mc-server

A place for me to keep my scripts relating to my Minecraft server

General Description

About once a year or so, my friends and I get an itch to play some Minecraft together. This repository serves as a script dump for the server.

What's in here?

service-check: An executable built from my service-check Github Project. It is used to broadcast whether or not Minecraft is running over port 7777. You can configure what port this service check runs on by changing line 184 in userdata.sh

eula.txt: Accepts Mojang's end user license agreement.

server.properties: The properties I've set for my friends' and I's Minecraft server. Check out this Minecraft Wiki on server.properties for more information on what each argument changes.

README.md: This :)

userdata.sh: IT DOES EVERYTHING. It creates the minecraft service, player_check service, assigns appropriate permissions, and more! It's pretty well commented, so check it out.

How can I use this?

If you have an AWS account, you can follow the steps below to get this working for you:

1. Sign into the AWS console and navigate to EC2
2. Click Launch Instances in the top left corner of your screen
3. Configure your EC2 instance to your liking (make sure it's in a public subnet and has a public IP address or you'll be unable to access your Minecraft server!)
4. On Step 3: Configure Instance, once you're done configuring everything to your liking, at the bottom you'll see a field for User data. Select the As file radio button, and upload userdata.sh.
5. Configure the rest of your server to your liking with regards to storage, tags, and security groups.
6. Launch your server and enjoy! :)

Alternatively, if you have an AWS account and want the power to control your Minecraft server from the comfort of your very own Discord server, checkout my discord-ec2-manager project.

What if I don't have an AWS account?

If you don't have an AWS account, you can run the server locally via Docker & Docker Compose

1. Navigate to where you cloned this repository
2. Open Docker Desktop and ensure that the docker engine is running on your computer
3. Open Powershell and type docker compose up -d
4. Open Minecraft and your server should be up on port 25565!

Additional Links / Resources

• Minecraft Wiki
• server.properties Breakdown via Minecraft Wiki
• Mojang's End User License Agreement (EULA) for Minecraft
• discord-ec2-manager Project by yours truly :)
• service-check Project by yours truly :)
• Amazon Web Services' (AWS) 'Getting Started with EC2' Guide