{"id":245754,"date":"2025-10-08T09:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/?p=245754"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:38:15","slug":"minecraft-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/minecraft-install\/","title":{"rendered":"VPS &amp; Dedicated Hosting: Installing Minecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Want to host your own Minecraft server? Installing Minecraft on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/hosting\/vps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VPS<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/hosting\/dedicated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dedicated server<\/a>&nbsp;is a great way to have more control and flexibility. This guide will walk you through how to install Minecraft on VPS or Dedicated Server so you can get your server up and running in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important note<\/strong>: You will need to make sure that you have Sudo Access enabled. If you have not enabled Sudo access, please see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.cpanel.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360048959754-How-to-create-sudo-users#:~:text=Go%20to%20%22WHM%20%2F%20Security%20Center,access%20to%20the%20sudo%20command.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enabling Sudo Access<\/a>&nbsp;to learn how to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also need to have Java 1.7 or newer installed. Currently, we recommend using&nbsp;<strong>JDK 16 (Java-version 16).<\/strong>&nbsp;If you have not installed Jave on your account, please see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluehost.com\/help\/article\/vps-dedicated-java?fs_uid=%23o-19W3ZC-na1%234620741104840704%3A6823803191091446536%3A%3A%3A%239f8c847a%23%2F1781779998&amp;_fs_uid=%23o-19W3ZC-na1%234620741104840704%3A6823803191091446536%3A%3A%3A%239f8c847a%23%2F1781779998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Installing Java<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-install-minecraft\"><a><\/a>Install Minecraft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To install the default or vanilla Minecraft server, please do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open an SSH client and login.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create the folder that you want to install Minecraft to. <code>mkdir minecraft<\/code>This can be anywhere in the file structure, but it is usually best to put it in the home directory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change to the Minecraft directory. <code>cd minecraft<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is recommended at this point you verify you have Java installed. To do this, run the following command: <code>java -version<\/code>If java is not installed, please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bluehost.com\/help\/article\/vps-dedicated-java?fs_uid=%23o-19W3ZC-na1%234620741104840704%3A6823803191091446536%3A%3A%3A%239f8c847a%23%2F1781779998&amp;_fs_uid=%23o-19W3ZC-na1%234620741104840704%3A6823803191091446536%3A%3A%3A%239f8c847a%23%2F1781779998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Installing Java<\/a>\u00a0to learn how to install Java.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download the Minecraft JAR file. <code>curl -O https:\/\/launcher.mojang.com\/v1\/objects\/a16d67e5807f57fc4e550299cf20226194497dc2\/server.jar<\/code>It is recommended that you check MineCraft&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/minecraft.net\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download page<\/a>\u00a0for the latest version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now open the port that you will have Minecraft listen on. <code>sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25565 -j ACCEPT sudo service iptables save sudo service iptables restart<\/code>If you would like to use a port other than the default 25565, you will need to run the server once to create server.properties file as needed to change the port.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To run Minecraft when you are not connected to your server, you need Screen installed <code>sudo yum install screen<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start the Minecraft Server. <code>screen java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar server.jar nogui<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You can exit SSH or use&nbsp;<strong>ctrl+a+d<\/strong>&nbsp;to exit the screen session. 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