Building A Minecraft Server With 12 Year Old PC + Tutorial (PaperMC, Docker, DDNS, Port Forwarding)

I HAVE A NEW VIDEO! Watch the updated version here:

I love to see what old hardware can do! So in this video, we're seeing if an Athlon ii x4 640 can handle running a Minecraft server using the optimized PaperMC Server.

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Music (in order):
"Hardware Haven Theme" - Me
"Haggstrom" - C418
"Moog City" - C418
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:36 What Is This Video?
1:00 The Hardware
1:49 The Software
2:47 What We're Going To Do
3:40 Installing Ubuntu Server
8:14 SSH, Docker Running
12:29 Pulling PaperMC Container
16:00 Testing Local MC Server
17:38 DHCP Reservation & Port Forwarding
19:42 DDNS (Duck DNS)
23:53 Testing Server Over WAN
25:06 Plugins (EssentialsX) & Commands
28:11 How It Ran
29:30 Power Consumption
30:02 Final Thoughts

[HardwareHaven]

Watch my updated video instead! It's more up to date, better, and easier!

[EnchantCZ]

If you want to run a Minecraft server 24/7 at home and save some money on electricity, you can use the Hibernate plugin - it intentionally lags the server if no one is online so the server's TPS is ~1 instead of 20. In our case, CPU usage is now around ~3% instead of ~25% when idle and we haven't yet experienced any issues. We have been using this plugin for almost a year now.

[HardwareHaven]

Sorry for the 720p. I have no idea how I accidentally exported like that...

[pineappleboi]

I don’t think you’re giving yourself enough credit. This was a better tutorial than most mc server tutorials I could find when trying to make a server for me and friends😂

[utkarshsingh]

this is so underrated, the video quality and content's really good.
Tho im more of a rpi guy, but still the sheer scope of such machines for enthusiasts is just so good

[alecampos]

Not only a great video about old pc made home server and minecraft servers basics, but most importantly, finally a simple yet complete docker basics tutorial.
Thank you so much, this will help me a lot running my server!

[ElMaddox]

Dude you're brutal. I've been playing and messing with minecraft servers for more than 8 years now, and I can tell you that your video is BRILLIANT. Seriously, you made my night a little greater, even if I already know a lot of things about it, you always learn something new. Thank you so much.

[DoomBringer-rokk]

I can see you put alot of time and effort into this video and it was a good watch :) glad to see the channel steadily growing

[ScientiaFilms]

One of the better tutorials on YouTube in general. Hits all the points, isn't dragging along with bs information, didn't feel slow and dragged out. Perfect!

[That-Pig]

I always get so exited when you upload - I was suggested the first server video based of Minecraft server hosting and I'm hooked, I love the calm, informational style of your videos, very underrated!!

[gemmebacon]

Thank you! I was trying to find a normal minecraft server tutorial and i finaly found you
Your channel is underrated

[zebrasprite]

I absolutely adore your videos. They're simply wonderful. Keep it up, I'll be here to watch! :)

[dovedozen]

this is fantastic; I've been learning to run an externally-hosted MC server and learning Linux at the same time over the past little while, & watching this makes me feel like self-hosting on my own machine is totally a possibility for me in the future! also very cool to hear a little about what docker is for.

[lucaslaredo]

this video brought me back to my old young ages trying to build a Minecraft Server for me and my friends have some fun. Back then i was only enable to fulfill this need using Hamachi, wich was definitely not what i wanted. Thanks for helping me finding the answer after so long

[gusbubba]

Absolutely love that youtube has been putting your vids in my feed lately. Great stuff!

[DJason]

Love this tutorial! Very easy to follow. If someone is unfamiliar with ssh and find it difficult to manage files, I’d recommend setting up SMB to easily manage server files.

[jsnotlout]

I made a server on a raspberry pi4, most fun I've had in a while. With paperMc it rarely lags, It had some crashing issues but I resolved those. Runs great with me and my 2 friends playing around for a while!

[vedantagrawal]

Love your insistence on keeping old old hardware alive and pushing it to its limits.

Loved the video as always Mr. Hardware (I assume that's your real legal name.)

[foti]

Love your content! I've been watching your videos for a while and now I got inspired to build my own Home Lab. Just ordered some missing parts for my old PC and can't wait to get started.

[unoswow]

I've been running my MC server in windows on an old HP laptop from 2010, and it have been working great with over 15 plugins, but after watching this video, I know what I'm going to do to improve my server. Thanks a lot your videos are awesome