Minecraft Server State Manager Lambda Function

Start, Stop, and check the player count of a Minecraft Server running in Amazon EC2.

Prerequisites

1. Ensure you have a working Minecraft Server running in an EC2 instance.
   • It is recommended to have a fixed IP address for this server.
2. Enable 'query.enabled' property and (optional) change 'query.port'
3. Create a Lambda layer for mcstatus
4. Create a Schedule in EventBridge
5. Update Environment Variables in Lambda to reflect your cloud environment

Enhancements

1. Have the /start and /manage-status endpoints be invoked by a Discord bot