Self-host Minecraft Server with Docker

A vanilla Minecraft Java server that downloads and runs the selected version on first boot. This page describes the Levelrail template for Minecraft Server (Applications). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server. Recommended memory: about 3072 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
`minecraft`	`itzg/minecraft-server:java21`	25565	`minecraft_data -> /data`

Environment variables

Service	Variable	Value
`minecraft`	`DIFFICULTY`	Preset in the template
`minecraft`	`EULA`	Preset in the template
`minecraft`	`MAX_PLAYERS`	Preset in the template
`minecraft`	`MEMORY`	Preset in the template
`minecraft`	`TYPE`	Preset in the template

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

Deploy Minecraft Server with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Minecraft Server. Review the Compose body and deploy. With the CLI:

levelrail-cli templates deploy minecraft --name my-minecraft

See the service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

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Self-host Minecraft Server with Docker

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Minecraft Server with Levelrail

More Applications templates

​Services, ports and volumes

​Environment variables

​Deploy Minecraft Server with Levelrail

​More Applications templates

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Minecraft Server with Levelrail

More Applications templates