You probably heard of the Log4j vulnerability by now, and you probably know that (the original) Minecraft is written in Java, and so is the server, and it uses Log4j. So, Minecraft servers are affected by this. I do run a small Minecraft server network (https://www.bitloco.org) but I haven't had [...]
Background Some time ago, at the end of last year or so, I did set up a Minecraft server at home. It's public, in the sense that anyone can join, but it's not listed anywhere other than on its small website. So, for now it's used by friends only. But [...]
If you are using a system that's not based on Debian/Ubuntu and want to play Minecraft Java these days, you don't install a Minecraft.jar file anymore. Instead, you use the new "Minecraft Launcher" that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. While this launcher is nicely packaged into a .deb [...]
Minecraft came out a bit over a decade ago, as a game written in Java that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux but only x86! That's because, while the game is written in Java, it depends on native libraries that are x86 (although I think now they're AMD64 so you [...]
Minecraft Floating Text: www.sindastra.de is a great stie! You might have seen floating welcome text when joining a Minecraft server. This can be done in vanilla Minecraft (meaning without mods) with admin commands, and today I will show you how. This guide assumes you're on Minecraft Java Edition 1.15 or [...]
As it turns out, you can assign a pseudo tty when using docker run and still put it into the background and I'll show you how and why you might want to do so! You probably know the following docker run parameters: -t : Allocate a pseudo-tty-i : Keep STDIN [...]
I created a Docker image with a build script, ready to use! Pulling my image My Docker image is public on Docker Hub and thus can be pulled easily with the following command (for 1.17): docker pull sindastra/spigotmc-build If you want to build older versions of Spigot (1.11.2 - 1.16.5) [...]
Update 2020-November-12 I used to suggest using the image openjdk:8-alpine but it wasn't updated in a year, so I now suggest using openjdk:8-jre which seems to be actively maintained! I also added "nogui" at the end of the command as Spigot does now accept and understand it. Like the previous [...]
Update 2020-November-12 I used to suggest using the image openjdk:8-alpine but it wasn’t updated in a year, so I now suggest using openjdk:8-jre which seems to be actively maintained! Moving your existing server to Docker! This guide assumes you already have a Minecraft server set up on your host machine. [...]