Role Name

ansible-role-minecraft:

- This role deploys a minecraft server on Debian based system (Debian and Ubuntu).
- If you have run the role previously, it will STOP the server software, backup the world to /tmp/minecraft_backup/ with the current date, then START the software
- This role runs the minecraft server software in a screen session titled "minecraft"

Requirements

The role will install some additional apps to help support running the mcserver, these include: - default-jre (java required for sever to run) - git - fail2ban - screen - vim

Role Variables

The only variables that need defined are found in vars/main.yml, they are as follows: - # avail at https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/ mc_version: 'https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/3dc3d84a581f14691199cf6831b71ed1296a9fdf/server.jar' - # This should reflect the current version of the Minecraft server mc_version_str: "1.14.1"

Dependencies

This role has no other role dependencies.

Example Playbook

If you want to run the playbook against remote host(s), run the playbook below:

- name: Deploy the minecraft server
  hosts: minecraft

  roles:
          - ansible-minecraft

If you want to run the playbook against the local host (where ansible is installed), run 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