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--- games:minecraft:create_a_minecraft_server [2021/07/08 12:20] – [Start the Minecraft Server] peter
+++ games:minecraft:create_a_minecraft_server [2021/07/08 19:48] (current) – [References] peter
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+===== Create a Server startup script =====
+Create /etc/systemd/system/minecraft.service.
+<file bash /etc/systemd/system/minecraft.service>
+[Unit]
+Description=Minecraft server
+Documentation=
+Wants=network.target
+After=network.target
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/home/minecraft/server
+User=minecraft
+Group=minecraft
+Type=forking
+# Run it as a non-root user in a specific directory
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmux -s new minecraft "java -jar server.jar"
+# Send "stop" to the Minecraft server console
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/tmux kill-session -t minecraft
+# Wait for the PID to die - otherwise it is killed after this command finishes!
+ExecStop=/bin/bash -c "while ps -p $MAINPID > /dev/null; do /bin/sleep 1; done"
+# Note that absolute paths for all executables are required!
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+</file>
+----
+===== Run the Startup Script =====
+<code bash>
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl start minecraft
+</code>
 ===== References =====
 https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server
+https://teilgedanken.de/Blog/post/setting-up-a-minecraft-server-using-systemd/
+https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server
+https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server#Configuring_the_environment
+http://techtips-tom.blogspot.com/2013/01/mineos-turnkey-on-proxmox-vm-server.html