This repository is intended to deploy a Minecraft Server on Google Cloud Platform, install all the dependencies and do the first run.

Terraform deployment creates:

• VPC Network 'mc-net'

• Firewall rule allowing ports 22 and 25565

• e2-standard-2 instance running Debian 11 with a 50GB ssd persistent disk, where the server files are allocated.

The installation script does the following:

• Create '/home/minecraft' directory

• gives format to the extra disk

• install all the dependecies

• download Minecraft Server .jar file

• runs the server for first time

• Agree EULA file

• leaves the server running in a background process with screen. Process name called 'mcs'

To be done:

• Variabilize Terraform manifest as much as possible

• Allow to select Minecraft Server version to be installed

• add automatic backups

• add option to customize server.properties file

• Allow to set an Static IP

• Allow to load saved game