Minecraft Bedrock Edition is the version of Minecraft that powers the iPhone / Android versions (formerly Minecraft Pocket Edition), the Xbox / PlayStation / Nintendo Switch editions and the free Windows 10 Minecraft edition.
Mojang has released a dedicated server which is considered to be in alpha testing. I have found it to be very stable and able to run on a wide variety of hardware.
This script and guide are written to help you get a robust Minecraft Bedrock dedicated server up and running in only a few minutes!
This is the standalone version. The easiest and most problem-free way to run this is using Docker (installed as simply as sudo apt install docker.io): Legendary Minecraft Bedrock Container
Sets up the official Minecraft Bedrock Server (currently in alpha testing)
Fully operational Minecraft Bedrock edition server in a couple of minutes
Ubuntu / Debian distributions supported
Sets up Minecraft as a system service with option to autostart at boot
Automatic backups when server restarts
Supports multiple instances — you can run multiple Bedrock servers on the same system
Updates automatically to the latest or user-defined version when server is started
Easy control of server with start.sh, stop.sh and restart.sh scripts
Adds logging with timestamps to “logs” directory
Optional scheduled daily restart of server using cron
Requirements
A computer with a 64 bit processor (if you are trying to use ARM read my article on the limitations). 32 bit binaries of the official server are not available so it needs to be 64 bit!
1 GB of RAM or higher
The only officially supported platform by Microsoft is Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 (current LTS, recommended)
Other Linux flavors supported by this script as well as long as they use systemd (for the service). The script assumes apt is installed but there are minimal dependencies so you could install these on another distro (that doesn’t have apt present) and use the script normally.
Recommended Gear
Game Editions
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is the “Windows 10” version of Minecraft as well as the version of Minecraft on the Xbox / Playstation / Switch. The versions of Minecraft for Android and iOS are also the Bedrock edition.
All of these versions support cross-platform play with each other (but not with the Java edition).
Minecraft Bedrock Digital Code
This is the PC Minecraft for Windows 10 (Bedrock) edition of Minecraft. It is able to play cross-platform with other players on Android / iOS / Playstation / Xbox / Switch. Available as a code that is instantly activated to give you permanent access to the game!
I strongly recommend a Solid State drive (SSD) for your server. This is because Minecraft is constantly reading/storing chunks to the disk which makes I/O performance very important.
These are much cheaper than they used to be. Here’s a decent 120 GB one (higher capacity options are available) at a very low price:
Kingston A400 2.5″ SATA SSD
The Kingston A400 is reliable, widely available around the world, has low power requirements and performs very well. It’s also very affordable. This drive has been benchmarked over 1000 times at Pi Benchmarks and is the #1 most popular SSD among the community!
If you have a M.2 NVME slot in your motherboard you can go with a high end drive. This will give your server maximum performance even if a large number of players are running around on the server changing blocks and triggering disk writes.
This is the one I have in my machine. These range from 250 GB to 2 TB depending on how big your server might grow:
The Samsung 980 Pro (NVMe) is a professional grade SSD and one of the fastest in the world. The Samsung NVMe drives have been at the top of this category for a long time and are well trusted for both their performance and reliability / long life.
Almost any PC made in the last few years will be a x86_64 bit computer. If you have an older computer around that isn’t being used then it will most likely have the right CPU and amount of memory (as well as fast storage) to run a basic server.
Throwing a SSD in one of these older computers will provide an excellent server experience for small and larger player counts.
The speed of your storage will make the largest difference. Older HDDs are going to have significantly slower performance than any modern SSD even with all other hardware equal. This is because the Minecraft server is constantly reading/writing chunks of your world as well as updates to it to the disk so this tends to be the bottleneck.
Operating System
I highly recommend using Ubuntu Server to run the Minecraft dedicated server. It is available here.
At the time of writing the current version is Ubuntu Server 20.04. This is a secure and robust operating system and will leave plenty of resources available for the server to run.
The script should run on any Debian based flavor of Linux but since the Minecraft Bedrock server is compiled natively for Ubuntu I recommend sticking with it. If you have a GUI flavor of Ubuntu and a decent PC (>= 2 GB of RAM) the server will work just fine on it.
Note: People have reported in the comments that Ubuntu 16.x is no longer working with the latest official Mojang binaries. Ubuntu 18.04 is the minimum requirement for the latest versions, and 20.04 is recommended!
Installation
Log into your Linux server either using SSH or a mouse and keyboard and paste/type the following command:
The script will setup the Minecraft sever and ask you some questions on how to configure it. I’ll explain here what they mean.
The first question will be the installation path. This is the root installation path for ALL servers you will have. If you add additional servers later you should select the exact same installation path. It should always be left as the default (~).
The only exception is if you have something like a completely dedicated disk for the Minecraft server. In that case you should always use the same root path of /mnt/yourdrive or wherever the path is for every new/additional server you install.
“Start Minecraft server at startup automatically (y/n)?” – This will set the Minecraft service to start automatically when your server boots. This is a great option to set up a Minecraft server that is always available.
“Automatically restart and backup server at 4am daily (y/n)?” – This will add a cron job to the server that reboots the server every day at 4am. This is great because every time the server restarts it backs up the server and updates to the latest version. See the “Scheduled Daily Reboots” section below for information on how to customize the time or remove the reboot.
That is it for the setup script. The server will finish configuring and start!
First Run
The server will start up and start displaying output to the console.
Once you see the “Server started” line you will be able to connect from the client.
To add the server to the client open Minecraft and click “Play”. Then at the top of the screen select the “Servers” tab and click “Add Server”.
This will ask you for a Server Name and Server IP Address. For the name you can put anything and for the server IP address put the address of your Linux server. Leave the port as the default 19132. For more information on how to let people from outside your network on go to the “Port Forwarding” section below.
Now choose the server you just added in the list and connect!
Start, Stop and Restart Server
The server can be started, stopped and restarted two different ways. You can use the provided scripts in the Minecraft folder or you can use systemctl. Here are the commands:
The server backs up each time it starts. This helps you recover easily if something goes wrong. This system works best if you configured the server to restart daily since it means you will have a backup every day.
To access these backups type:
cd ~/minecraftbe/backups ls
When a backup is made the filename will be the date and time the backup was taken. If you need to restore a backup it’s very easy. Substitute the timestamp in my example to the backup you want to roll back to. Type:
cd ~/minecraftbe
./stop.sh
rm -rf worlds
tar -xf backups/2019.02.15.22.06.30.tar.gz
./start.sh
Your world has now been restored! It’s a good idea to download these backups off the server periodically just in case the server’s storage fails.
The daily reboots are scheduled using cron. It’s very easy to customize the time your server restarts.
To change the time that the server restarts type: crontab -e
This will open a window that will ask you to select a text editor (I find nano to be the easiest) and will show the cronjobs scheduled on the server. The Minecraft one will look like the following:
0 4 * * * /home/ubuntu/minecraftbe/restart.sh
Crontab’s syntax layout
There are 5 fields here. The default restart time is set to reboot at 0 minutes of the 4th hour of the day (4 AM). The other 3 fields are left as * to represent every day of every month. Make any desired changes here and press Ctrl+X to exit nano and update the cronjob.
To remove the daily reboot simply delete the line and save.
Reconfigure / Update Scripts
The scripts can always be reconfigured and updated by downloading the latest SetupMinecraft.sh and running the installer again. It will update all of the scripts in the Minecraft directory and reinstall the startup service for you.
Running SetupMinecraft.sh again will also give you a chance to reconfigure options such as the memory dedicated to the server, daily reboots, starting the server on boot, etc.
This will not overwrite your world or any other data so it is safe to run!
Port Forwarding
If everyone on your server is on the same LAN or WiFi network as you then you don’t need to do this. If you want people to connect from outside your local network then you need to set up port forwarding on your router.
The process for this is different for every router so the best thing to do is just look at your router and find the model # and put that in google with port forwarding for easy instructions on how to do it for your specific router.
You want to forward port 19132. The type of connection is both TCP and UDP. On some routers you need to do both a TCP entry and then a second entry as UDP.
Once you do this people will be able to connect to your Minecraft server through your public IP address. This is different than your local IP which is usually a 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x. If you don’t know what that is just go to google and type “what’s my ip” and Google will kindly tell you!
Version Override
You can revert to a previous version with the revert.sh script included in your directory like this:
james@jamesgigabyte-linux:~/minecraftbe/james$ ./revert.sh
Set previous version in version_pin.txt: bedrock-server-1.19.10.20.zip
If you have a specific version you would like to run you can also create version_pin.txt yourself like this:
The version hold can be removed by deleting version_pin.txt. This will allow it to update to the latest version again!
Wired vs. Wireless
Going with an ethernet (wired) connection is going to be faster and more reliable. There’s so much wireless traffic and other interference in the air that running your server on WiFi is not recommended.
Even if it is working great 99% of the time it can ruin your experience very quickly if the WiFi drops for a couple of seconds and you get blown up by a creeper!
All that being said, the server works fine on wireless. The script will work fine as is with a wireless connection.
Benchmarking / Testing Storage
If you’re getting poor performance you may want to run my storage benchmark with:
PC results won’t show up on the site yet (it’s meant for Raspberry Pi) but it will run on Linux just fine and give you a score. If you search for the model of your drive on Pi Benchmarks you can compare your score with others and make sure the drive is performing correctly!
Troubleshooting Note – Oracle Virtual Machines
A very common problem people have with the Oracle Virtual Machine tutorials out there that typically show you how to use a free VM is that the VM is much more difficult to configure than just about any other product / offering out there.
It is because there are several steps you need to take to open the ports on the Oracle VM. You need to both:
Set the ingress ports (TCP/UDP) in the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) security list
*and* set the ingress ports in a Network Security Group assigned to your instance
Both of these settings are typically required before you will be able to connect to your VM instance. This is purely configuration related and has nothing to do with the script or the Minecraft server itself.
I do not recommend this platform due to the configuration difficulty but the people who have gone through the pain of configuring an Oracle VM have had good experiences with it after that point. Just keep in mind it’s going to be a rough ride through the configuration for most people.
Troubleshooting Note – Hyper-V
There is a weird bug in Hyper-V that breaks UDP connections on the Minecraft server. The fix for this is that you have to use a Generation 1 VM with the Legacy LAN network driver.
Conclusion
The Minecraft Bedrock Edition dedicated server runs much better than previous third party servers in the past that were missing critical features. The performance is very good even on low end hardware. It has never been easier to set up a Minecraft Bedrock server.
If you have any feedback or suggestions let me know in the comment section. A lot of the changes and developments in this script and guide are directly from readers.
1,555 thoughts on “Minecraft Bedrock Edition – Ubuntu Dedicated Server Guide”
Avaatar
I like the guide a lot. What i am missing is maybe a second guide, how to install Resource Packs and where to get them. Or how to configure the Minecraft server on the server console to manipulate the world, to set technical stuff like RAM usage etc. Is it possible?
I agree with your point though about the console setup for adding basic admins and stuff like that. That’s one of the most common questions I get here and I’m working on a new guide for it. I’ll bump up the priority on that though since you’ve given me a reminder that this is something needed. Thanks for the feedback!
Ok so everything works fine until the server starts, then i get the error /home/ubuntu/minecraftbe/dirtysox/bedrock_server: error while loading shared libraries: libns1.so.1: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
Thanks Mr.DirtySox
Ok i removed some files now, but i am getting a new error, once it says starting (name) server, it then says there is no screen to be resumed matching (server name)
Which version of Ubuntu are you running? I have been helping a couple of other people that have been having problems and I haven’t been able to nail down what is different about their platforms and which dependency is missing. Are you using 18.04 or 20.04?
Hey!
I’m encountering the same lib problem. The logs outputs:
` error while loading shared libraries: libnsl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory`
If you are getting it too then I’m guessing I need to update the included dependencies in depends.zip. I’ll give this a look here and get it updated and report back!
Hi James,
This might be very dumb, but I was wondering if there was a way to OP someone on the server or / and change Minecraft settings (as in game rules and stuff). I’m new to bedrock so I don’t know if that’s how it works but hopefully you understand what I’m saying!
Thanks – Jacob
Absolutely! The easiest way is to pull up your Minecraft server console with:
screen -r yourservername
or just
screen -r
will tell you all the screens you have running in the background and resume it. Once you have the server console open you can just type:
op playername
right in the console and press enter. This will immediately give them administrator privileges! They’ll be able to see extended commands in the help menus etc. once they have operator permissions!
It sounds like a server process is stuck open in the background. It can’t open the server .db file and it says the network port is already occupied (meaning the server is already running and using that port).
I’d just give the whole machine a reboot to close any open processes. If that still doesn’t work you may need to run ./fixpermissions.sh in the folder if something else has taken ownership of the files. That should get you back up and running!
Hi,
I’ve done a variety of troubleshooting steps here and I am still unable to get the bedrock server to launch. My error is below. Note, this is launching the ./bedrock_server directly but I get the same result in the log file if I use the ./start.sh script too. I am running 20.04 LTS freshly installed and updated today. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much in advance!
NO LOG FILE! - setting up server logging...
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Starting Server
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Version 1.16.220.02
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Session ID d767f0c1-97c2-4b42-bce5-465a7bb946a5
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Level Name: Bedrock level
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Game mode: 0 Survival
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Difficulty: 1 EASY
[INFO] opening worlds/Bedrock level/db
[INFO] Package: com.mojang.minecraft.dedicatedserver
Version: 1.16.220.02
OS: Linux
Server start: 2021-04-13 18:21:17 EDT
Dmp timestamp: 2021-04-13 18:21:17 EDT
Upload Date: 2021-04-13 18:21:17 EDT
Session ID: d767f0c1-97c2-4b42-bce5-465a7bb946a5
Commit hash: 83dca9ce456063492dfe4a5f8f0ee6894c94b963
Build id: 5667913
CrashReporter Key: 00cfefca-9736-34bd-a0a4-32b041b2b2f3
Crash
[INFO]
Failed to open curl lib from binary, use libcurl.so instead
That’s an interesting one. What do you get from this command:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4 -y
The other thing we may want to check is your permissions. I would do a chmod +x on any libraries or binaries in the folder. I don’t think there’s a curl library included in there (there’s one like libCrypto or something like that, and maybe a couple others) but it could be a permission related error which a:
sudo ./fixpermissions.sh
from inside your Minecraft server’s folder (this script should already exist in there) may be able to assist with. I also wonder if libcurl4 is gone and it’s something like libcurl5 now (the libraries update from time to time), or potentially your apt is having an issue and didn’t install the prerequisite for some reason. Let me know what you find as this will narrow things down!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libcurl4 is already the newest version (7.68.0-1ubuntu2.5).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra gstreamer1.0-vaapi libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libva-wayland2
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ran the sudo ./fixpermissions.sh and tried both ./bedrock_server (got same result as before i.e. curl error) and ./start.sh (different error, but lost it in the terminal and for whatever reason logs) and still got errors. Looked up libcurl4 and it appears that 7.68 is the latest
Being a linux noob, I’m not fully sure what connected to make it work, but it seems that compiling curl made it work. Many thanks for what you’re doing here as it has certainly helped me maintain a server environment for my kids to play Minecraft together.
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know what it was here. I’ll keep an eye out for more like this. I wonder if we could have forced a dpkg reinstall or something to have fixed it as well since it sounds like it was on there but your manual update steps definitely made something happy.
Take care and enjoy, and tell the kids to have fun!
No worries, definitely try restarting the client completely after a failed connection attempt. Make sure you’re connecting Bedrock (the Windows 10 edition, Xbox and other consoles, Android and iOS) and not using Java as well. Good luck and let me know if I can help more!
Certainly using bedrock all around (win 10 edition and iOS). I figured I’d go back to basics and just download the server from Mojang directly. It ran fine. Then I copied the files from that download into the server folder that your script creates, replacing what was there, and I am up and running and able to connect.
Also, if this helps, I am running this on a PC (HP 290) with sufficient resources. Started with clean Ubuntu 20.04 desktop install, a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade, and then your script. when that didn’t work, i downloaded the server files directly from mojang and ran them. once those successfully ran, I copied them to the folder your script made and ran ./start.sh. That got me up and running.
Hopefully this will be useful to you or others and again, thank you for the script and the help!!
Please disregard all of the above…. I finally figured out what was causing the issue and it is 100% user error. Where you prompt for ports, I placed my server’s IP instead…. DOH!
Thanks for your help and feel free to delete all of these comments as they do not add any value at all. 😀
No worries at all! I’m glad you posted all your steps here as it will definitely help others who are troubleshooting. It’s definitely tricky to get some parts of it working especially when it comes to networking and platform-specific quirks! Enjoy!
Kent
Just thought I comment that the broken install/update is now fixed for me.
The install and update was consistently broken on every environment that I tried (physical, kvm, lxc). I re-ran SetupMinecraft.sh yesterday and everything is working again. Thank you James and everyone.
I like the guide a lot. What i am missing is maybe a second guide, how to install Resource Packs and where to get them. Or how to configure the Minecraft server on the server console to manipulate the world, to set technical stuff like RAM usage etc. Is it possible?
Hey Avaatar,
I do actually have a resource packs guide available here.
I agree with your point though about the console setup for adding basic admins and stuff like that. That’s one of the most common questions I get here and I’m working on a new guide for it. I’ll bump up the priority on that though since you’ve given me a reminder that this is something needed. Thanks for the feedback!
Ok so everything works fine until the server starts, then i get the error /home/ubuntu/minecraftbe/dirtysox/bedrock_server: error while loading shared libraries: libns1.so.1: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
Thanks Mr.DirtySox
Hey Mr. DirtySox,
I’ve updated the script with a new version that has some more dependency checks. Can you give that one a try?
Ok i removed some files now, but i am getting a new error, once it says starting (name) server, it then says there is no screen to be resumed matching (server name)
Hey Mr. DirtySox,
Which version of Ubuntu are you running? I have been helping a couple of other people that have been having problems and I haven’t been able to nail down what is different about their platforms and which dependency is missing. Are you using 18.04 or 20.04?
Hey!
I’m encountering the same lib problem. The logs outputs:
` error while loading shared libraries: libnsl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory`
I’m using 20.04 aarch64.
Hey Jules,
If you are getting it too then I’m guessing I need to update the included dependencies in depends.zip. I’ll give this a look here and get it updated and report back!
When I try to start the server I get a “Failed to start minecraftbe.service: Unit minecraftbe.service not found.”
Any suggestions?
Hey Derek,
Try naming it something other than “minecraftbe” and let me know if it works. If it does I will put in a fix for this!
Hi James,
This might be very dumb, but I was wondering if there was a way to OP someone on the server or / and change Minecraft settings (as in game rules and stuff). I’m new to bedrock so I don’t know if that’s how it works but hopefully you understand what I’m saying!
Thanks – Jacob
Hey Jacob,
Absolutely! The easiest way is to pull up your Minecraft server console with:
screen -r yourservernameor just
screen -rwill tell you all the screens you have running in the background and resume it. Once you have the server console open you can just type:
op playernameright in the console and press enter. This will immediately give them administrator privileges! They’ll be able to see extended commands in the help menus etc. once they have operator permissions!
I tried this but get this message:
Unknown command: . Please check that the command exists and that you have permission to use it.
op
No targets matched selector
Hey Paul,
Try running the fixpermissions.sh script in the Minecraft server directory with:
sudo ./fixpermissions.shonce you are in the server folder. You can also do a chmod +x bedrock_server which is one of the steps the script runs. Hopefully that helps!
Sorry its me again…
can anyone help me understand what this means?
NO LOG FILE! - setting up server logging...[2021-04-14 17:16:51 INFO] Starting Server
[2021-04-14 17:16:51 INFO] Version 1.16.220.02
[2021-04-14 17:16:51 INFO] Session ID b1c48d17-9092-4f34-b124-0c66060bd493
[2021-04-14 17:16:51 INFO] Level Name: PegTopia
[2021-04-14 17:16:51 INFO] Game mode: 0 Survival
[2021-04-14 17:16:51 INFO] Difficulty: 2 NORMAL
[INFO] opening worlds/PegTopia/db
[WARN] LevelDB worlds/PegTopia/db status NOT OK(IO error: fflush failed.:-1). Trying repair.
[ERROR] Failed to open LevelDB!
[ERROR] IO error: fflush failed.:-1
[ERROR] Network port occupied, can't start server.
Thanks
Mat
Hey Mat,
It sounds like a server process is stuck open in the background. It can’t open the server .db file and it says the network port is already occupied (meaning the server is already running and using that port).
I’d just give the whole machine a reboot to close any open processes. If that still doesn’t work you may need to run ./fixpermissions.sh in the folder if something else has taken ownership of the files. That should get you back up and running!
Thankyou.
I dont know which fixed it but i have done all of those things in a variety of different orders.
It is now working again so I and my children can get back to work!
As always Thankyou.
Mat
Hey Mat,
No problem at all, good to see you again and take care!
Hi,
I’ve done a variety of troubleshooting steps here and I am still unable to get the bedrock server to launch. My error is below. Note, this is launching the ./bedrock_server directly but I get the same result in the log file if I use the ./start.sh script too. I am running 20.04 LTS freshly installed and updated today. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much in advance!
NO LOG FILE! - setting up server logging...[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Starting Server
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Version 1.16.220.02
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Session ID d767f0c1-97c2-4b42-bce5-465a7bb946a5
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Level Name: Bedrock level
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Game mode: 0 Survival
[2021-04-13 18:21:17 INFO] Difficulty: 1 EASY
[INFO] opening worlds/Bedrock level/db
[INFO] Package: com.mojang.minecraft.dedicatedserver
Version: 1.16.220.02
OS: Linux
Server start: 2021-04-13 18:21:17 EDT
Dmp timestamp: 2021-04-13 18:21:17 EDT
Upload Date: 2021-04-13 18:21:17 EDT
Session ID: d767f0c1-97c2-4b42-bce5-465a7bb946a5
Commit hash: 83dca9ce456063492dfe4a5f8f0ee6894c94b963
Build id: 5667913
CrashReporter Key: 00cfefca-9736-34bd-a0a4-32b041b2b2f3
Crash
[INFO]
Failed to open curl lib from binary, use libcurl.so instead
Hey ThreadOne,
That’s an interesting one. What do you get from this command:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4 -yThe other thing we may want to check is your permissions. I would do a chmod +x on any libraries or binaries in the folder. I don’t think there’s a curl library included in there (there’s one like libCrypto or something like that, and maybe a couple others) but it could be a permission related error which a:
sudo ./fixpermissions.shfrom inside your Minecraft server’s folder (this script should already exist in there) may be able to assist with. I also wonder if libcurl4 is gone and it’s something like libcurl5 now (the libraries update from time to time), or potentially your apt is having an issue and didn’t install the prerequisite for some reason. Let me know what you find as this will narrow things down!
Hi James,
Thanks for a quick reply.
Results of sudo apt-get install libcurl4 -y:
Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libcurl4 is already the newest version (7.68.0-1ubuntu2.5).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra gstreamer1.0-vaapi libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libva-wayland2
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ran the sudo ./fixpermissions.sh and tried both ./bedrock_server (got same result as before i.e. curl error) and ./start.sh (different error, but lost it in the terminal and for whatever reason logs) and still got errors. Looked up libcurl4 and it appears that 7.68 is the latest
Did a bit more digging and came across this and followed those steps and BOOM, the server is now running.
Being a linux noob, I’m not fully sure what connected to make it work, but it seems that compiling curl made it work. Many thanks for what you’re doing here as it has certainly helped me maintain a server environment for my kids to play Minecraft together.
Hey ThreadOne,
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know what it was here. I’ll keep an eye out for more like this. I wonder if we could have forced a dpkg reinstall or something to have fixed it as well since it sounds like it was on there but your manual update steps definitely made something happy.
Take care and enjoy, and tell the kids to have fun!
Spoke too soon. Got it running but cannot connect. I’ll keep working at it but thank you again for the help!
No worries, definitely try restarting the client completely after a failed connection attempt. Make sure you’re connecting Bedrock (the Windows 10 edition, Xbox and other consoles, Android and iOS) and not using Java as well. Good luck and let me know if I can help more!
Following up on this…
Certainly using bedrock all around (win 10 edition and iOS). I figured I’d go back to basics and just download the server from Mojang directly. It ran fine. Then I copied the files from that download into the server folder that your script creates, replacing what was there, and I am up and running and able to connect.
Also, if this helps, I am running this on a PC (HP 290) with sufficient resources. Started with clean Ubuntu 20.04 desktop install, a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade, and then your script. when that didn’t work, i downloaded the server files directly from mojang and ran them. once those successfully ran, I copied them to the folder your script made and ran ./start.sh. That got me up and running.
Hopefully this will be useful to you or others and again, thank you for the script and the help!!
Hi James,
Please disregard all of the above…. I finally figured out what was causing the issue and it is 100% user error. Where you prompt for ports, I placed my server’s IP instead…. DOH!
Thanks for your help and feel free to delete all of these comments as they do not add any value at all. 😀
Hey ThreadOne,
No worries at all! I’m glad you posted all your steps here as it will definitely help others who are troubleshooting. It’s definitely tricky to get some parts of it working especially when it comes to networking and platform-specific quirks! Enjoy!
Just thought I comment that the broken install/update is now fixed for me.
The install and update was consistently broken on every environment that I tried (physical, kvm, lxc). I re-ran SetupMinecraft.sh yesterday and everything is working again. Thank you James and everyone.
Hey Kent,
Perfect! I am not sure why this update triggered all these issues all at once but I ended up fixing several. Thanks for letting us know!