How to make a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu.

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Below is a tutorial how to install a Minecraft server on our SSD VPS hosting services using Ubuntu, that will allow playing with other players online.

Before starting the installation of the Minecraft Server, we recommend first to ensure that your Ubuntu is up-to-date using the following commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

Step 1. Let’s start by creating a new user for the Minecraft Server.

sudo adduser minecraftuser

Create New Minecraft User

Step 2. Add the new “minecraftuser” to the “sudo” group.

sudo usermod -aG sudo minecraftuser

Add Minecraft User To Sudo Group

Step 3. Now, let’s switch to the newly created “minecraftuser” using the subsequent command.

su - minecraftuser

Switch To Minecraft User

Step 4. Make sure that you have the wget package installed, if not you can install it using the following command.

sudo apt install wget

Install wget Package

Step 5. Install the java package that will be used on the Minecraft Server.

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk -y

Install Java OpenJDK package

Step 6. After installing the java successfully, you can check its version to ensure that it is installed.

sudo java -version

Check Installed Java Version

Step 7. (This is an optional step.) In case you need the Minecraft server to run in the background, download the “screen” package using the following command.

sudo apt install screen

Install Screen Package

Step 8. Next, we will create a new directory to keep our Minecraft Server files in it.

sudo mkdir minecraftdir

Create A Minecraft Directory

Step 9. Move to the newly created Minecraft directory.

cd minecraftdir

Move To New Minecraft Directory

Step 10. Next, we are going to download the Minecraft Server. But be careful to replace the following URL with the latest release of Minecraft website (Click here!!)

sudo wget -O minecraft_server.jar https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.11.2/minecraft_server.1.11.2.jar

Download Minecraft Server

Step 11. Set permissions on the downloaded Minecraft Server to be executable.

sudo chmod +x minecraft_server.jar

Set Permissions On Minecraft Server Downloaded Files

Step 12. You need to create the eula.txt file and agree to the license agreement conditions.

sudo vi eula.txt

Create License Agreement File

Step 13. Add the following line “eula=true” to the created “eula.txt” file. The file should look like the below screenshot.

Edit License Agreement File

Step 14. Now you can start the Minecraft Server using the subsequent command.

sudo java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui

This command will allow you to start the Minecraft Server with an allocated memory 1024MB. In case you need to increase this allocated memory, you can change the “-Xmx” parameter with your desired value.

Start The Minecraft Server

Step 15. To stop the currently running Minecraft Server you can use the stop command.

stop

Stop The Minecraft Server

Step 16. (This is an optional step.) If you need to run the Minecraft Server in the background, you can use the screen command as following:

sudo screen -S "Minecraft Server Screen"

Start The Minecraft Server In Background

Next, run the java command to start the Minecraft Server.

sudo java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui

To exit the screen window, you will need to press the following keys:

CTRL+A+D

The output will look like the below screenshot:

Exit The Screen Window

To return to the screen window, use the following command.

sudo screen -r

Congratulations you have just learned how to install the Minecraft Server on your Ubuntu.

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