Minecraft in Docker

Setup

• Install Docker and Docker Compose
• Create a /opt/minecraft dir, and make it owned by UID 10000, GID 10000

$ sudo bash -c 'mkdir -pv /opt/minecraft; chown -vR 10000:10000 /opt/minecraft

Building

This will build a Spigot-based server:

$ make build

Running

This will start the Spigot-based server, mounting the data volume on the above /opt/minecraft dir.

$ make spigot

This will start the standard server:

$ make minecraft

Backup

This will backup the standard dir to $(PWD)/BACKUP/minecraft.$(DATE).tar:

$ make backup