Minecraft server for Docker

Features

• Simple setup
• Configurable max memory
• Image automatically build on Dockerhub

Run with single command

docker run -it -d -p 25565:25565 --name mc_server --volume $(pwd)/data:/data:rw akopper/minecraft_server:latest

This will

• Start the latest version in a container named mc_server
• bind the server to the port 25565 on the host
• save the game data into the subfolder data in your current working directory

To view the logs execute docker logs -f mc_server

Run via docker compose

• Copy the file docker-compose.yml to your target directory
• Edit the file and adapt it to your requirements. It's recommended to specify a version of the server image instead of latest.
• Start the services with docker-compose up -d (-d will start the container detached)

Available environment variables

Default values in parenthesis

• MINECRAFT_MAX_MEMORY (2G)