Minecraft Server Using Docker Compose

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📙 The complete installation guide is available on my website.

💡 For details on deploying the Minecraft Proxy, check out this link: Minecraft Server Proxy Using Docker Compose.

❗ Change variables in the .env to meet your requirements.

💡 Note that the .env file and plugins folder should be in the same directory as minecraft-server-docker-compose.yml.

Create a network for your services before deploying the configuration using the command:

docker network create minecraft-server-network

Deploy Minecraft Server using Docker Compose:

docker compose -f minecraft-server-docker-compose.yml -p minecraft-server up -d

You can check the Minecraft Server status using the commands:

MINECRAFT_SERVER_CONTAINER=$(docker ps -aqf "name=minecraft-server-minecraft-server") \
&& docker exec -it $MINECRAFT_SERVER_CONTAINER mc-monitor status

Minecraft Servers Logs

You can check logs using the commands:

MINECRAFT_SERVER_CONTAINER=$(docker ps -aqf "name=minecraft-server-minecraft-server") \
&& docker logs $MINECRAFT_SERVER_CONTAINER

Minecraft Server Management

Apply new configuration after a change in the minecraft-server-docker-compose.yml or .env using the command:

docker compose -f minecraft-server-docker-compose.yml -p minecraft up -d

Connect to the Minecraft server command-line interface using the command:

MINECRAFT_SERVER_CONTAINER=$(docker ps -aqf "name=minecraft-server-minecraft-server") \
&& docker exec -i $MINECRAFT_SERVER_CONTAINER rcon-cli

Backups

The minecraft-server-data-backups folder, holding all server backups, will be automatically created in the same directory as minecraft-server-docker-compose.yml upon the server's initial startup.

Author

I’m Vladimir Mikhalev, the Docker Captain, but my friends can call me Valdemar.

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