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Create Your Own Minecraft Server

Minecraft was the most downloaded video game in 2011



It was developed by Mojang (Swedish company), and has sold more than 176 millions units. Minecraft today has more than 112,000,000 monthly active players.



Minecraft Instances are fully customizable and allow you to customize the game to your liking.



Minecraft is a video game that allows players to build a 3-dimensional world using various blocks. It is a task that requires creativity from the players who can design and build their virtual world. By drilling and collecting blocks in Minecraft, users can mine them and break them down. 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. Players can accomplish anything they want.



There are however, pre-defined game modes that can be used:



Creative Mode allows players to create whatever they want from the infinite resources available to them. Survival Mode is where players must find natural resources like wood and stone through exploration. Players will also need to build a shelter to defend themselves against enemies and find food to survive. 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 that you like and add elements to your world that weren't available when the game was first 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 existing account and are logged in to the Scaleway console


- You have configured your SSH key


- You have an Ubuntu Bionic Beaver instance (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. If you do not yet own an Instance, create your first Instance.



Use SSH to connect to your instance





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



apt update &&apt upgrade -y Copy Code





Install OpenJDK, an open-source implementation of the Java Platform and the GNU Screen package.



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.





Switch to 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. You may adjust these values to your needs. 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 setting the setting below to TRUE, you indicate your agreement to our$ #Frinov 15 14:47.37 GMT 2019, eula=true Code



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





Take ownership of the current shell to avoid issues with the screen command:



script /dev/null





To run the Minecraft application, create a new screen:



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





Once the application is running, move the screen in the background by pressing CTRL+a followed by d. The session is being moved to the background. To resume the running session use the command 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?



Once your server is up, connect it with the Minecraft client.



Download and launch the Minecraft client on your local computer.





After logging into your Minecraft account, click the Multiplayer button.
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Click on Add Server to enter a name and public IP address for your instance.





Now your server is listed in the servers directory. Click the server and then Join Server to connect to it.


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