aci-minecraft

aci-minecraft-min.sh

# Zero to Minecraft in the space of a tweet! (https://twitter.com/acanthamoeba/status/890253868835102720)
# Well... almost! It doesn't seem to run well with just 1 CPU anymore
az group create -n m -l westus && az container create -g m --image itzg/minecraft-server -n m --ip-address public --port 25565 -e EULA=true --cpu 2

aci-minecraft-volume.sh

# One-time setup
# =====================================

# Generate a new storage account name that's hopefully not taken!
AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=minecraft$RANDOM

# Create a resource group to hold your resources
az group create -n minecraft-rg -l westus

# Create a storage account to persist the world data
# Note: This isn't done in the ARM template because Azure file shares can't currently be created via ARM (https://feedback.azure.com/forums/281804-azure-resource-manager/suggestions/9306108-let-me-define-preconfigured-blob-containers-table)
az storage account create -n $AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT -g minecraft-rg --sku Standard_LRS

# Create a file share to mount into the container
# Since creating a share is a data-plane operation, we need the connection string to call into the Azure Storage API's
export AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING=`az storage account show-connection-string -n $AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT -g minecraft-rg -o tsv`
az storage share create -n minecraft-data

# Run this to play!
# =====================================

# Launch Minecraft server inside a container
az group deployment create -g minecraft-rg --template-uri https://aka.ms/aci-mcserver-template

# Cleanup
# =====================================

# Delete the entire resource group to clean up
az group delete -n minecraft-rg

aci-minecraft.sh

# Create a resource group to hold your resources
az group create -n minecraft-rg -l westus

# Run a Minecraft server inside a container
az container create -g minecraft-rg --image=itzg/minecraft-server -n minecraft-server --ip-address public --port 25565 -e EULA=TRUE --cpu 2

# Delete the entire resource group to clean up
az group delete -n minecraft-rg

LICENSE

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Copyright (c) 2018 Noel Bundick

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template.json

{
  "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "storageAccountName": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "containerName": "minecraft-server"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "name": "[variables('containerName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups",
      "apiVersion": "2017-08-01-preview",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "properties": {
        "containers": [{
          "name": "[variables('containerName')]",
          "properties": {
            "image": "itzg/minecraft-server",
            "resources": {
              "requests": {
                "cpu": 2,
                "memoryInGb": 1.5
              }
            },
            "environmentVariables": [
              {
                "name": "EULA",
                "value": "TRUE"
              }
            ],
            "ports": [
              {
                "port": 25565
              }
            ],
            "volumeMounts": [{
              "name": "data",
              "mountPath": "/data"
            }]
          }  
        }],
        "osType": "Linux",
        "ipAddress": {
          "type": "Public",
          "ports": [
            {
              "protocol": "TCP",
              "port": 25565
            }
          ]
        },
        "volumes": [{
          "name": "data",
          "azureFile": {
              "shareName": "minecraft-data",
              "storageAccountName": "[parameters('storageAccountName')]",
              "storageAccountKey": "[listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', parameters('storageAccountName')),'2016-01-01').keys[0].value]"
          }
        }]
      }
    }
  ],
  "outputs": {
    "serverAddress": {
      "type": "string",
      "value": "[reference(concat('Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups/', variables('containerName')), '2017-08-01-preview').ipAddress.ip]"
    }
  }
}