Personal Minecraft Server

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Downloading the Server
• Configuring the Settings
• Limiting Access
• Running Minecraft
• Updating the Server Version
• Joining my Server

My Virtual Private Server (VPS) is in a datacenter in Chicago. It has a faster internet connection with lower latency than what I have access to locally. I host many websites, all running on one server with Cloudflare handling most of the traffic.

This is for version 1.20.72, you can get the latest version here

curl https://minecraft.azureedge.net/bin-linux/bedrock-server-1.20.72.01.zip --output bedrock_server.zip

Unzip the archive into a directory

unzip bedrock_server.zip -d bedrock_server

edit the server properties using your editor of choice

cd ./bedrock_server
nano server.properties

these are the settings I used for my instance

server-name=Merlin
gamemode=survival
difficulty=normal
max-players=10
online-mode=true
allow-list=true
server-port=19132

I limit user access by using a whitelist of allowed users. Limiting the bandwidth usage to friends and family keeps costs down and keeps out any trouble makers.

You can lookup the user id associated to a GamerTag here. Enter the GamerTag in allowlist.json

nano allowlist.json

Valid entries follow this format

[
  {
    "name": "XboxGamerTag",
    "xuid": "a_valid_player_id"
  },
  ...entries
]

in your terminal just run the following command

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./bedrock_server

If you would like to play on this server, send me a message using the contact form at the bottom of this page. I just need your Microsoft / Xbox GamerTag and I'll add you to the whitelist of allowed players.