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How To Set Up A Minecraft Server On CentOS 7

This guide will help you set up Minecraft (version 1.16.5), on CentOS7 64bit. It includes handy shutdown and startup scripts to make management easy.



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Setting up a Minecraft Server on CentOS 7



We first install our prerequisite software.



Now we need to create and enter the directory where the server will reside:



Next, we download the actual Minecraft server application and make it executable:



Agree to the EULA that you definitely read:



Next, we will create a handy script to allow us to start the server from scratch without having to remember any screen CLI syntax or Java.



You may need to adjust the "Xmx", and "Xms", values depending on the server's size. These are the amount of RAM allocated to the Minecraft server instance. Mojang recommends 1GB RAM for Minecraft server instances. If you have few users, you can use less. You can edit the startcraft command with "nano" if the server is to be upgraded in the future.



Now, we can make "startcraft" practical:



Now let's test that this half of the setup is working:



Sample output



Now you should see text indicating that the server is currently starting/has begun. To disconnect from the screen, use Control +A then D.



For the final step of the basic setup, we open up the default Minecraft port on the firewall:



To gracefully end the server processing, we will need to enter a screen session.



Although we are not at a prompt, we can still type Minecraft server commands here (/give, /op, etc). The command to stop the server is simply "stop." Once the shutdown is complete, the screen session will be terminated. Just type "startcraft", to start the server again.



We can also set up a simple script to insert the "stop" command in the screen session.



To stop the server, just run "stopcraft", anytime.



Now you can start and stop the server with single commands without ever having to type out java stuff or jump into screen!
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Remember to change your username's OP status. This can be done by simply touching the screen using the following command



Replace "USERNAME" with your username. Once you have it you can use any commands including "/op" while playing. Depending on your circumstances, you might need to log in to the Minecraft server before you can OP.



If you wish to have the "startcraft" script run when the server starts, simply run this command:



The next step you will likely want to take is to point a DNS record to your server's IP for easy connecting/distribution. You can read about using our cloud DNS manager here: https://www.atlantic.net/community/howto/manage-cloud-dns-records/



Finished! This page details all of the options you can modify in your "/Minecraft/server.properties" file: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Server.properties



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