Install Minecraft server Linux

Installing minecraft server to CentOS & DEBIAN linux distribution

Java Installing 

check if installed: java -version

CENTOS Install (version 17):

wget https://download.oracle.com/java/17/latest/jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.rpm
rpm -ivh jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.rpm

Debian Install (version 17):

wget https://download.oracle.com/java/17/latest/jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.deb
sudo dpkg -i jdk-17_linux-x64_bin.deb

changing versions: sudo update-alternatives –config java

 Installing Minecraft Vanilla server

1. download Vanilla version: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

2. rename to server.jar

3. create eula.txt

eula=true

4. create start.sh file

java -Xmx5000M -Xms5000M -jar server.jar nogui

5. execute start.sh

./start.sh

6. check log foler 🙂

 Installing Minecraft Bukkit based server

1. download paperSpigot version (support plugins): https://papermc.io/downloads

2. rename to server.jar

3. create eula.txt

eula=true

4. create start.sh

java -Xms2G -Xmx5000M -Dterminal.jline=false -Dterminal.ansi=true -jar server.jar

5. add plugins from: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/ to folder plugins

6. execute start.sh

./start.sh

7. check log foler 🙂