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Minecraft Server in FreeBSD Jails Container

by vermaden on 4/5/25, 2:09 AM with 28 comments

• by AceJohnny2 on 4/5/25, 4:41 AM

  > This is kinda like Docker/Podman thing on Linux – but secure instead.

  How true is this? I know jails have been around longer than Linux containers, which are explicitly not designed as "secure" isolation (which is why people like fly.io use VMs instead).

  How battle-tested are FreeBSD jails?

  In particular, I note we're talking FreeBSD, not OpenBSD, which is the one that's all about security.

• by elwebmaster on 4/5/25, 3:23 AM

  It probably has its advantages but until the UX reaches what we get with “docker run” this technology will never achieve its potential. When developing we need to think not only about what is possible but also how people do things currently and how does that compare to what we are proposing in terms of ergonomics. How many commands to get from 0 to hero with incumbent solution? How many with proposed solution? You get the point.

• by gbraad on 4/5/25, 4:51 AM

  > Minecraft Server

  Worthy to note here: Minecraft JAVA server. Not the Minecraft Bedrock server, which can run natively on Linux.

  > but secure instead

  Can you provide proof? It feels like an empty statement.

• by Thaxll on 4/5/25, 3:31 AM

  Jail are not more secure than Linux containers.