Best Minecraft Server in the World

Or... at least it's running natively in a Windows Container on Microsofts Nanoserver.

Requirements

1. Server

1. Download the minecraft server.jar from https://minecraft.net/download/server
2. Add it to the minecraft folder

2. Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

1. Copied from Oracle Java on Docker

   • Download Server JRE 8 .tar.gz file. place it beside the Dockerfile

2. Overwrite the values in the Dockerfile with your corresponding file, and its contents

3. EULA

In minecraft/eula.txt, change the value from eula=false to eula=true, indicating your agreement to Mojangs Minecraft EULA.

Build with

docker build -t figaw/mc:latest -t figaw/mc:1.0 .

Run it with

docker run -d -p 25565:25565 --name minecraft figaw/mc

Connecting

Find the IP to connect to it with

docker inspect --format='{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' minecraft

Stopping

docker rm -f minecraft

Logs

docker logs minecraft

Add -f to follow, ctrl + c to stop following.

Minecraft Run Command

java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar -Dsun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.stderr.encoding=UTF-8 server.jar nogui

Roadmap

• Add a version with a powershell build container
• Add a volume for worlds, i.e. persistent storage