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How To Use Microsoft Azure To Host A Minecraft Server

If you've ever been interested, here is a way to set up your own Minecraft Server using Microsoft Azure. Depending on what you use to play Minecraft, such as Windows 10 PCs or Macs, there are many reasons why you might choose to use Microsoft Azure to host Minecraft Servers instead of your own.



Here's a quick list:



- No installation is required to choose a preconfigured Minecraft server virtual computer to launch from Azure Marketplace. - Choose from a range of a VM sizes to meet your performance and cost requirements. Running a server on your own physical machine means choosing between limiting access to your home network, or dealing with the security risk of exposing your home network to the internet. Avoid hardware costs by only purchasing a virtual machine when you use it. You can then shut it down when it is not. Whitelist trusted players to connect from anywhere without wrestling with firewalls and port forwarding. - Freedom from worry about losing data to hardware failure with disks backed by Azure Storage Service. - You can delete the whole thing and then deploy another one if it goes down. You can start over from where you left off if your world is backed up from time to time.



Now that you have the reasons to use Azure, let's take a look at what steps you need to complete how to set up your own Minecraft Server.



1. Buy Minecraft and set up a Mojang account. You need these in order to play Minecraft and to be successful in actually setting up a Minecraft Server.



2. Get a Microsoft Azure account. You get a free trial and some credits for your first month with Microsoft Azure.



3. Choose the Minecraft Server Virtual Machine option from the Azure Marketplace.



4. Click "Create Virtual Machine"



5. Next, you will need to log in to your Microsoft Azure Account and click "Create"



6. You'll need to perform some configuration steps (some optional):



Choose a name and upload an ssh key to access your server.



7. Click "Create" and Azure will create your Minecraft Server. This may take a while, so be patient!



8. Once that's done your Minecraft server is ready. In order to connect to your server in Minecraft, use the URL and Port 25565 like this: Minecraftservername.cloudapp.net:25565



9. If you do not have the most up-to-date version of Minecraft, you may get an error message telling you to update your Minecraft server. MINECRAFT Update your Minecraft Server to the most current version.



10. To update your server and manage additional settings, log in to your server with SSH (available for Linux or Mac) or PuTTY (available for Windows). Windows 10 will soon get SSH and bash in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.



11. After logging into your Minecraft server with you username and password, go to the folder of your Minecraft Server "cd /srv/minecraft_server".



12. CURL can be used to download the most current Minecraft server. Currently, this would be "sudo curl -remote-name ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.10/minecraft_server.1.10.jar". Here is the link to the most recent server version.



13. You can edit the ops.json file while you are logged in to our server by placing it in the correct folder. The file can be edited using nano as follows: "sudo ops.json". You can edit the file as shown below by using your Minecraft username. Find your Minecraft unique ID here.



[ "uuid": "uuid", "name": "minecraft_username", "level": 4 ]



14. All you need to do now is to save the file. Save the file by pressing CTRL + O, and exit Nano using CTRL+ x. You can also edit your "server.properties" file in order to further manage different configuration settings on your server. More information about Minecraft server properties can found on the Minecraft Wiki.



15. In order to use the current version of Minecraft Server that you downloaded, you need to edit the service configuration using Nano like this: "sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/minecraft-server.service". You will need to refer to the Minecraft Server's new version here (see below).



16. Now all you have left to do is save the file, and exit Nano.



17. Next, stop the Minecraft Server service and restart it. You may also have to reload systemd before using "systemctl-daemonreload". To restart the service, you can run "systemctl start minecraft-server".



18. After you've restarted the service, it may take a minute or two to restart. After that, you can restart your Minecraft client to refresh the server and connect your server for creating your Minecraft Server.



19. Hooray! Congratulations! You now have your Minecraft Server running on Microsoft Azure.



If you have any questions or run into problems, please visit the Minecraft Wiki on Setting up a Server for more information. The Minecraft Wiki also has helpful information on configuring and managing Minecraft server configuration settings.


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