Minecraft Quick Setup Manual

Occasionally I play minecraft with friends. To save money I run the server on AWS spot instance with backups from S3 or local.

The blog documents the setup process for my own reference.

Common Steps

Change time zone to Tokyo

sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Japan /etc/localtime

Fabric Server

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Install dependencies

sudo apt update;
sudo apt upgrade -y;
sudo apt install -y openjdk-21-jdk;
sudo apt install -y unzip zip;
sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Japan /etc/localtime

mkdir mc;
cd mc;
curl -OJ https://meta.fabricmc.net/v2/versions/loader/1.20.6/0.15.11/1.0.1/server/jar;
java -Xmx4G -jar fabric-server-mc.1.20.6-loader.0.15.11-launcher.1.0.1.jar nogui;
sed -i '/eula=false/c\eula=true' eula.txt;

scp ~/mc/1.20.6/world-2024-07-09T20-26-23Z.zip aws:~

unzip ~/world-2024-07-09T20-26-23Z.zip

Create backup script

touch backup.sh;
chmod u+x backup.sh;
echo 'name=world-$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ").zip' >> backup.sh;
echo 'zip -q $name -r world && echo "saved to $name" || echo "Zip failed"' >> backup.sh;

Mods

scp -r ~/fabric-server/1.20.6/mods aws:~/mc/

Mod List

[JEI 物品管理器] jei-1.20.6-fabric-18.0.0.62.jar
[Xaero 的世界地图] XaerosWorldMap_1.38.8_Fabric_1.20.6.jar
[Xaero 的小地图] Xaeros_Minimap_24.2.0_Fabric_1.20.6.jar
[一键背包整理 Next] InventoryProfilesNext-fabric-1.20.6-2.0.2.jar
[失落废墟] AdditionalStructures-1.20.x-(v.4.2.1).jar
[旅行者背包] travelersbackpack-fabric-1.20.6-9.6.4.jar
[玉 🔍] Jade-1.20.6-Fabric-14.2.4.jar
[自然罗盘／生物群系指南针] NaturesCompass-1.20.6-2.2.5-fabric.jar
[苹果皮] appleskin-fabric-mc1.20.5-3.0.2.jar
[超多生物群系] BiomesOPlenty-fabric-1.20.6-18.4.0.8.jar
[键位冲突显示] Controlling-fabric-1.20.6-17.0.1.jar
GlitchCore-fabric-1.20.6-1.1.0.10.jar
Searchables-fabric-1.20.6-1.0.1.jar
TerraBlender-fabric-1.20.6-3.5.0.5.jar
architectury-12.1.3-fabric.jar
cardinal-components-api-6.0.0.jar
cloth-config-14.0.126-fabric.jar
cristellib-fabric-1.2.5.jar
fabric-api-0.100.0+1.20.6.jar
fabric-language-kotlin-1.11.0+kotlin.2.0.0.jar
ftb-essentials-fabric-2006.1.1.jar
ftb-library-fabric-2006.1.2.jar
libIPN-fabric-1.20.6-6.0.0.jar
t_and_t-1.13.1.jar

Start Server

Better use tmux

tmux
java -Xmx4G -jar fabric-server-mc.1.20.6-loader.0.15.11-launcher.1.0.1.jar nogui

Forge Server

6G memory is totally enough.

Server

1. Download forge installer
2. Install server
3. Install JDK 17 apt install openjdk-17-jdk
4. Install forge server java -jar forge-xxx.jar -installServer
5. Set eula=true sed -i '/eula=false/c\eula=true' eula.txt
6. java -Xmx6G -Xms6G -jar forge-xxx.jar --nogui

Create an crontab job to upload to S3 maybe.

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Vanilla Server

1. Download server jar https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-java-edition-1-20-6
2. Install Java sudo apt install -y default-jre
3. InitSettings java -jar server.jar --initSettings
4. Edit eula.txt
5. java -Xmx6G -Xms6G -jar server.jar --nogui

Backup from world.zip

unzip world-xxx.zip

Server User Script

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk
sudo apt install zip
sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Japan /etc/localtime

Mods Notes

Lostcities

https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/the-lost-cities

The server configuration is tricky, so you need to copy the local configuration. Then set level-type=lostcities in server.properties.

1.16.5 End Traveller

Bugs

Witnessing the player’s death will crash the game. Speculated to be related to the drop.

If you stand on the Zombie Extreme cargo rack for a few seconds, you will be judged as floating. It will prompt you that flying is not enabled on the server and you will be kicked out of the game.

KALE Waiting for scan to complete Loading mods Building Mod List Constructing 107 mods

Config

The blood moon is very short, I don’t know what went wrong.

Born in chaos creates diamond mine infested by insects. It’s a bit discouraging, turn it off.

There should be a recipe for tac bullets, it’s not fun if they can not be forged.