A simple script that sets up a Raspberry PI 3 for Minecraft server hosting

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Phil-Venter/pi-mcserver/main/install.sh | bash

Default Settings

• Server Purpur
• Minecraft Version 1.19.2
• Server install location /home/pi/mcserver
• Initial RAM to be used by Java 1GB
• Max RAM to be used by Java 1GB
• Linux Page swap size 2GB

If you do not like any of the defaults, this is probably the route to go

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Phil-Venter/pi-mcserver/main/install.sh
chmod a+x install.sh
nano install.sh

Update the defaults you do not like

• MINECRAFT_VERSION: Minecraft version to install
• SERVER_LOCATION: where the server will be installed
• SERVER_JAR_URL: URL of the Minecraft Server JAR file (If not using Purpur, ensure the correct URL that matches the version is here)
• JAVA_AVG_RAM: Java -Xms property, Starting RAM (in MB) allocated to Java.
• JAVA_MAX_RAM: Java -Xmx property, Maximum RAM (in MB) allocated to Java.
• SWAP_SIZE: Linux page SWAP size (in MB), default PI installaction allocates 100MB

./install.sh