ec2-minecraft-server-setup

This is used to install minecraft server on an EC2 instance

Steps to install Minecraft server on AWS EC2 instance

• Create a EC2 instance and login to it, Recomended t2.small instance

• Install git sudo apt-get install git

• Clone this repo sudo git clone https://github.com/tanujpatra228/ec2-minecraft-server-setup.git .

• Change the values (optional): sudo nano setup-minecraft-server.sh, you can change the jdk version, minecraft server folder name, minecraft server version and download url.

• Run the setup file sudo sh setup-minecraft-server.sh

Run the server

After setup is ready follow the steps to run the server. (The following setps assumes you have not changes the values in setup-minecraft-server.sh file, update the commands accordingly if changed)

• Navigate into minecraft server folder cd minecraft_server

• Run the minecraft server sudo java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.21.jar nogui,

  • Update the values accordingle in the above command

    -Xmx{minecraft_server_ram}
    -Xms{minecraft_server_ram}
    minecraft_server.{minecraft_server_version}jar
    

Final Steps

• Add Custom TCP Inbound rule in EC2 instance sucurity group with port: 25565

• Open Minecraft Game navigate to Multiplayer and Add a server, use the Public IPv4 address of EC2 instance as Server IP and Join the world

Enjoy Playing 🎮