I created this project to test the performance of the Minecraft server depending on the amount of available resources and the number of logged-in users. In the project, I also wanted to learn how to use terraform CDK to manage the infrastructure using TypeScript.

• docker stats - The command returns a live data stream for running containers.

A Minecraft server created from the itzg/minecraft-server image allows RCON by default. For more information on using RCON to run commands, click here.

• The Minecraft server configuration is stored in the server.properties file. If I want to edit the default configuration then I will probably have to stop the server, edit the server.properties file and start the server again.
• There is a chance that I may want a whitelist on the server. Information on how I can set up a whitelist can be found here, and the minecraft username to uuid converter can be found here.

• Documentation of Minecraft server properties for the Java edition.
• Introduction to CDK from hashicorp.
• List of NPM packages for various terraform providers.
• The official documentation of the itzg/minecraft-server image.
• Tutorial from Oracle how to generate SSH key-pairs.
• Tutorial showing how to install docker on EC2.