Minecraft Server PE - Setting Up a Server

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This section deals with setting up a Minecraft Server for the PE edition. Refer to Minecraft Server - Setting Up a Server for information on setting up a standard Minecraft server.

My Requirements

These were the requirements for this project:

  • PE-compatible server
  • Server running on OpenSuSE 13.1
  • Local LAN access only (for now)
  • plain 'vanilla' Minecraft - no mods (yet)

NOTE: Minecraft PE Lite versions cannot connect to this server


How to Setup a Server

The online resource for the Minecraft PE Server can be found at the PocketMine-MP/wiki.

The documentation states that the server requires certain packages to be installed, notably perl, gcc, make, automake, libtool, and m4. It also suggested that for 64bit O/S's, gcc-multilib may be required.

Interestingly, the documentation suggest trying to do the installation first, and see if you need to install these packages. I did not need to install anything else - though I have installed a number of packages over time for other tools; who knows what that situation would have been if i was working with a newly built server.

Step 1. Set Up a User/Group Specific for Minecraft

Set up a user and group specific to minecraft if you do not have one. It is not a good idea to install or run the software as root. I used the same user account as i built for the normal Minecraft Server (see Create User and Group Specific to Minecraft);

I then created a directory specific to the PE server 

  cd
  mkdir PE
  cd PE

Step 2. Download and Unpack the Software

Use the following command to get the server software and unpack it 

  wget -q -O - http://cdn.pocketmine.net/installer.sh | bash -s -


Step 3. Finish the Installation

The first time running the start.sh script will complete the installation. Say Y to asked if you want to run the creation process 

  ./start.sh
  <answer questions>
  stop

Step 4. Edit server.properties

Edit the server.properties file to set up your world.


Step 5. Open UDP Port in Firewall

If the server is running a firewall, use YasT to open the UDP port 19132

  • open port 19132 as UDP


Starting and Stopping the PE Server

To start the server: 

  <ssh to server as minecraft>
  cd PE
  ./start.sh

To stop the server, enter the following command in the console 

  stop


Online Resources

PocketMine-MP/wiki


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