A Terraform project for deploying a game like Minecraft: Java Edition server to Oracle Cloud based on the instructions given in an Oracle blog post.
Download Terraform and clone this repository.
Create an Oracle Cloud account and generate an API Key for use with the
Terraform provider. You will need to make a terraform.tfvars file in the
project with the values from the API Key.
Run terraform init and make terraform. It will tell you if you forgot some
variables otherwise it will create the required network resources and provision
a VM.
Then run make install to install the currently configured multiplayer game:
this is currently Valheim. The game will start automatically after installation
as a systemd unit which will be restarted on failure. Additionally, backups are
taken every hour and can be fetched using make backup.
To update the game run make update which will stop the running game service,
update the software, and then start the game again.
This project was hacked together using bits and pieces from the following blog posts.
- https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/post/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-really-powerful-free-minecraft-server-in-the-cloud#open-firewall-and-security-list-ports-to-allow-public-access
- https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server
- https://teilgedanken.de/Blog/post/setting-up-a-minecraft-server-using-systemd/
- https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Hosting_Servers
- https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-valheim-server/
- https://fedoramagazine.org/systemd-timers-for-scheduling-tasks/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/lqfx2o/dedicated_server_on_linux_as_service/
- https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Security/Reference/compute_security.htm#Securing_Compute__network-access
- https://blog.meinside.dev/When-Oracle-Clouds-Ubuntu-Instance-Doesnt-Accept-Connections-to-Ports-Other-than-22/