Your Very Own Minecraft Server ⚒️
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My nephew loves Minecraft. I mean he loves it. Minecraft is an awesome creative outlet. It's like legos in video game form. With zombies.
So I wanted to create a place where we could build our own world, together. Sure, we can join each other's games, but we both have to be online at the same time. And there's Minecraft Realms, but I didn't want to be limited to what they offer. I wanted something fully customizable, controlled by us, and us alone.
This issue is all about rolling your own Minecraft server ⚒️
TLDR
Video Games
I love video games. And I love Minecraft. But for a while now, I've had no time to play them.
Then the other day, we set some time aside to play Minecraft as a family with our kids and my nephew. It was so much fun, that I wanted to have our own place where we could all build stuff.
So I set out to create our very own private Minecraft server. And, in true generalist style, added a brand new skill set to my portfolio: Azure.
Azure
I've never touched Azure. I knew it was similar to AWS, which I have a pretty good handle on, but as is the way with all things Microsoft — they do it their own way. So I muddled around in their documentation for a while (much longer than I expected). Until finally, I saw things through Microsoft eyes.
And then I deployed a custom Minecraft server to the cloud in minutes.
It was so easy, that I wrote a blog post about how to do it.
Since the server launched, we've been mining, building, and adventuring on our own time, all contributing to our awesome Minecraft world. If you're interested in setting up your own server, please let me know what tricks you found. I'm still figuring out how to add some custom mods and truly make this world our own.
Keep making, and thanks for reading! 🙌
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Until next week,
Craig