How to create a powerful Minecraft Server for free using Oracle Cloud [UPDATED] 

0:00 Introduction 1:01 Making Oracle Cloud account 2:27 Creating a VM instance 7:29 Port forwarding 9:36 Downloading and setting up PuTTY 13:48 PuTTY: Installing Java 15:15 PuTTY: Finishing port forwarding (firewall commands) 17:23 Setting up terminal and downloading Minecraft 20:24 Allowing server to run without having terminal open 22:22 How to access Minecraft console logs 23:08 How to access server files to add mods/plugins (FileZilla) 24:30 How to get root permissions to change/delete server files

For anyone asking, these are the commands for firewall ALLOW UDP and TCP firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=25565/tcp firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=25565/udp reload after any change firewall-cmd --reload

This was amazing. Last time I did this was 10 years ago, running the server from my own laptop, so I needed all the info again.

In case anyone is wondering how to skip the "V1 instance" unavaliable thing, just upgrade your account to pay as you go. You won't be charged anything so long as you stay in the always free stuff, but you will have a temporary 100 dollar hold. But you do get to completley skip the queue with very little hassle. Other than that, awesome tutorial!

TYSM! Java Oracle was being fussy with my account, and I needed a good tutorial. This is the best tutorial for making a server, and you did a great job at explaining everything.

thank you very much for this video, i felt stumped at first but this was very clear and concise :D

Marvellous video! Well explained, thanks for helping me to open the server. Hoping for more videos like this, salute from the Dominican Republic.

AS OF JUNE 2024, you need to use java 21 instead of 17.

HE RETURNED

Thanks for the video, you have really helped me a lot, greetings from Mexico

Dude, you're a legit godsend! Thank you so much!

oh shit, the master's back thx for showing me the ways of the craft

God bless for making this video, was easy to follow and was able to setup the server within a few hours. Btw for anyone struggling to get a free server just upgrade to a Pay as you go account and you’ll get priority

very good video it says everything you need to know 100/10 and ty so much

thank you for making this guide, i tried this today and what can I say it worked!, i created (within free tier range) a 4 core 24gig vm just like you showed and also used tmux to run the server detached from the putty session and also forwarded a ddns to the public ip, it was purposed for a 20gb absolute beast of a forge (all the mods 9) server which is HEAVY to run, the oracle vm is completely unfazed, also i had to make a temporary payment of 93 euros to add a payment method to upgrade to pay as you go plan because there was no availability on my local server (it milan) which still had me at 0euro cost according to the dashboard. again thanks this is awesome. ♥

I was literally just wondering if you'd make an updated video yesterday 😭

Hi, website is down. Don't see any commands in description :(

You can acutally make an instance with 4 cores, the warning message is just an indicator for you that you are about to max out your free tier capacity

perfect and the most convenient way

bros finally back

How go make sure that I won't get charged? Is there a setting or something?

hes back no way

Disk space is a bit limited. And creating new block storage isn't free. HOWEVER, if you create another free-tier VM and then delete it, its boot volume isn't removed, its still there. And its free-tier. And you can attach it to your other, running, free-tier VM and use it for the Minecraft server...

Thank youu sooo muchh!!!!

this worked perfectly! i was wondering if you could do a tutorial about modding these servers as i dont know how to do so

How would i add the geyser plugin amd set it up

sorry if this is a dumb question but on a fabric server how do you start the server back up after you stopped it?

Still working. Managed to do everything using just CLI.

IMPORTANT: do not send the command chmod 777 fot the home directory since this will disable ur keys and u wont be able to connect to it

I think you missed something important. You should use systemctl to enable the firewalld service on boot. Otherwise, the server will be inaccessible after a restart.

this video saved my ass big time. much love

im not sure why but my dashboard looks completely different to this and i cant find the ip address anywhere

Can you make a tutorial about how to setup valheim server like this one?

i am wondering how much memory size (ROM) is also available with this

I can't connect to the mc server, what do I do?

I didnt need to run that firewall command thing iirc. I set my server up like 2 years ago and just followed the online instructions i think.

Did you make a Company Account or a normal Account? I can only login to Oracel it self. but not to the Cloud website.

thank you

25 minutes to create a simple server to play with friends. Amazing.

This worked almost perfectly for me except for one little error that caused a lot of headache. People of the future: DO NOT run the chmod command in the root folder, it needs to be run from the server folder. Running it from the root leads to an error when attempting to connect (something like getopt).

the estimated cost of the shape is $19.50 per month, i'm using ampere 2 cores 12gb, why is this happening?

I think it would be better to not run the server as root in the ubuntu user’s home directory. That’s why you are having to change permissions on things which makes all this a lot more confusing for non-linux people. This is also less secure.

Someone know how to migrate a world from other server that I had?

mine is stucjk at preparing level "world"

I'd like to ask something. Currently I plan on running a minecraft fabric modded server. Should I choose Ubuntu or Linux for it? This tutorial doesn't seem to mention modding. But I don't want a basic vanilla server, I'm planning on using Prominenc 2 RPG as the modpack and using the server files from it, but I don't know if I should use Linux or Ubuntu

The site is down so i cant retrace the commands, I tried to install java 11, Says ''openjdk doesnt exist'' [FIXED] Solution: i did: apt install openjdk=11.jdk) The right command was apt install openjdk-11-jdk) feel free to copy

how do i install forge in the server

Can you have 2 instances with the allways free? if you would like to run 2 servers?

How to add plugin tho ??

Me without a credit card

✅ Confirmed, still works July 2024. Super useful, thank you so much for the tutorial!

The website doesn't seem to work

can you add mods to the server?

is there a way to do forge?

There is no "Networking" tab.

do these stay up 24/7?

Thanks! I only have a question, how can I make the server compatible with Fabric mods? Also I have premium Minecraft but I have a friend who have cracked Minecraft, how can he play in the el server?

Y u all not subscribing him!??

website not working?

isnt work after free trail

Hi I managed to set up the basic server but i wanted to instead install a modpack. So i went through the steps once more up until actually installing minecraft using wget and the link ( 18:13 ). How would i use a curseforge modpack here instead of minecrafts server jar? Im sorry im a complete novice and ive been googling and fiddling but i cannot figure it out. The link says forbidden 403

does your pc need to be on the entire time your running it? or is the person whos running the vm needed to keep their pc on

ur website is unreachable

Hey quick question: Whenever I try to create the VM, I get the error message "Out of capacity for shape VM.Standard.A1.Flex in availability domain (any AD here). Create the instance in a different availability domain or try again later. I've tried it in all three availability domains, but I get the same message every time

Im getting an error when trying to create my compute instance that Oracle is "out of capacity for shape VC.Standard.A1.Flex in availability Domain AD-1" (I also get that for AD-2 and AD-3), how often does a spot open up for me to make a domain? Should I just be retrying every few seconds or wait a couple days?

apt is not worked for me, so I used dnf or yum. And screen is not working

preparing spawn area 0%...

your web don't work

Hey! I created this and it worked perfectly for many months. I want to now delete my current world and start a new one. Is there a way I could do this?

Is it possible to create a server for Palworld with this?

when I go to click create I get this message "Out of capacity for shape VM.Standard.A1.Flex in availability domain AD-1. Create the instance in a different availability domain or try again later. If you specified a fault domain, try creating the instance without specifying a fault domain. If that doesn’t work, please try again later."

the moment when you need a credit card to use an free service, aha

hey, i get the message "Server refused our key" and "no supported authentication method available" when i try to open load putty any help with that?

Can i crate 2, 3 or maybe 10 mc servers ?

How can i turn the server onlinr after i did /stop in console ?

is it possible to upload a server which is already made?

Can i set up a server on already existing World (modded)?

Me with credit card but still oracle website shits😢

there is no link

It says login as

comes up with the error "Error: Unable to access jarfile minecraft_server.1.20.2.jar" when i try to run the server what should i do

Is it completely free? like, without needing to pay something later?

13:05 I can't give apt update. appears bash: apt: command not found

Is that free?

thanks so much

how do i enter the java terminal again to do mc commands?

Its 24/7?

When I type java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.20.4.jar nogui I get Error: Unable to access jarfile minecraft_server.1.20.4.jar.

can someone help me? When I click the "Create" button the new window doesn't open but I stay in the menu. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Hey, how do I install bedrock server, i dont have java

is there any way to do this without having to enter credit card details?

I cannot rejoin the console after detaching it

It Says That The Ampere Cpu Costs Money Even When I Set It To 4 ocpus and 24 gb ram. What should i do?

I try apt and is says command not found

Server refused the key, could not find a solution.

Isn't the port fowarding dangerous?

can you join with t launcher in this server?

Your website is down bro...

i used the command chmod 777 -R and it doesnt allow me to connect to the server by putty/filezilla anymore

this just does not work