minecraft-tf

This repo is for generating a minecraft-server using Terraform with Azure.

Requirements

Azure CLI
Terraform

Azure CLI installation
Terraform installation

Installing

Clone the repo

git clone [email protected]:kaffikaffi/minecraft-tf.git
cd minecraft-tf

Generate variable file

touch terraform.tvars

Paste the text below in terraform.tvars, and replace the values with your Azure info To generate this info you need to make a Service Principal. DO NOT PUSH THIS FILE TO GITHUB! So make sure it is mentioned in your .gitignore

subscription_id = "XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX"
client_id = "XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX"
client_secret = "XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX"
tenant_id  = "XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX"

Deploy and make it live!

Log in to Azure

az login

If you have made changes to the terraform version or Azurerm version etc. Make sure to run

terraform init

Now you can check the resources that is going to be made in Azure with the command

terraform plan

To make terraform setup the plan on your Azure-account, run the command

terraform apply

Nice to know

The minecraft server is based on the docker-image itzg/minecraft-server. Which always downloads the newest stable version of minecraft-server. Checkout their documentation on github to understand more of how you can control your server etc.