Running a Minecraft server (spigot) inside of docker

This is a all in one setup to run a Spigot server using docker. It also includes a systemd unit file for setting it up to run automaticaly.

Requirements

• docker
• make
• curl

The server is configured to use up to 4 GB if ram. To change this you will need to edit the docker run commands in the Makefile and unit file.

-Xms1G

• minimum 1 GB of memory

-Xmx4G

• maximum 4 GB of memeory

Warnings

All file permisions are handeled by docker, thus they will be owned by root on the host filesystem.

Building

make build-latest

• builds the latest version of of spigot

deploying

make deploy

• copies the latest build into the running directory

Running

make test

• run a test instance of the server

Systemd unit file (mc-server.service)

1. assumes the working directory to be /mc, change it on line 7
2. copy to systemd config folder (/etc/systemd/system/ on Ubuntu)

make up

• start the systemd service

make down

• top the systemd service