kalisjoshua / minecraft-server

Minecraft server admin for AWS LightSail.

1. Create AWS LightSail instance
   • OS only - Ubuntu 16.04
   • Startup script -

     curl -o /tmp/bootstrap https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kalisjoshua/minecraft-server/master/bootstrap
     chmod +x /tmp/bootstrap
     

   • Networking (tab) add custom PORTs
     • 25565
     • 25575
2. Update and install packages
   • sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
     • There may be a dialog that requires you to press enter to keep the local version of a config file.
   • sudo apt-get install -y curl openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jre
3. sudo /tmp/bootstrap
4. Setup up permissions
   1. cd /opt/minecraft
   2. sudo ./launch
   3. sudo sed -i s/white-list=false/white-list=true/ server.properties
   4. Add users
   5. Operators ("admins") - allowed to execute commands
5. sudo systemctl enable minecraft.service
6. sudo systemctl start minecraft.service