phantom VS docker-minecraft-server

There is also this project (https://github.com/jhead/phantom) that allows you to create a bridge inside your network such that it looks to your Xbox as if there were a game running on the home network but you can configure it to point anywhere - it will require running the software on a PC, it basically acts as a relay between your home network and whatever server you point it at.

I found the Phantom distro for hosting locally on the Pi but it states not working with the Switch: https://github.com/jhead/phantom

The players at remote locations to the server would need to download jhead’s phantom software on GitHub and run it on a pc. This makes their local pc act as a mirror to the dedicated server and makes it look like the server is on the same network as the client, making it show up in the LAN / local games list.

Along with Geyser you may be able to use this: https://github.com/jhead/phantom

Hi, I am hosting a Minecraft Java Fabric server with Gyser and Floodgate installed to allow Bedrock players to play. The Java ports are forwarded to certain domains so people can join and this works great. I do not have permission from the network administrator to forward UDP ports so I cannot forward the bedrock ports. I am trying to expose the server to consoles and mobile devices using the 'open to LAN feature'. I discovered the 'phantom' project created by 'jhead' on github which pings devices on the network so they believe that the server is open to LAN. This works for mobile (MCPE) users and the server shows my 'friends' list under LAN worlds on my phone however on xbox consoles nothing shows. Any ideas?

Note for anyone who needs to run this on a different machine from the server: phantom should do the trick.

As for the server, I went with paper for one main reason: I can't guarantee the kids have a computer or Java. So I run bungee, geyser/floodgate, and viaversion to make it easier to maintain the version between different clients of unsophisticated users. I even have one using Phantom to play on Xbox.

There's also this software that proxies a server as a LAN game, which we used for a short time but it wasn't very good for my non-technical friend.

Second option is Phantom which is a proxy server you run on a separate device, PC or Raspberry Pi. It basically tricks Minecraft on Xbox to see your server as being on the same home network. It feels more organic to use(as the server just shows up in the list of available server) but it does require the program to run on a computer, whether Windows or Linux, while you play.

You can run minecraft phantom available here. You run it from a PC that is on the same network as the console.

Looks nice! I have a comprehensive docker compose file with itzg’s image [0] repeated a dozen times.

[0] https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server

This is just from a quick search: https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server

I'd like something like this that works with the itzg docker image. I usually have 2-3 servers up and running at any given time for me and my kids to play on. Different modpacks, haven't done anything fancy to manage them except portainer.

I have a nephew who loves minecraft (my fault, I introduced it to him). He plays it on PS4 - which I don't have - and he would like to play it together with me. I live a few thousand kilometers away, so I thought I'd host a server he can join to.I decided to host the server via docker, using itgz's repo. The server is unauthenticated and is exposed to the internet, I can join to it using my java instance.

I think that a better option would be to use https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server and then use a networking solution like tailscale or equivalent.

using itzg/docker-minecraft-server to host a curseforge modded server that's running all the mods 8 mod pack, though I might look into pterodactyl for future use!

I'm aware of itzg/docker-minecraft-server: Docker image that provides a Minecraft Server that will automatically download selected version at startup (github.com) which makes things pretty easy, but getting any modpack to work still requires quite a bit of fiddling with environment variables (mods to exclude on the server, java version, mc version, enabling command block, etc). Is there something easier, which doesn't require me to search through issues to find working configurations?

Also, as somebody already mentioned, you could run server in a Docker container. I quickly found this: https://hub.docker.com/r/itzg/minecraft-server. You could look into it. For this you will have to setup Docker, but it should be pretty easy (install and add user to group, check Arch wiki). Docker then creates a small "VM" (without kernel) in which Java is installed to run the server itself.

Server is running latest version of PaperMC using the itzg/docker-minecraft-server image on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Ports 8123 and 25565 of the container are exposed. Dynmap with LiveAtlas is installed in the server's /plugins/ directory and can be accessed through [server IP]:8123.