Minecraft minigame servers are exceedingly popular among gamers, and some servers rack up thousands of unique users on a daily basis.

First, players need to install the Essentials plugin on their server. This can be done by downloading the file and dragging it into the "plugins" folder found inside the Minecraft server directory.

Learn how to install a Minecraft server on Ubuntu 22.04 so you can keep the fun in-house while teaching your young Linux admins the ropes.