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Minecraft Servers

Author: Fran / updated Mr. Watson 🦄 (2026-03-30)

Two servers running: Java Edition (for PC) and Bedrock Edition (for iPad/mobile).

Current state

Java Bedrock
Path /opt/minecraft/server/ /home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/
User pink pink
Java OpenJDK 21 N/A
Version 1.21.x 1.21.30.03
World Hariburi-World —
Service none (manual) bedrock.service (active)
Port 25565 19132 UDP

Java Edition

No systemd service — started manually via screen or similar.

# Start server
cd /opt/minecraft/server
screen -dmS minecraft java -Xmx4G -Xms1G -jar server.jar nogui

# Attach to console
screen -r minecraft

# Detach: Ctrl+A then D

# Stop (from console)
stop

Config files

/opt/minecraft/server/server.properties   # main config
/opt/minecraft/server/ops.json            # operators
/opt/minecraft/server/whitelist.json      # whitelist
/opt/minecraft/server/eula.txt            # must be true

Update Java server

# Download latest from https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server
cd /opt/minecraft/server
wget https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/.../server.jar -O server.jar

Java runtime

java --version
# openjdk 21.0.10 2026-01-20

If Java needs updating: sudo apt install openjdk-21-jdk-headless

Bedrock Edition

Managed by bedrock.service. Auto-updates to latest version on each restart via start.sh.

# Service control
sudo systemctl status bedrock
sudo systemctl start bedrock
sudo systemctl stop bedrock
sudo systemctl restart bedrock

# Attach to server console
screen -r servername

# Detach: Ctrl+A then D

Files

/home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/start.sh         # starts server, checks for updates
/home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/stop.sh          # graceful stop
/home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/server.properties
/home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/backups/         # auto-backups on start
/home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/downloads/       # downloaded server zips

Service file

/etc/systemd/system/bedrock.service

[Unit]
Description=bedrock Minecraft Bedrock Server
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=pink
WorkingDirectory=/home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock
Type=forking
ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/start.sh
ExecStop=/bin/bash /home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/stop.sh
GuessMainPID=no
TimeoutStartSec=600

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Quick checks

# Bedrock running?
systemctl status bedrock

# Java running?
screen -list | grep minecraft
ps aux | grep server.jar | grep -v grep

# Ports open?
ss -tulnp | grep -E "25565|19132"

# Bedrock version
ls /home/pink/minecraftbe/bedrock/downloads/ | grep bedrock-server | sort | tail -1