A simple Docker image that can provide the Minecraft Bedrock Connect service.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Tags

Tag(s)	Description
latest, 2, 2.*	latest stable - debian amd64/arm64
beta, -beta.	Beta. New features preview or help to test. It could be unstable.

Quick reference

• Documentation:
  • Install 1.x using Docker
• Where to get help: on Discord
• Where to file issues: https://git.strausmann.de/minecraft/bedrock-connect
• Maintained by: strausmann
• Supported architectures: amd64
• License: MIT

⭐ Features

• Running Bedrock Connect as a Docker Container
• Can be used with MySQL Database as backend
• Configuration via ENV variables
• Use of the custom_servers via json file possible

💡 Environment Variables

The following arguments can be placed in the startup command to ajust settings:

Argument	Description	Default Value
BRC_VERSION	The Bedrock Connect version is used when the container is started. For example, 1.15 for the Bedrock Connect version 1.15. It does not mean the Minecraft server version.	latest
MYSQL_HOST	MySQL Host	localhost
MYSQL_DB	MySQL Database Name	bedrock-connect
MYSQL_USER	MySQL Username	root
MYSQL_PASS	MySQL Password
SERVER_LIMIT	How many servers a new player can have in their serverlist	100
NODB	If true, use JSON files for data instead of MySQL	false
KICK_INACTIVE	If true, players will be kicked after 10 minutes of inactivity with the serverlist UI	true
CUSTOM_SERVERS	Sets the path to a custom server file, for specifying your servers in the list for all players. See custom servers.
USER_SERVERS	If true, players can add and remove servers on the serverlist. If false, the options are hidden.	true
FEATURED_SERVERS	If true, the featured servers will be displayed in the serverlist. If false, the servers are hidden.	true
WHITELIST	Specify file containing list of whitelisted players. (Should be a text file with the player names specified on seperate lines)
FETCH_FEATURED_IPS	If true, dynamically grab the featured server IPs from the domain names. If false, a file featured_server_ips.json will be generated, containing the hard-coded featured server IPs, and to allow changing them if needed.	true
FETCH_IPS	If true, dynamically grab the server IPs from domain names, of any server a user is attempting to join.	false
LANGUAGE	Specify a file containing language customizations. See guide for changing wording.
STORE_DISPLAY_NAMES	If true, player displays names will be included in the stored player data.	true
PACKET_LIMIT	Number of datagram packets each address can send within one tick (10ms)	200
GLOBAL_PACKET_LIMIT	Number of all datagrams that will be handled within one tick (10ms) before server starts dropping any incoming data.	100000

🔧 How to Install

The Docker image can be deployed quickly and easily via these two commands, or via Docker compose, see examples below.

💪🏻 Non-Docker

For an installation without Docker, please follow the instructions from Pugmatt

🐳 Docker

# Create a volume
docker volume create bedrock-connect

# Start the container
docker run -d --restart=always -p 19132:19132/udp -e NODB=true -v bedrock-connect:/data --name bedrock-connect strausmann/minecraft-bedrock-connect:2

Exposed Ports

• UDP 19132 : the Bedrock server port. NOTE that you must append /udp when exposing the port, such as -p 19132:19132/udp

🐳 Deploying with Docker Compose

---
services:
 bedrockconnect:
  image: strausmann/minecraft-bedrock-connect:2
  restart: always
  environment:
   NODB: 'true'
   CUSTOM_SERVERS: '/config/serverlist.json'
   SERVER_LIMIT: 25
  ports:
   - 19132:19132/udp
  volumes:
   - bedrockconnect:/config

volumes:
 bedrockconnect:
  driver: local

🐳 Deploying with Docker Compose and MySQL Backend

---
services:
 bedrockconnect:
  image: strausmann/minecraft-bedrock-connect:2
  restart: always
  environment:
   MYSQL_HOST: 'db'
   MYSQL_USER: 'bedrock'
   MYSQL_PASS: 'bedrock'
   MYSQL_DB: 'bedrock'
   CUSTOM_SERVERS: '/config/serverlist.json'
   SERVER_LIMIT: 25
  ports:
   - 19132:19132/udp
  depends_on:
   - db
  volumes:
   - bedrockconnect:/config

 db:
  image: mariadb:10.6
  restart: always
  environment:
   - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpwbedrock
   - MYSQL_PASSWORD=bedrock
   - MYSQL_USER=bedrock
   - MYSQL_DATABASE=bedrock
   - TZ=Europe/Berlin
   - PGID=1000
   - PUID=1000
  ports:
   - 3306:3306
  volumes:
   - bedrockconnect_database:/var/lib/mysql

volumes:
 bedrockconnect:
  driver: local
 bedrockconnect_database:
  driver: local

License

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