Minecraft Cookbook

Installs and configures Minecraft

Requirements

Platforms

Ubuntu (tested using 14.04)

Cookbooks

apt (soft dependency - make sure to include this in your run-list prior to this cookbook)

Attributes

General configuration

node['minecraft']['eula'] = must manually be set to true, by setting this you are agreeing to the Minecraft EULA, default false (string).
node['minecraft']['user'] = user the Minecraft server will run as, default minecraft.
node['minecraft']['group'] = group the Minecraft server will run as, default minecraft.
node['minecraft']['install_dir'] = location Minecraft will be installed to, default /srv/minecraft.
node['minecraft']['server_download_file'] = Minecraft server file to download, default https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.8/minecraft_server.1.8.jar.
node['minecraft']['server_file'] = what to save the Minecraft server file to locally, default minecraft_server.jar.

Server configuration

node['minecraft']['init_mem'] = default 1024M.
node['minecraft']['max_mem'] = default 1024M.
node['minecraft']['backup']['excluded'] = an array of files to exclude when running backups, default [].

Minecraft configuration

node['minecraft']['server_properties'] = hash of all server properties to configure. (see this for more information)
node['minecraft']['configs']['banned-ips'] = default [].
node['minecraft']['configs']['banned-players'] = default [].
node['minecraft']['configs']['ops'] = default [].
node['minecraft']['configs']['usercache'] = default [].
node['minecraft']['configs']['whitelist'] = default [].

Recipes

default

Include the default recipe in a run list to have Minecraft completely installed and configured

config

Adds all configuration files necessary for Minecraft to run

install

Installs Minecraft and other needed packages

service

Installs Minecraft as an init.d service and starts/enables it

Usage

name "minecraft"
description "Install Minecraft"
override_attributes(
  "minecraft" => {
    "eula" => "true"
  }
)
run_list(
  "recipe[apt]",
  "recipe[minecraft]"
)

License and Authors

Author:: Jeff Way (jeff.way@me.com)

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