Adding a New Server Instance

Servers are just directories in the ~/minecraft folder.

1. Copy the closest existing instance:

   cp -r ~/minecraft/paper-1.21.4-survival ~/minecraft/paper-1.21.4-creative

2. Download the new server jar into the folder. Delete or replace the old server.jar.

3. Edit server.conf:

   • Update SERVER_NAME, SERVER_VERSION, SERVER_PORT, RCON_PORT
   • Use the same port number for each instance because you only run one at a time.

4. Edit run.sh:

   • Update JAVA_VERSION if needed (see docs/java-versions.md)
   • Update the -jar filename if it changed

5. Delete the old world (or keep it if you want to continue it):

   rm -rf world/ world_nether/ world_the_end/

6. Accept the EULA:

   echo "eula=true" > eula.txt