Ansible playbook to implement instructions in "How To Set Up a Minecraft Server on Linux" (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-minecraft-server-on-linux)

minecraft.yaml

- hosts: minecraft_do
  # https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-minecraft-server-on-linux
  tasks:
    - name: do apt-get update --fix-missing
      command: apt-get update --fix-missing
      sudo: yes
    - name: install java
      apt: pkg=default-jdk
      sudo: yes
    - name: install screen
      apt: pkg=screen
      sudo: yes
    - name: make the minecraft directory
      file: state=directory path=/root/minecraft
    - name: download minecraft (1.6.4)
      command: wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.6.4/minecraft_server.1.6.4.jar chdir=/root/minecraft creates=/root/minecraft/minecraft_server.1.6.4.jar
      sudo: yes
    - name: run minecraft
      command: screen -S minecraft -d -m java -Xmx512M -Xms512M -jar /root/minecraft/minecraft_server.1.6.4.jar
      sudo: yes