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Overview
Bedrock Server Kit is a Bedrock Dedicated Server folder set up the way a community server needs to run, delivered as files with a written runbook. The world is pre-generated with a spawn, the behaviour and resource packs are registered in the world's pack manifests, permissions.json and allowlist.json are filled from a template, and server.properties is tuned for a group of forty to a hundred and fifty players.
The start script handles what BDS does not. On Linux it runs the server under a screen or systemd unit, rotates logs, takes a world backup on a schedule with a retention count, and restarts cleanly after a crash. On Windows a PowerShell script does the same with Task Scheduler. Both scripts read one settings file, so moving the server to a new host is a copy and a path change.
Resource pack delivery on Bedrock has its own rules, and the kit follows them: packs are listed in world_resource_packs.json with texturepack-required set as you choose, pack sizes are kept under the limits that make phones time out, and the notes explain how to change a pack without breaking existing player caches. The included add-ons cover a spawn hub, a lobby compass, a rules book and basic anti-grief.
Every Bedrock release changes something, a protocol version, a pack format, a removed experiment flag, and the maintenance notes are revised for each one while you are subscribed, with the steps to update the binary, migrate the world and re-check the packs. Operational material, not a hosted service: the server runs on your own machine or VPS.
What you get
- Bedrock Dedicated Server folder with tuned server.properties for a community
- Pre-generated world with a spawn hub, rules book and lobby compass add-on
- permissions.json and allowlist.json templates with operator and member roles
- Linux systemd and Windows PowerShell start scripts with restart on crash
- Scheduled world backups with a retention count and a restore procedure
- Resource pack delivery configured with size and caching notes
- Basic anti-grief and spawn protection as a behaviour pack
- Maintenance runbook with update steps, revised for each Bedrock Dedicated Server release
Eligible resources
The plan covers these resource types. Individual resources are listed in your Gaming Library as they publish.
- Server folder
- Start scripts
- Backup scripts
- Permission templates
- Behaviour packs
- Maintenance runbook
Features
- Runs unattended
- The start script restarts after a crash, rotates logs and backs up the world on a schedule, so the server survives a night without you.
- Packs that reach phones
- Pack sizes, manifests and required flags are set so players on mobile actually receive the resources rather than timing out.
- Release notes you can follow
- Each Bedrock update gets a revised runbook with the binary, world and pack steps, so updating is a checklist rather than a search.
Compatibility and requirements
Works with
- Bedrock Dedicated Server, current release, Linux and Windows builds
- Bedrock clients on Windows, mobile and console via the allowlist
- Behaviour and resource packs in .mcaddon and .mcpack format
- Geyser not required; this is a Bedrock-only server
You need
- A Linux or Windows machine or VPS with 4 GB of RAM you control
- Ability to open UDP port 19132 on your network or host
- A Microsoft account for each operator, to fill permissions.json
Updates and content cadence
- The full server folder, scripts and runbook from your first day
- Runbook and script revisions for each Bedrock Dedicated Server release while subscribed
- Template and add-on revisions published as they are written
License
- Licensed for one server network you own or operate.
- You may edit, re-texture and configure resources for that network.
- Reselling, sharing or re-uploading the files is not permitted.
Installation
- 1Download Bedrock Server Kit from your Gaming Library.
- 2Unpack the kit over a fresh Bedrock Dedicated Server download for your platform.
- 3Fill allowlist.json and permissions.json from the templates with your players' XUIDs.
- 4Set the paths in settings.env, then run the start script and check the console for the ready line.
If you cancel
- Access and updates continue until the end of the period you paid for.
- The licence to run the kit ends with the subscription.
- Remove the kit's add-ons and scripts from live servers once access ends; your world and player data stay with you.
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