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  / /\/ _ \ '__| '__/ _` | |_ / _ \| '__| '_ ` _ \   /    \| | '_ \ / _ \/ __| '__/ _` | |_| __|
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Description

Rather than spending hours following the official guide on how to set up a Minecraft server, you can run this simple script instead.

Setup

• Generate an SSH key if you don't already have one with ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096.
• Install Terraform (tested on 1.1.3).
• Install the AWS CLI.
• Configure the AWS CLI with an access key ID and secret access key.

Variables

your_region

• Where you want your server to be. The options are here.
• E.g. eu-west-2.

your_ip

• Only this IP will be able to administer the server. Find it here.
• E.g. 104.65.182.8.

mojang_server_url

• Copy the server download link from here.
• E.g. https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/125e5adf40c659fd3bce3e66e67a16bb49ecc1b9/server.jar.

your_public_key

• This will be in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub by default.
• E.g. ssh-rsa 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 [email protected].

your_ami

• Your instance AMI (different for every region). Use the default Amazon Linux one for your region. Find this https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/finding-an-ami.html
• E.g. ami-048e6f7223041530b

Steps

• Run terraform init.
• Run terraform apply.
• Copy the IP output by the previous command into Minecraft.
• Wait a minute for the server to spin up.
• Play.
• Irrecoverably shut everything down with terraform destroy.