{ pkgs, ... }: let localPort = 25564; publicPort = 25565; rconPort = 25575; rconPassword = "thiscanbeanything"; in { unfreePackages = [ "minecraft-server" ]; services.minecraft-server = { enable = true; eula = true; declarative = true; whitelist = { }; openFirewall = false; serverProperties = { server-port = localPort; difficulty = "normal"; gamemode = "survival"; white-list = false; enforce-whitelist = false; level-name = "world"; motd = "Welcome!"; pvp = true; player-idle-timeout = 30; generate-structures = true; max-players = 20; snooper-enabled = false; spawn-npcs = true; spawn-animals = true; spawn-monsters = true; allow-nether = true; allow-flight = false; enable-rcon = true; "rcon.port" = rconPort; "rcon.password" = rconPassword; }; }; networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ publicPort ]; ## Automatically start and stop Minecraft server based on player connections # Adapted shamelessly from: # https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-08-20-on-demand-minecraft-with-systemd.html # Prevent Minecraft from starting by default systemd.services.minecraft-server = { wantedBy = pkgs.lib.mkForce [ ]; }; # Listen for connections on the public port, to trigger the actual # listen-minecraft service. systemd.sockets.listen-minecraft = { wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ]; requires = [ "network.target" ]; listenStreams = [ "${toString publicPort}" ]; }; # Proxy traffic to local port, and trigger hook-minecraft systemd.services.listen-minecraft = { path = [ pkgs.systemd ]; requires = [ "hook-minecraft.service" "listen-minecraft.socket" ]; after = [ "hook-minecraft.service" "listen-minecraft.socket" ]; serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.systemd.out}/lib/systemd/systemd-socket-proxyd 127.0.0.1:${ toString localPort }"; }; # Start Minecraft if required and wait for it to be available # Then unlock the listen-minecraft.service systemd.services.hook-minecraft = { path = with pkgs; [ systemd libressl busybox ]; # Start Minecraft and the auto-shutdown timer script = '' systemctl start minecraft-server.service systemctl start stop-minecraft.timer ''; # Keep checking until the service is available postStart = '' for i in $(seq 60); do if ${pkgs.libressl.nc}/bin/nc -z 127.0.0.1 ${ toString localPort } > /dev/null ; then exit 0 fi ${pkgs.busybox.out}/bin/sleep 1 done exit 1 ''; }; # Run a player check on a schedule for auto-shutdown systemd.timers.stop-minecraft = { timerConfig = { OnCalendar = "*-*-* *:*:0/20"; # Every 20 seconds Unit = "stop-minecraft.service"; }; wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ]; }; # If no players are connected, then stop services and prepare to resume again systemd.services.stop-minecraft = { serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot"; script = '' # Check when service was launched servicestartsec=$( date -d \ "$(systemctl show \ --property=ActiveEnterTimestamp \ minecraft-server.service \ | cut -d= -f2)" \ +%s) # Calculate elapsed time serviceelapsedsec=$(( $(date +%s) - servicestartsec)) # Ignore if service just started if [ $serviceelapsedsec -lt 180 ] then echo "Server was just started" exit 0 fi PLAYERS=$( printf "list\n" \ | ${pkgs.rcon.out}/bin/rcon -m \ -H 127.0.0.1 -p ${builtins.toString rconPort} -P ${rconPassword} \ ) if echo "$PLAYERS" | grep "are 0 of a" then echo "Stopping server" systemctl stop minecraft-server.service systemctl stop hook-minecraft.service systemctl stop stop-minecraft.timer fi ''; }; }