syusui/minecraft-alpine repository overview

⁠mincreaft-alpine : Minecraft Server on Alpine Linux

⁠Features

• Light-weight: about 110MB.
• Complying with Copyright: does NOT include a server program.
• Useful options: selecting a version, the number of threads for GC, etc.

⁠Build

$ docker build -t minecraft-server:latest --rm=true .

⁠Run

A "--tty" option is required because a launcher script requires it.

Example:

# enable --tty, --interactive
$ docker run -t -i \
	-e EULA=1 \
	-e GCTHREADS=4 \
	-p 25565:25565 \
	-v /opt/docker_volumes/minecraft-xxxx:/srv/minecraft \
	-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
	minecraft-server:latest

⁠Options

• To agree to Minecraft license: -e EULA=1 (default: 0 = do NOT agree)
• Port assignment: -p HOST_PORT:CONTAINER_PORT
• Volume mounting: -v HOST_DIR:CONTAINER_DIR
• # of Threads for GC: -e GCTHREADS=4 (default: 1)
• Selecting version: -e VERSION=1.7.3 (default: latest-release)
  • If you specified latest-release or latest-snapshot, a program will be automatically updated whenever this image starts.
• Specifying a jar file: -e EXEC_JAR=forge-1.7.10-10.13.4.1614-1.7.10-universal.jar (default: latest version of program)
  • If you specify this, you should download a jar manually and add it to a container⁠ or place it on a mountpoint to /srv/minecraft.
• Heap size: -e MAX_HEAP=2048M (default: 1024M), -e MIN_HEAP=512M (default: 512M)
• To detach : Ctrl-p Ctrl-q (if you created a container with -i option)