Turn Your Old PC Into a Minecraft Server for FREE with MineOS!

Over the past two years, Minecraft has had a comeback ever since interest started to decline around 2013/2014. We can attribute part of the resurgence to the widely popular DreamSMP, but it’s more likely that because of the COVID pandemic, Minecraft was a fun and relaxing way for friends to play together during isolation. And even though if you play on PC, you could buy a Minecraft realm from Mojang themselves for $7.99, if you have an old PC lying around chances are it would make an awesome little server for you and your friends to host a simple Minecraft world!
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MineOS Website: minecraft.codeemo.com/mineoswi...
MineOS Ubuntu Wiki: minecraft.codeemo.com/mineosw...)
LinuxUprising Java 16 Install Guide: www.linuxuprising.com/2021/03...
Ubuntu Server: ubuntu.com/server
Balena Etcher: www.balena.io/etcher/
Windows Terminal: www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/win...
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0:00 - 0:40 Intro
0:40 - 3:04 About MineOS
3:04 - 7:39 Installation & Setup
7:39 - 11:20 Creating a Server
11:20 - 12:02 Outro

[@TruthMadeHuman]

"This is my old gaming computer from 2015" _describes a PC far better than mine today_

[@NotVeryGoodAtThis]

this guys old pc is better than my main gaming rig

[@thatguycomrade]

absolutely high quality video! thank you so much!

[@TopSpecMedia]

Thank you for watching!

[@JavierChaparroM]

MAN! you make such a great quality content!! Keep it up!!

[@imamethyx]

Thank you, I know is an old video but still was helpful, I was using Pterodactyl Panel and it was a huge pain because if the server for any reason reached its maximum allocated ram (when usually didn't but the panel lied), the server shut down automatically. This panel seems to not do that so far, I am happy with it.

[@taimmazen6520]

You helped me twice lol Such a great tutorial thanks

[@lunchbox437]

Could you make a tutorial on how to make multiple servers and how to assign them ports

[@wild00side]

Would really love an updated or some help with this, the Mineos Page has since changed significantly making following this tutorial difficult if not impossible

[@john_2395]

did you ever find something to figure it out?

[@thenicksmith9537]

the wget friendly link is gone where is it?

[@KumaYuki1]

Can you make another video focusing on the ubuntu installation? Im having problems doing the ssh thing

[@loganthomas6491]

This mans is actually underrated. Keep going mate :)

[@TopSpecMedia]

Thanks!

[@alexi9228]

Quick question, on Ubuntu Server 20.04.3, running the install_mineos-node script gives a warning with nodejs saying that the version it will install is depreciated. So I was wondering how we upgrade that without messing with the installation? Do I just run `apt install nodejs` afterwards?

[@2ez4lex]

did you fixed it?

[@AnthonyGarcia-ik5yy]

did he tho?

[@BootBC_]

PLEASE UPDATE THE TUTORIAL THERE IS NO WGET FRENDLIY LINK ANYMORE

[@AdderoYuu]

You may have a better time using Ubuntu or some other form of Linux to host - MineOS (to my knowledge) is currently broken. On the bright side, it's super easy to start a Vanilla server on Linux! And it can be a little difficult to install a forge server, but I just figured it out myself and it's not too bad either.

[@danial4299]

​@AdderoYuu bro how do I create a forge server on my pc while playing on the pc at the same time

[@ChristianGossPlaysGames]

@@danial4299 you don’t, sorry

[@LmArcOT23]

I have The original iso go to one of m’y vidéo there is m’y dis*or* server link and tell me when you join i will give you the link

[@Temp4587_]

​@@danial4299 Just follow any other tutorial just make sure you dont share your ip cuz thats ur location

[@dehrk9024]

Im running my minecraft on windows server (4x2.2Ghz 4GB) do you think changing to ubuntu server will do a performance difference?

[@anonym9416]

is there a way to make the server fabric with mods?

[@rylvn3058]

thank you, great video helped me out tons !

[@djispro4272]

Does MineOS update the Minecraft version by itself? I am going to set this up in my school (because I am one of the IT helpers) and I won’t have much access to it most of the time, so does it update by itself?

[@ryanboom6226]

unable to acsess the mine os website, I've checked the port and its https but still no luck :(

[@Samet-hk1zn]

cant connect to the mineos website it says "connection not allowed'

[@jackyjumbo2473]

Ima try this setup on a old windows xp machine Wish me luck

[@TopSpecMedia]

Hope it goes well! 👍

[@breezy_windz8697]

Well it’s been 7mo, did it work

[@justachannel1602]

Did it work though?!?!?!

[@Fishy_999]

@@justachannel1602 his computer blew up lol

[@justachannel1602]

@@Fishy_999 how do u know?

[@sckeletonlord6551]

hi, do you know if I could install the ubuntu server on a partition and still use the computer for normal work when I need to?

[@Ryno_YT]

can i ask about when it comes to switching off and on the system. Are there scripts to automatically start the server upon pc start, as well as scripts to automatically save and close the server before shutdown?

[@checkpointstore1]

ok but how do u not use a boot drive and install the things directly into a hard drive and then plug it into your server?

[@ArcticArca]

can you access the mineos webui remotely? or is that a separate thing to set up

[@SametKaratas-db1xu]

But, if I downloaded mineos, mineos will has multiboot feature?

[@cedced100_3]

idk if im just dumb but the wiki and mine os look the same and i cant find the get friendly link thing is it gone or what?

[@josemariatriguero4033]

did u find a solution? is happening the same to me

[@cornybreadman]

Great video it was extremely helpful!

[@BoshiNagare]

What if I want to build my own game server this way: There are lots of websites where you can rent your own server and make it possible other players all around the world to join to it. How to build the same system at home? all I know I have to install the original game to the server pc as well as configure it, need to have a stand-alone server program. Do I need anything else? Sry for bad English. and thank you for your reply in advance.

[@MrAgentEcho]

My computer won’t work with modern updates of windows 10 so I guess it’s time to either do mine OS or proxmox with mine os inside

[@mmq6525]

There is no wget friendly link on the mineOS website anymore. At least, I can't find it.

[@Trebz50]

No they removed it, so I followed the guide to the letter and it still fails to work. I'm out the MineOs door like a shot.

[@mmq6525]

@@Trebz50 facts

[@devkos]

so underrated rn

[@patrickprafke4894]

I'm stuck on how to migrate a world from windows 10 enviroment to anything that is'nt.

[@MrHamap]

bruh chill u so quick, im new to all of this

[@that2b2tguyNip_twister]

There is no wget link on the minos page please help tell me how to find it🙏

[@SixSiege]

does these old pc's handle heavy red stone builds?

[@horineslight]

when i go in install node all i get is "-bash: sudo: command not found" i am so confused as to why i get this but you dont :'(

[@peterroman847]

Could you make a video on how to make this server public and not local

[@MrBananas420]

could you make a video on how to make a RL craft server with this method?

[@blakehatton]

i get a thing that says MXM: GUID detected in BIOS then i cant do anything

[@ReverseBacktwo]

Confidence boosting that this is recent

[@ahmadtechnology2956]

will this server work for a cracked version of minecraft from Tluncher?

[@katisbored3458]

can you please drop the wget link in the comments or something as the website changed and there isnt a single link anymore

[@jamiejones5756]

have you found it? i also need it.

[@katisbored3458]

@@jamiejones5756 no however i just started hosting while running a de home os

[@Zombiekiller1445]

How do you make this modded? Do you just drop a modded client?

[@AnAverageBigBou]

does this replace the windows system? like, my brother still uses this pc sometimes so i want this to activate only when i activate it, and ususally it will just be closed

[@slickback4665]

yes it gets replaced unless you have windows in a different hard drive, you need to switch the boot options depending on if you want windows or not

[@steelcorpse1]

pls do an updated video

[@CloakedJ24]

Sooo uhhhhh how would I set this up for a modded forge server??

[@Retardi69]

how can i fix errno 13 permission denied when i try to start the server

[@camdenschneider4421]

I like PuTTY for using my open SSH and it works perfectly and is easy to use! Figured I’d let you know

[@millgiass]

What if you wanna host 1) A minecraft Server, 2) A ragnarok Online Server, 3) a PSO server as well as a file server? Then should you just keep windows?

[@ojs69]

Ubuntu

[@davidprovaznik5324]

i does not work anymore you cant acess the mineos wiki wget link. so could you please do updated video pls

[@davidprovaznik5324]

@TopSpecMedia

[@coolguytyler4449]

How do I uninstall the mineos-node?

[@owencarter6418]

CAN YOU PLEASE make a video on mine os docker ??????

[@tanoshi4300]

when I get to 7:14 the file does not exist

[@ImmJoes]

how do we install mineos since the wget FRENDLIY LINK is not there?

[@urr4913]

so my friends form everywhere could connect to the server by using the ip adress? thx for answers

[@Seekdom]

Yea they can connect from anywhere

[@oostersam30]

Is a Quadro FX 580 and a i5 4500 good for this? And will a 200w psu be enough?

[@maiylisic]

more than enough my guy

[@blast507.]

am i able to get a forge/curseforge server?

[@GayLitesFTW]

Wow made this two weeks ago? Very timely for me :D thanks!

[@TopSpecMedia]

Perfect!

[@iamgameing3840]

same lol

[@aniu8835]

Out of curiosity, I've been curious about running a minecraft server on a virtual box machine. Would it be possible to do this ubuntu/mineos setup on a VM?

[@coodlevlogs7770]

it would be but at that point its useless as all the other windows processes will still be running

[@liamholcroft7212]

Just run the server in the background, why complicate things with a vm?

[@rylvn3058]

it would work the exact same, as a vm acts like a normal computer. its useful to test some things or try it out before u do it on a real computer

[@liamholcroft7212]

@@rylvn3058 i suppose testing, but there's not much that you can mess up. it's not like you are doing a malware investigation.

[@sirlofty]

can you use ubuntu server from a flash drive rather than internal storage

[@regularperson9297]

That would probably be a huge bottleneck and your thumbdrive would reach its max write/read quickly

[@OmegaBlue720]

hey so I'm not sure if you'd be able to help out but I want to leave this comment just in case you may have an answer. I've currently gotten everything setup on the ubuntu side of things however when it comes time to actually sign into the mineos webui through the https you tell us to, it just brings me to a dead page saying it can't be reached. I've added the https part as well as the 8443 at the end and no luck. any chance you'd know how to get through this?

[@polaris.0332]

yea im at the same place ;-;

[@D.M828]

im at the same place too

[@MrBananas420]

works for me you just need to set it all up correctly i did have some issues though

[@aglerfamily]

Stuck at same!!! @Top Spec HELP PLEASE!!!!

[@AnyHoo]

You have to forward the port

[@vdubb8177]

i tried twice with 2 diffrent usb's and it corrupted both wtf

[@candegaming6927]

Love this guy!

[@Jack_223]

6th video on minecraft server set ups, and I can find any good videos, you either get 10 min videos that just speed through everything or 30 min videos with people who can’t explain anything.

[@HideousMuffin]

Is it possible to remote control it?

[@coems_sniper]

is it working on bedrock to ?

[@therealblujuice]

Wasted 2 days trying to get mineos to a work. Started from scratch with pufferpanel and worked straight away.

[@FahadForReal]

Please make a video on how turn your phone/old phone into a vanilla bedrock (not pocketmine) server💚 It would be really helpfull

[@TopSpecMedia]

interesting, we will have to look into it! -cb

[@FahadForReal]

@@TopSpecMedia hello? It's been 2 months

[@JmKrokY]

@@FahadForReal BE PATIENT

[@stormii253]

is that even possible?

[@rysiukalbor]

can it run on 1GHz and 1GB of ram?

[@pixeldragongaming]

Is there a way to install mods

[@nohecant5685]

when i try to run the supervisorctl command, it says access denied. Any idea how i can fix that? @Top Spec

[@lukkapetals196]

you need be a superuser. everytime you see a warning like this, use put "sudo" (without the "") before the command

[@nohecant5685]

@@lukkapetals196 Thanks so much, that worked!

[@heaven_inc.]

would something like this work on a raspberry pi? im curious, cuz i could just get a raspberry pi and make my own mc server and i think thats hilarious

[@eatmyredacted6138]

Whats funny is the pc in the thumbnail is the pc i’m trying to start a server on lol

[@grammyTF]

Will this work with bedrock edition

[@marckutyus956]

is there any alternatives to the windows terminal? i use windows 8 and its only for 10 and 11. i tried to use windows powershell but it game me an error.

[@intensedj_]

don't use windows 8

[@ceticx]

just use cmd its the same command, ssh name@ip

[@TheKidPyro]

very nice editing

[@TopSpecMedia]

Thank you!

[@eliaskpst]

Thanks for the great video. Does it use all CPU cores? Or can I enable it?

[@Paper_Sunset]

Minecraft only ever uses one CPU core. Kinda sucks when u want more performance

[@Sam73727]

The jump scare got me! :(

[@Trebz50]

The guides fail for me and I followed them to the letter, once again I'm left annoyed by Linux, nothing ever seems to work when I follow guides.

[@kubistonek]

Why java JDK and nor JRE? its not like ur gonna use JDK

[@Mozizzzz]

I just get an error when I try to log into the UI saying this site can't be reached

[@slickback4665]

same

[@timelbers293]

do you have a guide how to portforward

[@TopSpecMedia]

Google is going to be your best friend on that one. It will also help to know the model of your router. -cb

[@marn200]

me trying to follow the java 16 tutorial, first command sudo : command not found WTF? edit: this is why i dont like tutorials pointing to other tutorials

[@danydarazy2667]

I can't find the link to downlaod mime os your link is not working

[@TopSpecMedia]

You should download Ubuntu Server and then install mine-os as a package as I showed in the video. The video and links in the description will show you how to do that.

[@polaris.0332]

right so i am on mineos and the start button does nothing :/

[@kennethleblanc532]

@Polaris.03 is it for a 1.18 server? I’m having a problem with that version of craft as well, I’ve ran a 1.16 and 1.17 server in the past. You have to install some sort of java update for 1.18 to work :/

[@ImItay]

The video is so underrated

[@TopSpecMedia]

thanks for the complement!

[@kralian6523]

lol i try to install it on my qompaq prosignia but... well my pc specs: intel celeron 433mhz and 256mb ram

[@luke_2236]

"nice fun and relaxing way" me and my friends played with some mods and starter all out war

[@k1ng953]

I could make a business out of this

[@adarsha5943]

Well this so confusing You used the windows terminal to control the Linux server? Or the windows pc itself?

[@TopSpecMedia]

Used the windows terminal to remote into the Linux server to give me a Linux terminal. Hope it helps

[@adarsha5943]

@@TopSpecMedia oh ok thanks, but this mc server can only be accessed in the local network, how to bring the server to public, I mean how can my friends join? Same applies for the website

[@zzurved]

@@adarsha5943 port forward

[@TTTantrums]

Hey everyone definitely use the LTS version of Unbuntu.. the latest release will pose issues with starting the MineOS server. - At least I had FATAL on server start and resolved itself after reinstalling LTS. Also finally after futzing around I got comfortable enough the the command lines approach to swap over to Puffer Panel V2. So far have spun up a Paper, Forge and Spigot Server on my old i7 980X rig with a bunch of mods on forge (cuz thats what they like). But will play around with the paper instance but with 24GB ram (yes its a odd config .. has 6 ddr slots on this mobo). Its plenty for our family for a private server and will eventually open up ports if they want to invite friends :) So thanks on reigniting my old DOS personality and reminding me how fun it is! Liked and Subbed!

[@D.M828]

You are a god send!! anyone that reads this use LTS!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

[@skeetplayz]

20.04 or 18.04 LTS?

[@shailenpoojith7303]

Please man, help me. Idk where i did wrong, but, I'm not able to do that "ifconfig" at 5:28 and it says command not found.

[@Spozinbro]

@@D.M828 i used lts from the start so i didnt have any problems : D

[@oostersam30]

Can I do a bedrock server

[@godjesus4578]

when I start my server up, it goes down within a few seconds, is there a fix?

[@herrajukka]

Check if you have accepted the EULA

[@godjesus4578]

i did accept the EULA every time, but I have already fixed the issue and it is working now

[@epicinator2372]

What do I do if my command prompt won’t accept my password even though it is correct?

[@epicinator2372]

Basically I need more details at 6:25 because my computer is disfunctional.

[@420blazepenguin2]

its the username of your ssh server you just made with its password you came up with

[@Everything_I_Like.]

how do i make it a cracked server?

[@le32233]

turn off online mode

[@gyverhut]

можно просто установить тру нас и плагин на mineos и готово

[@Jeerven]

Update the MineOS part!!!

[@EPICRAGE1000]

better than MineOS: run the native server in a freeBSD jail I used MineOS inside a jail before, its 10x buggier than just running native

[@vixheap]

this might be a really dumb question but if the server IP is the same as the IP your computer has... doesn't that mean people can find your exact location with the numbers of the server IP?

[@XxEraserManxX]

yes

[@yummybeeftaco]

how do you do this with bedrock?

[@spyrosadventure]

as far as I’m aware, MineOS doesn’t support bedrock because it isn’t written in Java code.