This is a valid question. A fully managed solution like one offered by the many dedicated Minecraft hosting companies out there can make sense. There is no need to secure the underlying Linux OS, this is all done for you.
You get a nice graphical front end to manage your server, automated backups, DNS management to access your server, FTP access. They provide a GUI for managing your mods. However, if you decide to go with a dedicated setup you can get a credit towards your server with DigitalOcean if you sign up through this referral link. Sizing of your server will depend on how many mods and users you intend to have. Because You Can! Recommending a specific Linuxdistribution as 'the best option' is like recommending a religion as the 'bestone to follow'.
You will either be preaching to the converted or alienatingthe person you are having the discussion with. For my purposes I like using Debian and its derivitaves. However I have used otherdistributions and have liked them as well. This guide uses Ubuntu Server When a package manager is called for, just substitute the relevant commands for your favorite distro. They are all good. The instructions assume that you have root Administrator access to your server.
For simplicity I assume you are logging in as the root user. All of these commands will also work with sudo. If running sudo from your user account then make sure to add it when necessary.
I will not be using sudo in front of these command line arguments throughout the document. Now download the version 1. The first time you try to run your minecraft server you will be required to accept the EULA. World generation will take a little longer the first time. Subsequent server starts will be much quicker.
Before doing this, you can download the following server. This server. Edit the file with your preferred seed if you have one and it will generate the world that you specify. Minecraft Atlas is great site to find new interesting seeds. Although the site says Minecraft 1.
On a low power system you can lower the view distance. Start with 10 for your modded server,and adjust it downward if you get some lag.
If that doesn't work you may have to re-enable the rc. Use the following set of instructions. However this should not be necessary. Also note that I have not tested this on Ubuntu Note: Some people may question why I am using rc.
I don't want to run the server in the background, I wanta full screen session accessible to view and interact with the minecraft server console. Per the Fandom wiki, there are several configurations available, including both the minimum and optimal server configurations. Here are the minimum server requirements to run a Minecraft server on Linux:. Here are the optimal server requirements to run a Minecraft server on Linux:. For the purposes of this article, Minecraft was installed on a Liquid Web Dedicated server with the following configuration:.
If you are connecting remotely via SSH, use the following command to log in as the root user. If this is your first time connecting to this server, you will be prompted to confirm you want to connect to a new, previously unknown host.
Type yes , and you will be prompted for the root password. Once you enter it, you are logged in as root. It is recommended to create a separate user account so that if your Minecraft server is compromised, the exploiter does not have access to the root user account. Use the following command to create a user named mcuser.
The following command is to set the password for our new user. You will be prompted to enter and confirm the password. You will need to install Java. First, ensure that your package repository is updated using the following command. You can check that it was installed successfully by confirming the Java version. In order to install Java 16, you need to ensure the server is aware the package is available by updating the epel repository. You will update it with the command below.
If it is not already installed, you will see the following output. Next, you will install the latest version of Java, which is currently Java Use the following command to install the latest version of Java. While Java 16 is installed, you still need to set it as the default in order for the server to run applications using the latest version.
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All Rights Reserved. You can use both manual or terminal commands to create the directory. Now, before running the following wget command, make sure it is installed on your system. Run the following wget command on your terminal shell to download the java file of the Minecraft server for Linux. Installing the Minecraft server on the Fedora workstation is almost similar to the method of installing it on Ubuntu, but there are a few changes in commands and steps.
First, you need to add a user to your existing setup to make a mess with your current server or desktop. Then we will also need to grant the root access to that account for installing java. Run the following command lines given below on your terminal shell to add a user and permit the sudo permission. Now, run the following commands to give root permission to the Minecraft user account. In Fedora, usually wheel manages the root access permissions. When the installation finishes, perform the version check command to see if it is installed correctly or not.
Run the below-mentioned DNF command on your shell to install the Screen application on your machine. As of this writing, the latest version of Minecraft server is 1. For Minecraft Server v1. Now that the server is downloaded, we need to run the server as it generates configuration files when run for the first time.
Since the server is a. As can be seen in the screenshot, the server generates some configuration files. The 1st file to change is eula. You can either use your favorite text editor or get away with a one-liner using the sed command.
You need to create a systemd unit file with your favorite text editor. Switch back to the sudo user by typing exit. From now on, all commands are to be executed by the user with sudo privileges.
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