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Self-hosting minecraft (downonthestreet.eu)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

Hi! I want to selfhost a minecraft server for my kid and hjs friends. I havent played minecraft in quite a few years ...

Where do I start to self host one?

I am already seflhosting lost of stuff from 'Arrs to Jellyfin and Immich and more, so I am not asking on how to do it technically, but where to look for and what to host for a proper Minecraft server!

Edit: choosed to setup this https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-bedrock-server and so far, super smooth and easy peasy!

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hosting the server is free. I'm actually not sure about windows because I don't use that. We actually play on our iPads. We have a family set up. Pay once for the app, everybody gets to install it on their own device.

For free stuff I think people run Java edition? Again, I've never done that. There is an itzg Java server container https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server

FWIW Bedrock lets you connect to servers online that have free games to play like Bed Wars, Sky Wars, Block Party. I don't know if Java has that.