tquin.minecraft_fabric_server
tquin/ansible_role_minecraft_fabric_server
An Ansible role to install a Fabric Minecraft server, complete with a customisable mods list and systemd timers for regular backups.
Tested on:
- ✔ Ubuntu Jammy 22.04
 - ✔ Debian Bookworm 12
 - ✔ Fedora 38
 
Usage
| Variable | Description | Default | 
|---|---|---|
| minecraft_user | Linux username that owns and runs the service. Will be created if it doesn't already exist. | minecraft | 
| minecraft_dir | Directory to install the server in. | /srv/minecraft | 
| minecraft_version | Minecraft version to install. Updates are easily supported by symlinking the latest executable. | 1.20.4 | 
| minecraft_fabric_version | Minecraft Fabric version to install. This shouldn't need to change. | 0.15.6/1.0.0 | 
| minecraft_world_name | Name of the save file. | my_minecraft_world | 
| minecraft_seed | Seed to use for world generation. The default is a lovely secluded lake. | 8624896 | 
| minecraft_motd | Message of the day. Text to display on the multiplayer server list. | A Minecraft Server | 
| minecraft_difficulty | Should be one of: peaceful, easy, normal or hard. | 
hard | 
| minecraft_ram_mb | RAM amount to allocate to the server, in MiB. | 1024 (1GiB) | 
| minecraft_backup_time | Time of day to invoke backup script, in local timezone. | 3:00:00 (3AM) | 
| minecraft_backup_dir | Where to save world backups. | /srv/minecraft/backups | 
| minecraft_backup_removal_enabled | Whether to remove old backups or keep them forever. Must be one of: true, false | 
true | 
| minecraft_backup_retention_days | How long to keep backup files before removing them. Must be an integer number of days. | 7 | 
| minecraft_mods | List of mods from Modrinth to install. The defaults here are vanilla with performance optimisations. You can find the slug value from the mod page url, eg: modrinth.com/mods/<slug> | 
- fabric-api- sodium- lithium- fabric-language-kotlin- indium | 
| minecraft_ops | List of players with op/mod/admin permissions. | - Etho | 
| minecraft_ops_level | The Permission level assigned to ops users. Controls what commands an op user can run. | 4 | 
| minecraft_use_allowlist | Control the server setting to use the allowlist file or not. | true | 
| minecraft_allowlist | Allowlist/Whitelist of players allowed to join the server. | - Etho | 
| mcrcon_pass | Password for mcrcon, which is used for starting, stopping, and backing up the server. You should store this in an Ansible Vault and pass it into the role. | None | 
Todo
- containerise mcrcon
 - containerise fabric server
 
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 An Ansible role to install a Fabric Minecraft server, complete with a customisable mods list and systemd timers for regular backups.
Install
 ansible-galaxy install tquin.minecraft_fabric_serverLicense
 
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