minecraft-systemd-service-file

Systemd service file to start/stop/enable a minecraft server. If you want to connect to the server console later, use the "with screen" solution.

Prerequisites

• user "minecraft"
  • member of group "minecraft" (groupadd -r minecraft)
  • home at /var/minecraft/ (useradd -r -g minecraft -d "/var/minecraft" -s "/bin/bash" minecraft)
  • ownes /var/minecraft/server (chown minecraft.minecraft -R /var/minecraft/)
• server.jar at /var/minecraft/server/server.jar

Usage Without Screen

1. Write the minecraft.service file in /etc/systemd/system/
2. Run systemctl daemon-reload
3. Use normal systemd commands to start/stop/enable the minecraft server. (https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/systemd/systemctl/)

Usage With Screen

1. Use the files provided in the "with_screen" directory of this repository.
2. Write the minecraft.service file in /etc/systemd/system/
3. Write the start-server.sh script in /var/minecraft/server/
4. Run systemctl daemon-reload
5. Use normal systemd commands to start/stop/enable the minecraft server. (https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/systemd/systemctl/)

Connecting to server console

1. Switch to user "minecraft" (sudo su minecraft)
2. Run screen -r minecraft
3. Disconnect using ctrl + a followed by d (https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Screen/)