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jamsinclair / aws-minecraft-setup.sh
Last active May 24, 2022 05:25
A bash script to setup a simple Minecraft Server on an AWS Micro EC2 Instance. Installs server, configures cron to run server on reboot, adds some aliases for easy stop/start of minecraft server.
#!/bin/sh
runMinecraftCommand="java -Xms256M -Xmx768M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui"
startScript="start.sh"
echo "Great let's get minecraft setup!"
# Sanity check, do we have java installed?
if ! hash java 2>/dev/null; then
echo "You don't have java installed. You're gonna have a tough time."
echo "Are you sure you selected the default Amazon Linux HVM ami?"