You can run a simple Minecraft server host on your Linux VPS. This is great for testing new concepts and plugins for a short amount of time and more!
STEP 1
SSH and login to your VPS.
STEP 2
Run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt upgrade
to update your system. Then run
sudo apt install default-jre
OR
sudo apt install default-jre-8
depending on if you want or need to use Java 8.
STEP 3
So to get a jar on your VPS you need to create a new folder. Run
mkdir mcserver && cd mcserver
download it with the
wget <url>
command. To get a download a copy of the current version of paper, go to minecraftjars.net, right click the latest version’s download button and right click. In the menu click on “Copy” or “Copy Link Location” etc… Then type
wget
and paste the link and your command should look like
wget https://www.minecraftjars.net/get/spigot-1.15.2.jar
but with maybe some different numbers.
STEP 4
To start your Minecraft server, run
mv download-file server.jar
and replace download-file with the name of your download to rename it so we can use the start command
java -jar server.jar
Congratulations! You have a Minecraft Server running! You will likely need agree to the EULA, so edit
eula.txt
when the server starts back up with your favorite text editor like nano. to You can run
stop
or press ctrl+c to stop the server.
STEP 5
Create a startup script by creating a file called minecraft.sh run
touch minecraft.sh
to create it. type
nano minecraft.sh
to edit the file type in the following on the first line
#!/bin/bash
and on the second line put
java -jar server.jar
Once done press ctrl+o and press enter to save then ctrl+x to exit. run
chmod +x minecraft.sh
to make it executable then enter
./minecraft.sh
to start the server.
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