Minecraft world automatic backup to AWS S3 bucket - Part 2 (Custom functions)

Hi folks. Got an update for the backup script. This time, you’ll have the ability to implement your own upload capabilities. I provide a mock implementation for the required functions. Here is the script again, now modified and a bit cleaned up. I hope it’s helpful. ...

April 17, 2016 · 3 min · hannibal

Minecraft world automatic backup to AWS S3 bucket

Hi Folks. Previously we created a Minecraft server using Docker. After my server got popular in the family, and a lot of stuff started to pile up on it, as a good IT person, I’m backing up the world once in a while. For that, I’m using AWS S3 with the CLI and a little bash script which runs once a week. The script is really straightforward. I’m doing manual versioning, although S3 does provide one out of the box....

April 16, 2016 · 2 min · hannibal

Minecraft Server with Docker on OSX + Mods

Hi Folks. Intro Today, I wanted to write about how to create a secure server in a container. Ideally, you don’t want to run your server on your own machine. Running it in a container gives you a much needed control and an extra layer of security. Docker On OSX While on a mac, you have a couple of options to run docker. Docker-Machine Docker-Machine Docker machine is very simple. It just creates a Linux vm in the background on the given driver, for us it will be VirtualBox....

March 29, 2016 · 6 min · hannibal