</span></code></pre></div><h3id=docker-cli-click-here-for-more-info>docker cli (<ahref=https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/>click here for more info</a>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#docker-cli-click-here-for-more-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-1-1><aid=__codelineno-1-1name=__codelineno-1-1href=#__codelineno-1-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>run<spanclass=w></span>-d<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=se>\</span>
</span></code></pre></div><h2id=parameters>Parameters<aclass=headerlinkhref=#parameterstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <code><external>:<internal></code> respectively. For example, <code>-p 8080:80</code> would expose port <code>80</code> from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port <code>8080</code> outside the container.</p><h3id=ports-p>Ports (<code>-p</code>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#ports-ptitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Parameter</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>30000/udp</code></td><td>Port Minetest listens on (UDP).</td></tr></tbody></table><h3id=environment-variables-e>Environment Variables (<code>-e</code>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#environment-variables-etitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Env</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>PUID=1000</code></td><td>for UserID - see below for explanation</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>PGID=1000</code></td><td>for GroupID - see below for explanation</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>TZ=Etc/UTC</code></td><td>specify a timezone to use, see this <ahref=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List>list</a>.</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>CLI_ARGS=--gameid devtest</code></td><td>Optionally specify any <ahref=https://wiki.minetest.net/Command_line>CLI variables</a> you want to launch the app with</td></tr></tbody></table><h3id=volume-mappings-v>Volume Mappings (<code>-v</code>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#volume-mappings-vtitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Volume</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>/config/.minetest</code></td><td>Where minetest stores config files and maps etc.</td></tr></tbody></table><h4id=miscellaneous-options>Miscellaneous Options<aclass=headerlinkhref=#miscellaneous-optionstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h4><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Parameter</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><h2id=environment-variables-from-files-docker-secrets>Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#environment-variables-from-files-docker-secretstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend <code>FILE__</code>.</p><p>As an example:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-2-1><aid=__codelineno-2-1name=__codelineno-2-1href=#__codelineno-2-1></a>-e<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=nv>FILE__MYVAR</span><spanclass=o>=</span>/run/secrets/mysecretvariable
</span></code></pre></div><p>Will set the environment variable <code>MYVAR</code> based on the contents of the <code>/run/secrets/mysecretvariable</code> file.</p><h2id=umask-for-running-applications>Umask for running applications<aclass=headerlinkhref=#umask-for-running-applicationstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional <code>-e UMASK=022</code> setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up <ahref=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask>here</a> before asking for support.</p><h2id=user-group-identifiers>User / Group Identifiers<aclass=headerlinkhref=#user-group-identifierstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>When using volumes (<code>-v</code> flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user <code>PUID</code> and group <code>PGID</code>.</p><p>Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.</p><p>In this instance <code>PUID=1000</code> and <code>PGID=1000</code>, to find yours use <code>id your_user</code> as below:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-3-1><aid=__codelineno-3-1name=__codelineno-3-1href=#__codelineno-3-1></a>id<spanclass=w></span>your_user
</span></code></pre></div><h2id=docker-mods>Docker Mods<aclass=headerlinkhref=#docker-modstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p><ahref="https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=minetest"title="view available mods for this container."><imgalt="Docker Mods"src="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=minetest&query=%24.mods%5B%27minetest%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml"></a><ahref="https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=universal"title="view available universal mods."><imgalt="Docker Universal Mods"src="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=universal&query=%24.mods%5B%27universal%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml"></a></p><p>We publish various <ahref=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods>Docker Mods</a> to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.</p><h2id=support-info>Support Info<aclass=headerlinkhref=#support-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><ul><li><p>Shell access whilst the container is running:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-5-1><aid=__codelineno-5-1name=__codelineno-5-1href=#__codelineno-5-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=nb>exec</span><spanclass=w></span>-it<spanclass=w></span>minetest<spanclass=w></span>/bin/bash
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-6-1><aid=__codelineno-6-1name=__codelineno-6-1href=#__codelineno-6-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>logs<spanclass=w></span>-f<spanclass=w></span>minetest
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Container version number:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-7-1><aid=__codelineno-7-1name=__codelineno-7-1href=#__codelineno-7-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>inspect<spanclass=w></span>-f<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=s1>'{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}'</span><spanclass=w></span>minetest
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Image version number:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-8-1><aid=__codelineno-8-1name=__codelineno-8-1href=#__codelineno-8-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>inspect<spanclass=w></span>-f<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=s1>'{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}'</span><spanclass=w></span>lscr.io/linuxserver/minetest:latest
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul><h2id=updating-info>Updating Info<aclass=headerlinkhref=#updating-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>Most of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (noted in the relevant readme.md), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the <ahref=#application-setup>Application Setup</a> section above to see if it is recommended for the image.</p><p>Below are the instructions for updating containers:</p><h3id=via-docker-compose>Via Docker Compose<aclass=headerlinkhref=#via-docker-composetitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><ul><li><p>Update images:</p><ul><li><p>All images:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-9-1><aid=__codelineno-9-1name=__codelineno-9-1href=#__codelineno-9-1></a>docker-compose<spanclass=w></span>pull
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul></li><li><p>You can also remove the old dangling images:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-13-1><aid=__codelineno-13-1name=__codelineno-13-1href=#__codelineno-13-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>image<spanclass=w></span>prune
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul><h3id=via-docker-run>Via Docker Run<aclass=headerlinkhref=#via-docker-runtitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><ul><li><p>Update the image:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-14-1><aid=__codelineno-14-1name=__codelineno-14-1href=#__codelineno-14-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>pull<spanclass=w></span>lscr.io/linuxserver/minetest:latest
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Stop the running container:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-15-1><aid=__codelineno-15-1name=__codelineno-15-1href=#__codelineno-15-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>stop<spanclass=w></span>minetest
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Delete the container:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-16-1><aid=__codelineno-16-1name=__codelineno-16-1href=#__codelineno-16-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>rm<spanclass=w></span>minetest
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your <code>/config</code> folder and settings will be preserved)</p></li><li><p>You can also remove the old dangling images:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-17-1><aid=__codelineno-17-1name=__codelineno-17-1href=#__codelineno-17-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>image<spanclass=w></span>prune
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul><h3id=image-update-notifications-diun-docker-image-update-notifier>Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#image-update-notifications-diun-docker-image-update-notifiertitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><divclass="admonition tip"><pclass=admonition-title>Tip</p><p>We recommend <ahref=https://crazymax.dev/diun/>Diun</a> for update notifications. Other tools that automatically update containers unattended are not recommended or supported.</p></div><h2id=building-locally>Building locally<aclass=headerlinkhref=#building-locallytitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>If you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-18-1><aid=__codelineno-18-1name=__codelineno-18-1href=#__codelineno-18-1></a>git<spanclass=w></span>clone<spanclass=w></span>https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-minetest.git
</span></code></pre></div><p>The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware using <code>multiarch/qemu-user-static</code></p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-19-1><aid=__codelineno-19-1name=__codelineno-19-1href=#__codelineno-19-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>run<spanclass=w></span>--rm<spanclass=w></span>--privileged<spanclass=w></span>multiarch/qemu-user-static:register<spanclass=w></span>--reset
</span></code></pre></div><p>Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with <code>-f Dockerfile.aarch64</code>.</p><h2id=versions>Versions<aclass=headerlinkhref=#versionstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><ul><li><strong>01.06.24:</strong> - Rebase to Alpine 3.20.</li><li><strong>12.05.24:</strong> - Unpin irrlicht, enable IPv6 support in default conf.</li><li><strong>10.05.24:</strong> - Enable PostgreSQL backend and fix libspatialindex branch name.</li><li><strong>26.01.24:</strong> - Temporarily pin irrlicht to continue building pending a bugfix release.</li><li><strong>23.12.23:</strong> - Rebase to Alpine 3.19.</li><li><strong>12.07.23:</strong> - Rebase to Alpine 3.18, remove minetest_game.</li><li><strong>06.07.23:</strong> - Deprecate armhf. As announced <ahref=https://www.linuxserver.io/blog/a-farewell-to-arm-hf>here</a></li><li><strong>09.04.23:</strong> - Build logic changes to copy devtest to default games.</li><li><strong>17.03.23:</strong> - Fix CLI_ARGS example in readme.</li><li><strong>23.02.23:</strong> - Rebase to Alpine 3.17, migrate to s6v3.</li><li><strong>06.08.22:</strong> - Update irrlicht deps.</li><li><strong>02.05.22:</strong> - Allow specifying the advertised port.</li><li><strong>17.03.22:</strong> - Install forked irrlicht, add zstd.</li><li><strong>19.01.22:</strong> - Rebasing to alpine 3.15.</li><li><strong>02.06.20:</strong> - Rebasing to alpine 3.12.</li><li><strong>19.12.19:</strong> - Rebasing to alpine 3.11.</li><li><strong>12.07.19:</strong> - Bugfix to support multiple CLI variables.</li><li><strong>28.06.19:</strong> - Rebasing to alpine 3.10.</li><li><strong>03.06.19:</strong> - Adding custom cli vars to options.</li><li><strong>23.03.19:</strong> - Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag.</li><li><strong>04.03.19:</strong> - Rebase to alpine 3.9 to compile 5.0.0 minetest with new build args.</li><li><strong>14.01.19:</strong> - Add pipeline logic and multi arch.</li><li><strong>08.08.18:</strong> - Rebase to alpine 3.8, build from latest release tag instead of master.</li><li><strong>03.01.18:</strong> - Deprecate cpu_core routine lack of scaling.</li><li><strong>08.12.17:</strong> - Rebase to alpine 3.7.</li><li><strong>30.11.17:</strong> - Use cpu core counting routine to speed up build time.</li><li><strong>26.05.17:</strong> - Rebase to alpine 3.6.</li><li><strong>14.02.17:</strong> - Rebase to alpine 3.5.</li><li><strong>25.11.16:</strong> - Rebase to alpine linux, move to main repo.</li><li><strong>27.02.16:</strong> - Bump to latest version.</li><li><strong>19.02.16:</strong> - Change port to UDP, thanks to slashopt for pointing this out.</li><li><strong>15.02.16:</strong> - Make minetest app a service.</li><li><strong>01.02.16:</strong> - Add lua-socket dependency.</li><li><strong>06.11.15:</strong> - Initial Release.</li></ul><asideclass=md-source-file><spanclass=md-source-file__fact><spanclass=md-icontitle="Last update"><svgxmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svgviewbox="0 0 24 24"><pathd="M21 13.1c-.1 0-.3.1-.4.2l-1 1 2.1 2.1 1-1c.2-.2.2-.6 0-.8l-1.3-1.3c-.1-.1-.2-.2-.4-.2m-1.9 1.8-6.1 6V23h2.1l6.1-6.1zM12.5 7v5.2l4 2.4-1 1L11 13V7zM11 21.9c-5.1-.5-9-4.8-9-9.9C2 6.5 6.5 2 12 2c5.3 0 9.6 4.1 10 9.3-.3-.1-.6-.2-1-.2s-.7.1-1 .2C19.6 7.2 16.2 4 12 4c-4.4 0-8 3.6-8 8 0 4.1 3.1 7.5 7.1 7.9l-.1.2z"/></svg></span><spanclass="git-revision-date-localized-plugin git-revision-date-localized-plugin-date">June 3, 2024</span></span><spanclass=md-source-file__fact><spanclass=md-icontitle=Created><svgxmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svgviewbox="0 0 24 24"><pathd="M14.47 15.08 11 13V7h1.5v5.25l3.08 1.83c-.41.28-.79.62-1.11 1m-1.39 4.84c-.36.05-.71.08-1.08.08-4.42 0-8-3.58-8-8s3.58-8 8-8 8 3.58 8 8c0 .37-.03.72-.08 1.08.69.1 1.33.32 1.92.64.1-.56.16-1.13.16-1.72 0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10S2 6.5 2 12s4.47 10 10 10c.59 0 1.16-.06 1.72-.16-.32-.59-.54-1.23-.64-1.92M18 15v3h-3v2h3v3h2v-3h3v-2h-3v-3z"/></svg></span><spanclass="git-revision-date-localized-plugin git-revision-date-localized-plugin-date">February 11,
