itzg / itzg/docker-minecraft-bedrock-server

Minecraft noob here; wanting to learn

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Description

Hey, first of all: bear with me. I'm a Minecraft noob :).

I'm trying to setup a simple minecraft server for my son (playing on his iOS device). So I think I need to run a bedrock instance, right?

So I tried to start a container using this: `docker run -it -v /srv/local/services/minecraft/data:/data -e EULA=TRUE -p 19132:19132/udp itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server`. All fine, container running and healthy.

But then what? When I try to connect to the instance from the iOS minecraft game, then I can't connect (by ip address:port). So first thing is trying to find out if the container is actually working fine. So -on the server- I'm trying to do a telnet:

```
rlommers@server [~]$ telnet localhost 19132
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
```

Which is a bit strange, right? docker ps outputs this:

```
8b7721640b4c itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server "/usr/local/bin/entr…" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes (healthy) 0.0.0.0:19132->19132/udp friendly_nobel
```

So basically my question is: how do I connect to a running instance of a bedrock server on an iOS device?

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the posted docker run command and docker ps output, then inspect the running container's logs and UDP port reachability. Done means identifying whether the Bedrock instance is listening correctly and documenting the connection path from the iOS client.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker
Domain
devops, game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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