MinecraftSystemdUnit

Systemd Unit file for Minecraft Server

Installation

Connect to the server or if you want to run the server on your machine, open a terminal
Become root using su or sudo
- To validate that you're now root, run id

Next install the necessary packages

apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jre-headless curl screen nano bash grep

Create the /opt folder if it doesn't already exist
```
mkdir /opt
```

Now you need to create the user for the service

adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --home /opt/minecraft --group minecraft
chmod +t /opt/minecraft

Create the Systemd Unit file:

nano /etc/systemd/system/minecraft@.service
# paste the contents of minecraft@.service

or

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agowa338/MinecraftSystemdUnit/master/minecraft%40.service > /etc/systemd/system/minecraft@.service

Setup Instance

Each server has it's own subdirectory of /opt/minecraft. This means that when a new server is being added, the following steps need to be followed:

Create a subdirectory of /opt/minecraft for your Minecraft server, we'll be using feed-the-beast as an example
- It is recommended to use a name which only includes lowercase characters, spaces should be replaced with dashes
```
cd /opt/minecraft
mkdir feed-the-beast
```
Upload your files to the /opt/minecraft/feed-the-beast directory
- Note: All uploaded files should be owned by the minecraft user
```
chown -R minecraft:minecraft /opt/minecraft/feed-the-beast
```
Accept the Minecraft server's EULA
```
echo 'eula=true' > eula.txt
```

RAM allocation

With minecraft@.service it's possible to specify the RAM allocation per server. This can be done using a server.conf file in the server's directory.

Example

# /opt/minecraft/ftb-beyond/server.conf
MCMINMEM=512M
MCMAXMEM=2048M

Feed the Beast

Some Feed the Beast packs include a FTBInstall.sh. This script needs to be executed before starting the server.

cd /opt/minecraft/ftb-beyond
su -c 'bash /opt/minecraft/ftb-beyond/FTBInstall.sh' minecraft

Usage

Enable auto-start Minecraft server on boot

systemctl enable minecraft@ftb-beyond

Disable auto-start Minecraft server on boot

systemctl disable minecraft@ftb-beyond

Start Minecraft server manually

systemctl start minecraft@ftb-beyond

Stop Minecraft server manually

systemctl stop minecraft@ftb-beyond

Connecting to the Minecraft server console

To enter the console, screen is used.

All screen sessions are owned by the minecraft user and are prefixed with mc-.

# This will attach to the Minecraft server called `ftb-beyond`
su -c 'screen -r mc-ftb-beyond' minecraft

Note: To detach (exit) from the session, press CTRL + A followed by D.

License

agowa/MinecraftSystemdUnit

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