How to Install a Minecraft Server on Your Linux VPS

Update system
Update your system and install the necessary programs.

apt update && apt upgrade -y

apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 73C3DB2A

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/java/ubuntu focal main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list

apt update

apt install screen gnupg oracle-java17-installer -y

apt install screen openjdk-17-jre-headless -y

sudo apt install screen gnupg software-properties-common -y

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java

sudo apt update

sudo apt install oracle-java17-installer -y

Create subuser
Create a subuser for the Minecraft server and log in with it.

adduser minecraft --disabled-login

su minecraft -l

Select version
Choose a server version to download (for example Spigot 1.19.3).

• Spigot Download
• Craftbukkit Download

wget https://download.getbukkit.org/spigot/spigot-1.19.3.jar

Create start file
Create a start.sh file for launching the server.

nano start.sh

Copy the following line and paste it with a left click:

 screen -AmdS minecraft java -Xms1G -Xmx1G -jar spigot-1.19.3.jar

Accept licenses
Accept the EULA and assign the correct file rights.

echo "eula = true" > eula.txt

chmod +x start.sh

Start server
Run the start script to launch your Minecraft server.

./start.sh