Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago

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In this video, Chainguard Staff Developer Experience Engineer Erika Heidi shows you how to build a Minecraft Java server with zero CVEs using Chainguard Images.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:32 Introduction to Minecraft
05:06 Minecraft and the Log4Shell Vulnerability
10:15 Containerizing Minecraft
11:03 Why Containers
14:40 Example Dockerfile
17:12 Example Docker Compose file
17:39 Demo 1
18:47 Running the Server
20:33 Joining the Game
22:44 Securing your Minecraft Server
23:15 Additional Steps for Improved Security
30:06 Demo 2
30:48 The build-config.sh script
31:18 The server-install.sh script
32:15 The updated Dockerfile
32:25 Digestabot Action
34:49 Configuring the server with env vars
37:09 Building the image
37:46 Running the Updated Server
39:24 Joining the Game
40:19 Meeting Linky
40:50 Meeting Villager Dan
42:19 Scanning images for CVEs
47:46 Wrapping Up

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