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This docker image provides a Minecraft Server that will automatically download the latest stable, latest snapshot, or any specific server version.
To simply use the latest stable version, run
docker run -d -p 25565:25565 itzg/minecraft-server
where the default server port, 25565, will be exposed on your host machine.
Mojang now requires accepting the Minecraft EULA. To accept add
-e EULA=TRUE
such as
docker run -e EULA=TRUE -d -p 25565:25565 itzg/minecraft-server
In order to persist the Minecraft data, which you probably want to do for a real server setup, use the -v argument to map a local path to the `/data' path in the container,
docker run -d -v /path/on/host:/data -p 25565:25565 itzg/minecraft-server
To use a different Minecraft version, pass the VERSION environment variable, which can have the value
- LATEST
- SNAPSHOT
- (or a specific version, such as "1.7.9")
For example, to use the latest snapshot:
docker run -d -e VERSION=SNAPSHOT ...
or a specific version:
docker run -d -e VERSION=1.7.9 ...
The message of the day, shown below each server entry in the UI, can be changed with the MOTD environment variable, such as
docker run -d -e 'MOTD=My Server' ...
The Java memory limit can be adjusted using the JVM_OPTS environment variable, where the default is
the setting shown in the example (max and min at 1024 MB):
docker run -e 'JVM_OPTS=-Xmx1024M -Xms1024M' ...