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layout:  post
title:   Free Minecraft Server in Under 20 mins
date:    2016-04-17 16:43
summary: Time is wasting, let's get that free server setup on an Amazon EC2 Instance!
categories:
---

You've got a small group of friends and want to run a small casual server (2-5 people)? Perfect, in 15 mins we can get
you up and running with a free 24 hr minecraft server. Let's not waste any more time!

## Prerequisites
- Sign up for a [free AWS account](http://aws.amazon.com/free), we will use this service to run a virtual server.
You'll need a credit card to sign up, but what's on offer with the _'Free Tier'_ is amazing and you won't be charged
unless you step over the free tier limits.

- If you're on a windows machine, bad luck, you're going to need to download [PuTTY](http://www.putty.org/). We will
need this in order to log into our server instance. Linux and Mac users you're fine, the standard terminal will be
perfect.

## Spawning an instance
Sign into the [AWS Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com), it is a powerful but scary beast. Navigating the menus and setup is much like playing a game of _'Where's Waldo?'_

1. Find and click on the __'EC2'__ item on the dashboard.

2. Now in the top right of your screen in the navigation click on the region name. This will display a dropdown with a
list of regions. This is very important, we want to choose a region closest to the majority of your friends for better
latency and ping.
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title:   Free Minecraft Server in Under 20 mins
date:    2016-04-17 16:43
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You've got a small group of friends and want to run a small casual server (2-5 people)? Perfect, in 15 mins we can get
you up and running with a free 24 hr minecraft server. Let's not waste any more time!

## Prerequisites
- Sign up for a [free AWS account](http://aws.amazon.com/free), we will use this service to run a virtual server.
You'll need a credit card to sign up, but what's on offer with the _'Free Tier'_ is amazing and you won't be charged
unless you step over the free tier limits.

- If you're on a windows machine, bad luck, you're going to need to download [PuTTY](http://www.putty.org/). We will
need this in order to log into our server instance. Linux and Mac users you're fine, the standard terminal will be
perfect.

## Spawning an instance
Sign into the [AWS Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com), it is a powerful but scary beast. Navigating the menus and setup is much like playing a game of _'Where's Waldo?'_

1. Find and click on the __'EC2'__ item on the dashboard.

2. Now in the top right of your screen in the navigation click on the region name. This will display a dropdown with a
list of regions. This is very important, we want to choose a region closest to the majority of your friends for better
latency and ping.

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