Setting up a Minecraft Server in the Cloud
My 10-year-old son, Jack, is a huge fan of Minecraft. If you let him,
he'd play all day, skipping meals and having a blast. It's most fun to hear him playing with his sister or
his best friend. I'm amazed it's captured his attention for so long; well over two years. Both my kids loved it when
Scott Davis taught a Devoxx4Kids Denver class on
Server-side Minecraft programming.
We haven't had any Devoxx4Kids Denver workshops this year, but that's about to change. First of all, I'm happy to announce we're working with the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group to have a Day of Family Coding Fun at Elitch Gardens this Friday. There will be a workshop on Raspberry Pi and I'll be doing a demonstration on how to setup a Minecraft Server in the cloud. Next weekend, we'll be doing a more in-depth Minecraft Workshop at Devoxx4Kids Denver. If you'd like to join us please RSVP. Since having your own Minecraft Server is a fun thing for kids, and useful for parents, I figured I'd document how to do it here.
First of all, let me say that I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. When I first setup a Minecraft server, I used Ben Garton's Setting up a free Minecraft server in the cloud - part 1 as well as part 2 and 3. I also found Aaron Bell's How to run a Minecraft server on Amazon EC2 to be quite useful.
Without further ado, here's you how to setup a Minecraft Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2015!
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