Minecraft Servers

Could I use Antsle to Run a Minecraft server? If we can, do you have a tutorial? What requirements to host a Minecraft server with Antsle? And how could we install plugins into our server?

I'd start with https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Personal-Minecraft-Server

Part 1 is about making your server visible to the internet (which, in my mind, should be the after the server is setup, but what-evs)

Part 2 is about setting up the server on Windows

Part 3 is about setting up the server on a Mac

Part 4 is about setting up the server on Linux

Part 5 is about connecting to the server

On the antsle, you could create an antlet with one of these operating systems and use that as the "server" they describe in the instructions.

Since the antlse is Linux, I would recommend using one of the Linux LXC antlet templates, since (as I understand it), that allows the antsle to do the best resource management.  But if you're more comfortable with one of the other OSs, then you could set one of those antlets up.

Also I don't know the server OS affects the availability of plugins and mods.  It looks like (from my limited research) it's all Java-based (so should work on any OS), but also seems most things have handy installers for Windows, for convenience.

The Antsle docs describe several topics you'd need (creating the antlet, port-forwarding, etc).

Personally, I would NOT recommend installing it directly on the antsle (not using a virtual antlet) as that could complicate Antsle EdgeLinux upgrades (which seem delicate already, from what I've read on here).

Hi @richardwilliams

Thanks for the insight.

It's good to be mindful of any open ports and only open ones necessary for the task at hand.

Thank you,
antsle Support

Hi @mochakiji

Thanks for the encouraging words!

Thank you,
antsle Support

Hi @makarofors

Thanks for the link.

Some people like hosting their own Minecraft servers so they can control whose and what is on there.  Using an antlet for Minecraft servers works great.

For mobile platforms such as iOS and Android, they've got the functionality built-in for create games on your local area network.

Thank you,
antsle Support