Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Simple Tags

Tag	Notes
1.8
1.8.3
1.8.7	Tag seems to have disppeared from the upstream. This project will no longer build it, but it will remain active for historical purposes.
1.8.8
1.9
1.9.2
1.9.4
1.10	Tag seems to have disppeared from the upstream. This project will no longer build it, but it will remain active for historical purposes.
1.10.2
1.11
1.12
1.12.1
1.12.2
1.13
1.13.1
1.13.2
1.14
1.14.1
1.14.2
1.14.3
1.14.4
latest	Build the latest Spigot jar (1.13.2 at the time of this writing)

Docker Bukkit

A Docker Bukkit/Spigot server based on Alpine.

Running the server

To start the server and accept the EULA in one fell swoop, just pass the EULA=true environment variable to Docker when running the container. I recommend mounting a directory from your host onto /data in the container to make map and server data persistent.

docker run -it -v /data:/data -p 25565:25565 -e EULA=true --name mc_server bbriggs/bukkit

To run in the background (recommended), add the -d flag.

NOTE: At this point in time, the -it flags are strongly recommended as without them, the server appears to try to hog 100% of the CPU. We are working on a solution.

Spigot included

Yes, even though the repo's name is bukkit, we have included the lovely spigot server as well. To run the spigot server, supply it as an argument like so:

docker run -it -v /data:/data -p 25565:25565 -e EULA=true --name mc_server bbriggs/bukkit spigot

Configuration

You can bring your own existing data + configuration and mount it to the /data directory when starting the container by using the -v option. You may also pass configuration options as environment variables like so:

docker run -it -e DIFFICULTY=2 -e MOTD="A non-standard message" -e SPAWN_ANIMALS=false bbriggs/bukkit

This container will only attempt generate a server.properties file if one does not already exist. If you would like to use the configuration tool, be sure that you are not providing a configuration file or that you also set FORCE_CONFIG=true in the environment variables.

Environment Files

Because of the potentially large number of environment variables that you could pass in, you might want to consider using an environment variable file.

Example:

# env.list
ALLOW_NETHER=false
level-seed=123456789
EULA=true

docker run -d -it --env-file env.list -v $(pwd)/data:/data -p 25565:25565 bbriggs/bukkit

List of Environment Variables

A full list of server.properties settings and their corresponding environment variables is included below, along with their defaults

Configuration Option	Environment Variable	Default
allow-flight	ALLOW_FLIGHT	false
allow-nether	ALLOW_NETHER	true
difficulty	DIFFICULTY	1
enable-command-block	ENABLE_COMMAND_BLOCK	false
enable-query	ENABLE_QUERY	false
enable-rcon	ENABLE_RCON	false
force-gamemode	FORCE_GAMEMODE	false
gamemode	GAMEMODE	0
generate-structures	GENERATE_STRUCTURES	true
generator-settings	GENERATOR_SETTINGS
hardcore	HARDCORE	false
level-name	LEVEL_NAME	world
level-seed	LEVEL_SEED
level-type	LEVEL_TYPE	DEFAULT
max-build-height	MAX_BUILD_HEIGHT	256
max-players	MAX_PLAYERS	20
max-tick-time	MAX_TICK_TIME	60000
max-world-size	MAX_WORLD_SIZE	29999984
motd	MOTD
network-compression-threshold	NETWORK_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD	256
online-mode	ONLINE_MODE	true
op-permission-level	OP_PERMISSION_LEVEL	4
player-idle-timeout	PLAYER_IDLE_TIMEOUT	0
prevent-proxy-connections	PREVENT_PROXY_CONNECTIONS	false
pvp	PVP	true
resource-pack	RESOURCE_PACK
resource-pack-sha1	RESOURCE_PACK_SHA1
server-ip	SERVER_IP
server-port	SERVER_PORT	25565
snooper-enabled	SNOOPER_ENABLED	true
spawn-animals	SPAWN_ANIMALS	true
spawn-monsters	SPAWN_MONSTERS	true
spawn-npcs	SPAWN_NPCS	true
view-distance	VIEW_DISTANCE	10
white-list	WHITE_LIST	false

Running a specific version

To run a specific version of Bukkit or Spigot, use a docker tag.

Example: docker run -it -v /data:/data -p 25565:25565 -e EULA=true --name mc_server bbriggs/bukkit:1.9.4 spigot