docker-mc-server

docker-mc-server Overview

Realising a Minecraft Server with Docker to create a new Instance fast and try out Mods fast.

• Used Docker image: GitHub - itzg / docker-minecraft-server
• Used Mod Manager: Forge

Content:

• docker-mc-server Overview
• Custom Servers
• HowTo create new Server with Forge Mods
• Mods
• CHANGELOG

Ideas:

• create new server fast
• create it as mod server
• add users
• customize port
• settings like seed, cheats, difficulty, ...
• manage data
• backup data

Custom Servers

• Migration of old MC 1.7 Server as is
• Migration of old MC 1.12 Server as is
• new MC 1.15+ Server with selection of mods to try out what is possible

Servername	Description
MC-1-7	TODO: Server with all Gronkh Mods. Take old Backup!
MC-1-12-2	TODO: Server with most Gronkh Mods running on 1.12.2. Take old Backup!
MC-1-15-2	Server with some mods.
MC-1-15-2_pi	Same Server, but running on RaspPi 4. It is running good, but there were a lot of 2000ms behind server messages. It helped to increase RAM to 2G, but it is still happening quite often. Singleplayer should be fine with that, but it also uses all 4 Cores of RaspPi 4 at maximum load, so the normal x86 server is being used.

HowTo create new Server with Forge Mods

1. Create new folder with Minecraft Version
2. Create a new docker-compose.yml file and copy the contents of an existing one.
3. Edit the properties as needed for that Minecraft and Forge Mod Manager version and other Settings.
4. Commit the changes.
5. Download Minecraft Forge Installer if Forge Mods should be used. This is for the Client.
6. Install Minecraft Forge on the Client.
7. Download all mods in the correct Minecraft Version and place them in ~/.minecraft/mods
8. Start Forge Minecraft with default and check if Forge Minor Version for the selected Mods is correct. Otherwise download and install a newer one.
9. Login to Linux Server.
   • Pull the Git Changes made before.
   • Create a new folder docker-container_<MC-version> and ../mods
   • Copy the mods into that folder mods
   • Navigate to the new Minecraft folder created in Git
   • Run docker-compose up -d to install the docker container
10. Check in Portainer if it is starting correctly.
11. Connect with Minecraft Client.
12. Play and have fun.

Mods

Minecraft 1.15.2 Forge Mods:

├── betteranimalsplus-1.15.2-8.2.1.96.jar
├── BiomesOPlenty-1.15.2-10.0.0.366-universal.jar
├── Bookshelf-1.15.2-5.6.40.jar
├── expandedstorage-2.0.0+1.15.2.jar
├── gravestone-1.17.5.jar
├── Hwyla-forge-1.10.8-B72_1.15.2.jar
├── ImmersiveEngineering-1.15.2-3.2.0-114.jar
├── jei-1.15.2-6.0.2.12.jar
├── journeymap-1.15.2-5.7.0b3.jar
├── Mantle-1.15.2-1.5.15.jar
├── StorageDrawers-1.15.2-7.0.2.jar
├── Useful-Backpacks-Mod-1.15.2.jar
└── U-Team-Core-1.15.2.jar

CHANGELOG

2020-03   TM    Initial Tests with docker-minecraft-server container.
                Copy of all attributes available at this time.
2020-08   TM    Creating 1.15.2 Versions for tm-server and RaspPi 4.
                Inital start of this Doku.