# Crafty Controller 4.0.0-alpha.3.5 > Python based Control Panel for your Minecraft Server ## What is Crafty Controller? Crafty Controller is a Minecraft Server Control Panel / Launcher. The purpose of Crafty Controller is to launch a Minecraft Server in the background and present a web interface for the server administrators to interact with their servers. Crafty is compatible with Docker, Linux, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. ## Documentation Documentation available on [wiki.craftycontrol.com](https://craftycontrol.com) ## Meta Project Homepage - https://craftycontrol.com Discord Server - https://discord.gg/9VJPhCE Git Repository - https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-web
## Basic Docker Usage 🐳 With `Crafty Controller 4.0` we have focused on building our DevOps Principles, implementing build automation, and securing our containers, with the hopes of making our Container user's lives abit easier. ### - Two big changes you will notice is: - We now provide pre-built images for you guys. - Containers now run as non-root, using practices used by OpenShift & Kubernetes (root group perms). > __**⚠ 🔻WARNING: [WSL/WSL2 | WINDOWS 11 | DOCKER DESKTOP]🔻**__
BE ADVISED! Upstream is currently broken for Minecraft running on **Docker under WSL/WSL2, Windows 11 / DOCKER DESKTOP!**
On '**Stop**' or '**Restart**' of the MC Server, there is a 90% chance the World's Chunks will be shredded irreparably!
Please only run Docker on Linux, If you are using Windows we have a portable installs found here: [Latest-Stable](https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=win-prod-build), [Latest-Development](https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander/-/jobs/artifacts/dev/download?job=win-dev-build) ---- ### - To get started with docker 🛫 All you need to do is pull the image from this git repository's registry. This is done by using `'docker-compose'` or `'docker run'` (You don't need to clone the Repository and build, like in 3.x ). If you have a config folder already from previous local installation or _docker setup_*, the image should mount this volume and fix the permission as required, if no config present then it will populate its own config folder for you.

As the Dockerfile uses the permission structure of `crafty:root` **internally** there is no need to worry about matching the `UID` or `GID` on the host system :)
### - Using the registry image 🌎 The provided image supports both `arm64` and `amd64` out the box, if you have issues though you can build it yourself with the `compose` file in `docker/`. The image is located at: `registry.gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander:latest` | Branch | Status | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | :latest | [![pipeline status](https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander/-/commits/master) | | :dev | [![pipeline status](https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander/badges/dev/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander/-/commits/dev) | While the repository is still **private / pre-release**, Before you can pull the image you must authenticate docker with the Container Registry. To authenticate you will need a [personal access token](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.html) with the minimum scope: - For read (*pull*) access, `read_registry`. - For write (*push*) access, `write_registry`. When you have this just run: ```bash $ docker login registry.gitlab.com -u -p ``` or ```bash $ echo | docker login registry.gitlab.com -u --password-stdin ``` or ```bash $ cat ~/my_password.txt | docker login registry.gitlab.com -u --password-stdin ``` Then use one of the following methods: ### **docker-compose.yml:** ```sh # Make your compose file $ vim docker-compose.yml ``` ```yml version: '3' services: crafty: container_name: crafty_commander image: registry.gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander:latest environment: - TZ=Etc/UTC ports: - "8000:8000" # HTTP - "8443:8443" # HTTPS - "8123:8123" # DYNMAP - "19132:19132/udp" # BEDROCK - "25500-25600:25500-25600" # MC SERV PORT RANGE volumes: - ./docker/backups:/commander/backups - ./docker/logs:/commander/logs - ./docker/servers:/commander/servers - ./docker/config:/commander/app/config - ./docker/import:/commander/import ``` ```sh $ docker-compose up -d && docker-compose logs -f ```
### **docker run:** ```sh $ docker run \ --name crafty_commander \ -p 8000:8000 \ -p 8443:8443 \ -p 8123:8123 \ -p 19132:19132/udp \ -p 25500-25600:25500-25600 \ -e TZ=Etc/UTC \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/backups:/commander/backups" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/logs:/commander/logs" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/servers:/commander/servers" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/config:/commander/app/config" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/import:/commander/import" \ registry.gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-commander:latest ``` ### **Building from the cloned repository:** If you are building from `docker-compose` you can find the compose file in `./docker/docker-compose.yml` just `cd` to the docker directory and `docker-compose up -d` If you'd rather not use `docker-compose` you can use the following `docker run` in the directory where the *Dockerfile* is: ```sh # REMEMBER, Build your image first! $ docker build . -t crafty $ docker run \ --name crafty_commander \ -p 8000:8000 \ -p 8443:8443 \ -p 8123:8123 \ -p 19132:19132/udp \ -p 25500-25600:25500-25600 \ -e TZ=Etc/UTC \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/backups:/commander/backups" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/logs:/commander/logs" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/servers:/commander/servers" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/config:/commander/app/config" \ -v "/$(pwd)/docker/import:/commander/import" \ crafty ``` A fresh build will take several minutes depending on your system, but will be rapid thereafter.