Minecraft server on Azure

Table of contents

1. About
2. Disclaimer
3. Known issue
4. Usage
5. Delete the Azure infrastructure

About

This project automates the set-up process for a working Minecraft server hosted on Azure Standard B1ms. The development of this project is heavily inspired by this Azure template.

Disclaimer

This software comes with no warranty of any kind. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! This a personal project and is NOT endorsed by Microsoft. If you encounter an issue, please submit it on GitHub.

Known issue

None.

Usage

Create the infrastructure in Azure

• The only requirement is to have AZ CLI installed. You can use the Azure Cloud Shell
• Do not forget to update the options values of the below example.

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rm -rf ~/azure-minecraft
git clone https://github.com/nVentiveUX/azure-minecraft.git
cd ~/azure-minecraft

# Yvesub example
./create_vm.sh \
    --subscription="8d8af6bf-9138-4d9d-a2e6-5bff1e3044c5" \
    --location="francecentral" \
    --rg-vnet="rg-shared-001" \
    --vnet-name="vnt-shared-001" \
    --subnet-name="snt-minecraft-001" \
    --subnet="10.1.0.32/29" \
    --rg-vm="rg-inf-minecraft-001" \
    --vm-name="vm-minecraft-001" \
    --lb-name="lb-minecraft-001" \
    --dns-name="lebonserv"
)

Configure the Virtual Machine

• Connect using SSH on port 443
• Install Java edition

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sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -Vy &&
wget -O install_minecraft.sh "https://github.com/nVentiveUX/azure-minecraft/raw/master/install_minecraft_java.sh" &&
chmod +x install_minecraft.sh &&
sudo ./install_minecraft.sh "Felbarr" "2" "LeBonMonde" "0" "False" "True" "True" "True" "867832618049646" &&
tail -f /srv/minecraft_server_java/logs/latest.log
)

• Install Bedrock edition

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sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -Vy &&
wget -O install_minecraft.sh "https://github.com/nVentiveUX/azure-minecraft/raw/master/install_minecraft_bedrock.sh" &&
chmod +x install_minecraft.sh &&
sudo ./install_minecraft.sh "Felbarr90" "2" "LeBonMonde" "0" "False" "True" "True" "True" "33480944" &&
journalctl -exu minecraft-server-bedrock
)

Set-up the backup system

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STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME="stalebonservwesteurope"
STORAGE_SAS_TOKEN=""
STORAGE_ACCOUNT_CONTAINER="backup-001"

printf "Set-up \"/etc/cron.d/minecraft\" backup system...\\n"
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/minecraft/maintenance
sudo wget -q "https://github.com/nVentiveUX/azure-minecraft/raw/master/azure_backup.sh" -O /usr/share/minecraft/maintenance/azure_backup.sh
sudo chmod +x /usr/share/minecraft/maintenance/azure_backup.sh
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/cron.d/minecraft >/dev/null 2>&1
SHELL=/bin/bash
# m h dom mon dow user    command
# Backup
0 5 * * *  root  /usr/share/minecraft/maintenance/azure_backup.sh "$STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME" "$STORAGE_SAS_TOKEN" "$STORAGE_ACCOUNT_CONTAINER" >/dev/null 2>&1
EOF
)

Play

Connect on lebonserv.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:25565

The full list of operator commands can be found on the Minecraft wiki: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Commands#Summary_of_commands

Get the logs

journalctl -exu minecraft-server
journalctl -exu minecraft-server-bedrock

Delete the Azure infrastructure

az group delete --name rg-inf-minecraft-001