With a persistent disk, even if the Azure Virtual Machine running the server is stopped, the data will continue to persist afterwards.

The source type is none (empty disk).Īzure Virtual Machines have one operating system disk and a temporary disk for short-term storage, but the information stored will be lost as soon as the Azure Virtual Machine is stopped. Switch to the disks section and select create and attach a new data empty disk to the Azure Virtual Machine, to store the game server executable and the data files it produces. RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) port: TCP/3389 Setup the machine administrator username and password, for being able to access it later remotely.Īllow the public inbound ports for being able to connect to the virtual machine as an administrator later (maintenance ports), the specific ports from your game server will be enabled afterwards: Windows In the case of Minecraft server, a small Azure Virtual Machine like Standard B2s, with 2 virtual CPU (vCPU) and 4GB of RAM, would be fine for less than 10 users. Select the Azure subscription, resource group, name of the virtual machine and the region.Ĭhoose a machine type, disk type, and disk size that meets your own I/O and resource needs. Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS or Ubuntu Server 18.04 VM Windows Server 2016 Datacenter or Windows Server 2016 VM Search for the following in the Azure Portal, they are usually amongst the most popular: Windows Set up an Azure Virtual Machine, attach a persistent disk and open portsĬreate a resource and choose a virtual machine with the operating system that the game server will run on.

Select a geographic location for the resource group.

In Subscription, click the name of the Azure subscription in which you want to create the resource group.

The system immediately checks to see if the name is available in the currently selected Azure subscription.

Type a unique name for the resource group.

In the left navigation, click Resource groups.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Do the following to create a resource group: All resources are deployed and managed in a resource group. Run the game server and double check that the ports are open.Ī resource group is a logical collection of Azure resources.Initialize and format the persistent data disk.Access the new Azure Virtual Machine remotely via maintenance port.Set up an Azure Virtual Machine, attach a persistent disk and open ports.Azure Disk Storage - Basic persistent storage.Azure Windows Virtual Machines and Azure Linux Virtual Machines - The most basic way to get computing power on Azure.This reference architecture details the steps to setup a basic Azure backend that will host a game server on either Windows or Linux, using Minecraft server as an example.

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