Role Name

ansible-role-minecraft:

• This role sets up a Minecraft server on Debian-based systems (like Debian and Ubuntu).
• If you have run this role before, it will STOP the server, back up the game world to /tmp/minecraft_backup/ with today's date, and then START the server again.
• The role runs the Minecraft server software in a screen session called "minecraft."

Requirements

This role installs some extra applications to support the Minecraft server. These include:

• default-jre (Java needed for the server)
• git
• fail2ban
• screen
• vim

Role Variables

The only variables that need to be defined are in vars/main.yml, which include:

Available at https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/

mc_version: 'https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/3dc3d84a581f14691199cf6831b71ed1296a9fdf/server.jar'

This should show the current Minecraft server version

mc_version_str: "1.14.1"

Dependencies

This role doesn’t depend on any other roles.

Example Playbook

To run the playbook on remote host(s), use the playbook below:

- name: Deploy the Minecraft server
  hosts: minecraft

  roles:
    - ansible-minecraft

To run the playbook on the local host (where Ansible is installed), use the playbook below:

- name: Deploy the Minecraft server
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local

  roles:
    - ansible-minecraft

License

MIT

Author Information

Author: Russell Zachary Feeser

Contact: email: rzfeeser@gmail.com

Profession: Trainer and Consultant

Available for:

• Ansible
• Ansible Module Design with Python
• Network Automation with Python and Ansible
• Python for API and API Design
• Python Basics
• OpenStack
• 5G
• 4G LTE
• IP Multimedia Subsystem
• Session Initiation Protocol
• Playing Minecraft and StarCraft II :p