Minecraft Server Quest

Follow the commands in the terminal. You are deploying a real Minecraft Java server, not a simulation.

9Mission steps

25565Minecraft port

pwd

pwd means print working directory. It shows where you currently are in the Linux filesystem.

ls

ls lists what is inside your current directory. It helps you inspect folders before moving around.

cd ~/minecraft

cd means change directory. The ~ shortcut means your home folder, so this moves into your Minecraft server directory.

java -version

Minecraft Java servers run on Java. This command proves Java is installed and shows the installed version.

wget https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/e6ec2f64e6080b9b5d9b471b291c33cc7f509733/server.jar -O server.jar

wget downloads a file from the internet. -O server.jar saves it with the filename server.jar.

echo 'eula=true' > eula.txt

echo prints text. The > symbol writes that text into a file. Minecraft requires eula.txt before it starts.

java -Xmx2G -Xms1G -jar server.jar nogui

This launches the real Minecraft server. -Xmx2G sets max RAM, -Xms1G sets starting RAM, and nogui keeps it terminal based.

ss -tulpn | grep 25565

ss shows network sockets. This checks whether the Minecraft server is listening on port 25565.

CTRL + C
reset-minecraft

CTRL + C stops the running server. reset-minecraft cleans out the lab files so the next user starts fresh.

Local Minecraft Java join address 192.168.4.68:25565

Alpha@minecraft-quest:~/minecraft