Minecraft
To use a different Minecraft version, pass the VERSION
environment variable (case sensitive), which can have the value
- LATEST (the default)
- SNAPSHOT
- a specific version, such as "1.7.9"
- or an alpha and beta version, such as "b1.7.3" (server download might not exist)
For example, to use the latest snapshot:
or a specific version:
When using "LATEST" or "SNAPSHOT" an upgrade can be performed by simply restarting the container. During the next startup, if a newer version is available from the respective release channel, then the new server jar file is downloaded and used.
Note
Over time you might see older versions of the server jar remain in the /data
directory. It is safe to remove those.