

You’ll need the following system requirements in order to run a Minecraft Server:

It allows users to connect to one central computer which will host the game software for all the other players to use.

Minecraft is so popular, that it is the best-selling PC game of all time with over 238 million copies sold.įor those looking to play Minecraft with their friends, a Minecraft Server is required. Log into your AWS account (Get a free one here - ) and head to your console.Minecraft is a game which allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world. I even spent a good hour on the phone to a geek mate Jack Skinner to pick his brains looking at ports and routing, tcp/udp - to no avail.Įventually I managed to crack it - so here's how to get a Minecraft Java Edition Server up and running for the kids using an Amazon Linux 2 AMI EC2 Instance. Very few of them would work, simply because Amazon moves so quickly with the EC2 Instances, it's hard for tutorials to stay relevant.
