft/forge-(version)/run.sh
Accept the EULA by editing /etc/minecraft/forge-(version)/eula.txt
Fabric Server
Systemd Service
Adapted from this gist
/etc/systemd/system/minecraft.service
[Unit]
Description=Minecraft Server
After=network.target
[Service]
User=minecraft
WorkingDirectory=/etc/minecraft/server
# You can customize the maximum amount of memory as well as the JVM flags here
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -XX:+UseG1GC -Xmx3G -jar server.jar --nojline --noconsole
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java @user_jvm_args.txt @libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.18.1-39.0.5/unix_args.txt nogui "$@"
# Restart the server when it is stopped or crashed after 30 seconds
# Comment out RestartSec if you want to restart immediately
Restart=always
RestartSec=30
# Alternative: Restart the server only when it stops regularly
# Restart=on-success
# Do not remove this!
StandardInput=null
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Systemd Service with STDIN available
Based on this stackexchange answer
/etc/systemd/system/minecraft.socket
[Unit]
PartOf=minecraft.service
[Socket]
ListenFIFO=%t/minecraft.stdin
/etc/systemd/system/minecraft.service
[Unit]
Description=Minecraft Server
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=minecraft
WorkingDirectory=/etc/minecraft/server
# fabric
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -XX:+UseG1GC -Xmx4G -jar /etc/minecraft/server/fabric-server-launch.jar
# forge
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/java @user_jvm_args.txt @libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.18.1-39.0.5/unix_args.txt nogui "$@"
Restart=on-failure
# Socket used for STDIN
Sockets=minecraft.socket
StandardInput=socket
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
To run commands, pipe commands into your socket.
echo "command" > /run/minecraft.stdin
Pipe commands script
No safety at all!!
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "$@" > /run/minecraft.stdin