It'll say something like 'Download minecraft_server.1.16.2.jar and run it with the following command.' That version number and URL will change in the future. There are other Minecraft 3rd party Java Servers you can use, the most popular being Spigot, but the easiest server you can run is the one from Minecraft themselves. Do your standard update stuff, and also install a JDK: sudo apt update You can use Putty, but I like using Windows 10's built-in SSH. Remember the default user name is pi and the password is raspberry.
If you want to make things faster for setup and possibly set up your Pi without having to connect a monitor, mouse, or keyboard, mount your SSD card and create a new empty file named ssh, without any extension, inside the boot directory to enable ssh on boot. I like NOOBS as it's super easy to setup. I was running a Minecraft Server in a Docker container on my Synology NAS but I thought teaching him how to run Minecraft Server on a Raspberry Pi 4 we had lying around would be a good learning moment.įirst, set up your Raspberry Pi. He was just hosting on his laptop and then forwarding a port but that means his friends can't connect unless he's actively running. My 14 year old got tired of paying $7.99 for Minecraft Realm so he could host his friends in their world.
