How to create your own Minecraft server using Linux

Minecraft is still as popular as ever, even with Microsoft buying it, and considering it’s been played and active for a long, long time. I’ve played my fair share of it, solo, or with friends, and even with mods, including the first battle royale mods, before Fortnite was even a thought in Epic’s minds. Minecraft is great, and you can run your own server super easily, to invite friends, keep your world going even when you’re not playing. Let’s see how to do it!

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Commands for your Minecraft server: adduser “YOUR USERNAME” usermod -aG sudo “YOUR USERNAME” logout sudo apt update sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre mkdir minecraft cd minecraft wget https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/3dc3d84a581f14691199cf6831b71ed1296a9fdf/server.jar java -Xmx2048M -Xms1024M -jar server.jar nogui nano eula.txt

Linode One Click App The easiest way is probably to use Linode’s One Click apps. Linode allows you to create a machine tailored to your needs, and start it with one click, and I use it for all kinds of projects. If you want to try running your own Minecraft server using Linode, don’t forget to click on the link in the description below, and use the offer code LINUXEXP19, for a 20$ credit, which can get you up to 4 months of free 24/7 Minecraft servers !

Linode offers a one click install for a Minecraft server, with a lot of different settings you can tweak. Once you have created your account and used your promo code, you can just go to the “One Click apps” menu, and select “Minecraft”. You’ll get all the options you need to configure your server, from the type of world, the seed, the difficulty, the various spawns, etc… Select whatever you want here to change your server’s settings. This One click install uses Debian 9 as a base, for maximum stability.

Pick the region where your machine will run, in my case the UK, since it’s the closest to where I live, and finally, the type of machine you need. Since my server is going to be a small one, I’ll pick the standard Linode with 2gb of RAM, at 10$ a month. If you plan to play with a few friends only, you could even go for the nanode, with only 1Gb of RAM, at 5$ a month.

Type a name for your server, then a root password in case you need to connect to the server directly to change some stuff, and create it!

The server will run automatically when you boot up your machine, and all you need to do to connect to it, is get its IP adress from the Linode manager, and enter it in your Minecraft client in the Multiplayer, “Add server” page. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOjcJzNMW2M