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--- games:minecraft:create_a_minecraft_server [2021/07/08 12:34] – [Connect to the Minecraft Server] peter
+++ games:minecraft:create_a_minecraft_server [2021/07/08 19:48] (current) – [References] peter
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 <file bash /etc/systemd/system/minecraft.service>
 [Unit]
-Description=Minecraft Server %i
+Description=Minecraft server
+Documentation=
+Wants=network.target
 After=network.target
 [Service]
-WorkingDirectory=/home/minecraft/server/%i
+WorkingDirectory=/home/minecraft/server
-# Solves the issue where the minecraft server will endlessly restart itself
-# See https://askubuntu.com/questions/953920/systemctl-service-timed-out-during-start for more info
-Type=simple
-PrivateUsers=true
-# Users Database is not available from within the unit, only root and minecraft is available, everybody else is nobody
 User=minecraft
 Group=minecraft
+Type=forking
+# Run it as a non-root user in a specific directory
-# Set default memory values
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmux -s new minecraft "java -jar server.jar"
-Environment="MCMINMEM=512M" "MCMAXMEM=1024M" "SHUTDOWN_DELAY=5" "POST_SHUTDOWN_DELAY=10"
-# Change memory values in environment file
+# Send "stop" to the Minecraft server console
-EnvironmentFile=/home/minecraft/server/%i/server.conf
+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>
-# Exec.
+----
-ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/tmux -s new %i'
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/java -server -jar server.jar nogui'
-Restart=on-failure
+===== Run the Startup Script =====
-RestartSec=60s
-[Install]
+<code bash>
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl start minecraft
+</code>
-</file>
 ===== 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