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Minecraft Server setup
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The basic ubuntu instance on DO is ok. SSH to the instance and:

  1. sudo apt-get update
  2. java -version # should say "No java"
  3. sudo apt-get install default-jdk
  4. sudo apt-get install screen # keep server running when disconencted
  5. mkdir minecraft
  6. cd minecraft
  7. wget -O minecraft_server.jar https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/4d1826eebac84847c71a77f9349cc22afd0cf0a1/server.jar # replace by the newest version
  8. screen -S "Minecraft server"
  9. create eula.txt file with text eula=true
  10. java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui # or create a script that does this

Press <ctrc-a> d to exit the screen session. Reattach to the session with screen -R

Change server settings by editing minecraft/server.properties

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