diff --git a/roles/minecraft/defaults/main.yml b/roles/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
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index 0000000..10f6078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+minecraft_sha1sum: c8f83c5655308435b3dcf03c06d9fe8740a77469
diff --git a/roles/minecraft/files/minecraft.service b/roles/minecraft/files/minecraft.service
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index 0000000..47a3353
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+++ b/roles/minecraft/files/minecraft.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Minecraft Server
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=minecraft
+Group=minecraft
+WorkingDirectory=/srv/minecraft
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -Xmx2048M -Xms1024M -jar /usr/local/lib/minecraft/server.jar nogui
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/minecraft/files/server.properties b/roles/minecraft/files/server.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c7f4ec
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+++ b/roles/minecraft/files/server.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#Minecraft server properties
+#Mon Mar 07 18:44:22 UTC 2022
+enable-jmx-monitoring=false
+rcon.port=25575
+level-seed=
+gamemode=survival
+enable-command-block=false
+enable-query=false
+generator-settings={}
+level-name=world
+motd=A Minecraft Server
+query.port=25565
+pvp=true
+generate-structures=true
+difficulty=easy
+network-compression-threshold=256
+require-resource-pack=false
+max-tick-time=60000
+use-native-transport=true
+max-players=20
+online-mode=true
+enable-status=true
+allow-flight=false
+broadcast-rcon-to-ops=true
+view-distance=10
+server-ip=
+resource-pack-prompt=
+allow-nether=true
+server-port=25565
+enable-rcon=false
+sync-chunk-writes=true
+op-permission-level=4
+prevent-proxy-connections=false
+hide-online-players=false
+resource-pack=
+entity-broadcast-range-percentage=100
+simulation-distance=10
+rcon.password=
+player-idle-timeout=0
+force-gamemode=false
+rate-limit=0
+hardcore=false
+white-list=false
+broadcast-console-to-ops=true
+spawn-npcs=true
+spawn-animals=true
+function-permission-level=2
+level-type=default
+text-filtering-config=
+spawn-monsters=true
+enforce-whitelist=false
+resource-pack-sha1=
+spawn-protection=16
+max-world-size=29999984
diff --git a/roles/minecraft/tasks/main.yml b/roles/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
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index 0000000..9796098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+---
+- name: install prequisites
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: java-17-openjdk
+    state: installed
+
+- name: create group
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: minecraft
+    gid: 1007
+
+- name: create user
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: minecraft
+    comment: Service Minecraft
+    uid: 1007
+    group: minecraft
+    create_home: false
+    home: /var/empty
+    shell: /sbin/nologin
+
+- name: create data directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /export/minecraft
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0750
+    owner: root
+    group: minecraft
+
+- name: link data directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /srv/minecraft
+    src: /export/minecraft
+    state: link
+    follow: false
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+
+- name: create writable data directories
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/srv/minecraft/{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0770
+    owner: root
+    group: minecraft
+  with_items:
+    - crash-reports
+    - libraries
+    - logs
+    - versions
+    - world
+
+- name: accept eula
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /srv/minecraft/eula.txt
+    content: |
+      eula=true
+    mode: 0640
+    owner: root
+    group: minecraft
+
+- name: create server config
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /srv/minecraft/server.properties
+    src: server.properties
+    mode: 0640
+    owner: root
+    group: minecraft
+
+- name: "create {{ item }}"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "/srv/minecraft/{{ item }}"
+    content: []
+    force: false
+    mode: 0660
+    owner: root
+    group: minecraft
+  with_items:
+    - banned-ips.json
+    - banned-players.json
+    - ops.json
+    - whitelist.json
+
+- name: create minecraft binary directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /usr/local/lib/minecraft
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+
+- name: download minecraft binary
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    dest: /usr/local/lib/minecraft/server.jar
+    url: >-
+      https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/{{ minecraft_sha1sum }}/server.jar
+    checksum: "sha1:{{ minecraft_sha1sum }}"
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+
+- name: create service unit file
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/minecraft.service
+    src: minecraft.service
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+
+- name: enable service
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: minecraft
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
diff --git a/user.list b/user.list
index 8de74be..49828ac 100644
--- a/user.list
+++ b/user.list
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ id    user               group             notes
 1004  docker             docker            docker registry
 1005  backup             backup
 1006  mongod             mongod
+1007  minecraft          minecraft