Update system.
dnf update -y
Set your timezone.
timedatectl set-timezone UTC
date
Set the machine hostname.
hostnamectl set-hostname minecraft1
Install nano text editor and some other tools.
dnf install -y nano tmux git
Reboot system, login back to server (as root).
reboot
You might need to install the service.
dnf install firewalld
Check firewall status (should be off in most cases).
firewall-cmd --state
If firewall not running start it.
systemctl start firewalld.service
Check the current state of firewall (ssh should be enabled):
firewall-cmd --get-active-zones
firewall-cmd --list-all
Open add minecraft port rule to public zone of the firewall:
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=25565/tcp
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=25565/tcp --permanent
List firewall rules again to make sure the port is open:
firewall-cmd --list-all
Create yourself a user.
adduser minecraft
Copy root key to user home (you can remove it from the root user later).
cp -r -p /root/.ssh/ /home/minecraft/
chown -R minecraft:minecraft /home/minecraft/.ssh
Add your user to wheel group (as supplementary group, primary group still minecraft).
usermod -a -G wheel minecraft
For using sudo without requiring a password create the following configuration:
nano /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
Then add the following line:
# allow wheel group use without password
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
Logout server the server.
exit
Login back to the server as minecraft user (ssh minecraft@<you_server_ip>).
Install OpenJDK 21:
dnf install -y java-21-openjdk java-21-openjdk-static-libs
Create solder for the server:
mkdir server && cd server
Download version 1.20.6 of the Minecraft server (Java Edition).
curl https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/145ff0858209bcfc164859ba735d4199aafa1eea/server.jar \
-o minecraft_1.20.6_server.jar
Create a tmux session (to be able exit ssh session without closing server):
tmux
Run The server.
java -jar minecraft_1.20.6_server.jar
To detach the active tmux session press CTRL+B then D, to restore type tmux at.
Download the latests BuildTools.jar from the Jenkins Build Page.
Run the build procedure:
java -jar BuildTools.jar --rev 1.20.6
Run the Spigot server:
java -jar spigot-1.20.6.jar