# Minecraft server on AWS EC2 instance ## Installing Assuming user is `ubuntu`. Extract in `/home/ubuntu/minecraft` # Install systemd services ``` mkdir -p /home/ubuntu/.config/systemd/user ln -s /home/ubuntu/minecraft/services/set_initial_ttl.service /home/ubuntu/.config/systemd/user/set_initial_ttl.service ln -s /home/ubuntu/minecraft/services/ensure_running.service /home/ubuntu/.config/systemd/user/ensure_running.service systemctl --user enable set_initial_ttl systemctl --user enable ensure_running loginctl show-user ubuntu --property Linger ``` # Setup user linger and crontab ``` loginctl enable-linger ubuntu crontab -l /home/ubuntu/minecraft/crontab ```