Free Minecraft Server on OCI- Free Forever

A couple of years ago I helped my son set up a Minecraft Server on an RPi. It worked fine. It was a little slow, but that could be my internet connection.

But soon after I got here at Ampere, I learned that many people had set up a Minecraft Server on OCI that is free forever (as you won’t get a bill randomly one month because you forgot to turn off your free tier). So I thought that I would post this in case other need the encouragement to try it out.

https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/post/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-really-powerful-free-minecraft-server-in-the-cloud

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My son runs two Minecraft servers on OCI using his FREE OCI tier account. They both run great!

Erik

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I use mine OCI instance as a quick trial for lots of work type things. Also it hosts a browser for quick personal look ups and email during the work day. It makes quite a powerful Nextcloud trial instance too.

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