Setup instructions for Minecraft using itzg/minecraft-server

instructions.md

1. Setup an environment file. Name it .env or something. More configuration options can be found here.

# Set the amount of RAM to max out at.
MEMORY=4G
# Required to access CurseForge APIs (you need to get this yourself😉)
CF_API_KEY=???
TYPE=AUTO_CURSEFORGE
# Link to the version of the mod pack you want to install (NOT THE SERVER FILES!)
CF_PAGE_URL=https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/all-the-mods-9/files/6045443
# Agree to Mojang's EULA
EULA=true

2. Unpack world data into a separate directory. For this example we'll use $HOME/mc-world/.
3. Create a Docker volume for your server.

docker volume create --label minecraft-server-data

4. Create your Minecraft server Docker container.

docker container create --env-file .env --volume minecraft-server-data:/data/:noacl -p 25565:25565 --name minecraft-server itzg/minecraft-server:latest

5. Copy the world data into the Docker volume.

docker container cp $HOME/mc-world minecraft-server:/data/world

6. Start the server.

docker container start minecraft-server

6. Monitor the logs during first boot.

docker container logs --follow minecraft-server

7. Once the start is up and running press Ctrl-C to stop following the logs. Proceed to log in.