Minecraft - Bedrock Edition gameplay

Host a Minecraft - Bedrock Edition Dedicated Server

Minecraft Bedrock Edition dedicated server. Supports cross-play between Windows, mobile, and console players. Uses the official Mojang server software with automatic version management.

Hardware Requirements

Here's what you need to run a Minecraft - Bedrock Edition dedicated server.

Economy

Small private server, 1-5 players

CPU0.5 cores
RAM1 GB
Storage2 GB

Standard

Friends & family, 5-15 players

CPU1 core
RAM2 GB
Storage2 GB

Pro

Large community server, 15-30 players

CPU2 cores
RAM4 GB
Storage2 GB

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Setup in 4 Steps

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The Manual Way vs. GameCP

Manual Setup

  • Configure 1+ firewall ports and router settings
  • Write systemd service files
  • SSH into server to edit configs
  • Requires a VPS or dedicated server
  • 30-60 minutes if experienced

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  • Automatic port forwarding — no router config
  • Host from your own PC, VPS, or dedicated server
  • Docker container with auto-restart
  • Visual config editor in browser
  • Under 5 minutes total

Under the Hood

The full manual process to host a Minecraft - Bedrock Edition dedicated server on a VPS. Or install GameCP on your own computer and skip all of this.

Step 1

Configure & Prepare

Set your server settings, then install Docker, and pull the Minecraft - Bedrock Edition container image.

Server ConfigurationEdit values to update all commands
terminal
# Update system and install Docker
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y docker.io
sudo systemctl enable --now docker

# Create game server directory
sudo mkdir -p /opt/gameserver

# Server configuration
export BEDROCK_VERSION="latest"

# Pull the container image
docker pull ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:debian
Step 2

Run the Installation Script

Minecraft - Bedrock Edition uses a custom install script to download and configure the server files.

Installation Script
#!/bin/bash

apt update
apt install -y zip unzip wget curl jq

cd /opt/gameserver || { echo "Failed to change directory to /opt/gameserver"; exit 1; }

# Default version to latest if not set
BEDROCK_VERSION=${BEDROCK_VERSION:-latest}

# Filename to use for the downloaded file
DOWNLOAD_FILE="bedrock-server-installer.zip"

# Minecraft CDN Akamai blocks script user-agents
RANDVERSION=$(echo $((1 + $RANDOM % 4000)))


if [ "${BEDROCK_VERSION}" == "latest" ]; then
    echo "Finding latest Bedrock server version"
    DOWNLOAD_URL=$(curl --silent https://net-secondary.web.minecraft-services.net/api/v1.0/download/links | jq -r '.result.links[] | select(.downloadType == "serverBedrockLinux") | .downloadUrl')
    if [ -z "${DOWNLOAD_URL}" ]; then
        echo "Failed to retrieve the latest Bedrock server version. Please check your network connection or the Minecraft API."
        exit 1
    fi
else
    echo "Downloading ${BEDROCK_VERSION} Bedrock server"
    DOWNLOAD_URL=https://www.minecraft.net/bedrockdedicatedserver/bin-linux/bedrock-server-$BEDROCK_VERSION.zip
fi

echo "Download URL: $DOWNLOAD_URL"





echo -e "Backing up config files"
mkdir /tmp/config_backup
cp -v server.properties /tmp/config_backup/ 2>/dev/null 
cp -v permissions.json /tmp/config_backup/ 2>/dev/null 
cp -v allowlist.json /tmp/config_backup/ 2>/dev/null 



echo -e "Downloading files from: $DOWNLOAD_URL"
curl -L -A "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/90.0.$RANDVERSION.212 Safari/537.36" -H "Accept-Language: en" -o $DOWNLOAD_FILE $DOWNLOAD_URL

echo -e "Unpacking server files"
unzip -o $DOWNLOAD_FILE

echo -e "Cleaning up after installing"
rm $DOWNLOAD_FILE

echo -e "Restoring backup config files"
cp -rfv /tmp/config_backup/* /opt/gameserver/ 2>/dev/null || { echo "No files to restore"; }

chmod +x bedrock_server

echo -e "Install Completed"
Step 3

Open Firewall Ports

Minecraft - Bedrock Edition requires 1 port to be open for game traffic and queries.

terminal
sudo ufw allow 19132/udp
19132/UDP(PORT)
Step 4

Launch the Server

Start the Minecraft - Bedrock Edition server using the configuration from Step 1.

terminal
docker run -d \
  --name minecraft-bedrock-edition-server \
  -p 19132:19132/udp \
  -e BEDROCK_VERSION="latest" \
  -v /opt/gameserver:/opt/gameserver \
  -w /opt/gameserver \
  ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:debian \
  ./bedrock_server

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