Minecraft Bedrock Server on Raspberry Pi using Docker

  • Create a volume (file system) for the server:
docker volume create mc-volume
  • Download and run the MineCraft Bedrock Server:

Creative mode with OPS and cheats on:

docker run -d -it --name creative_minecraft_2 -e EULA=TRUE -e GAMEMODE=creative -e SERVER_NAME=My_Server -e OPS=Steve -e ENABLE_COMMAND_BLOCK=true -e ALLOW_CHEATS=true -p 19132:19132/udp -v mc-volume:/data itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server

OPS: change “Steve” to your Minecraft username
NAME: the name of the docker service (do docker ps -a to check the ID)
SERVER_NAME: change to the name you want to show for your server on LAN
mc-volume is located in a folder (/var/lib/docker/volumes/mc-volume/_data), you can change settings there eg. nano server.properties (as root only so first do sudo su) as well as add mods, see docs for details:
Note: users are given OPS on signup, if you change OPS later it doesn’t stick!

OR: Survival mode without any cheats:

docker run -d -it --name mc-server -e EULA=TRUE -p 19132:19132/udp -v mc-volume:/data itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server
  • wait patiently for above to run
  • –docker ps – check if it says healthy, running or starting. If starting, wait a bit and try again before connecting.
  • finally, connect with android/windows/linux device. The server should show up if on the same network!

Running the already installed app:

  • is it running aleady?
docker ps
  • is it installed but not running?
docker ps -a
  • start or stop the already installed server: 
docker start serverid
docker stop serverid

Replace serverid with the id you saw when running docker ps -a

  • delete the installed server: 
docker rm serverid
  • delete server and all install packages: 
docker rmi itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server
  • where is the server data (also where to put mods): 
docker volume inspect mc-volume

Mine is at /var/lib/docker/volumes/mc-volume – you can delete this folder (as root) if you want to re-install or remove your server.

More info: