Minecraft server config

README.md

put minecraft.service in /etc/systemd/system/

do these to get it in the daemon

sudo systemctl daemon-reexec sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable minecraft

these are useful for operations

sudo systemctl start minecraft sudo systemctl stop minecraft sudo systemctl restart minecraft sudo systemctl status minecraft sudo journalctl -u minecraft -f

minecraft.service

[Unit]
Description=Minecraft Server
After=network.target

[Service]
# ---- CHANGE THESE TO MATCH YOUR SERVER ----
User=minecraft
WorkingDirectory=/opt/minecraft
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -Xmx4G -Xms2G -jar server.jar nogui

# ---- DO NOT CHANGE THESE (they make it reliable) ----
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target