Requirements

• A Minecraft server with the Dynmap plugin installed and running.

• A VPS with Ubuntu 18.04.

• A domain.

Step 1: Point your domain to your VPS IP address

• Navigate to CloudFlare.com and login

• Choose the domain you want to have your map on

• Select “DNS” from the menu at the top of the screen

• Click “Add Record”

• Set “Type” to “A”

• Set “Name” to whatever you want your subdomain to be (Eg: map)

• Set “IPv4 address” to the IP Address of your VPS

• Click “Save”

Step 2: Install NGINX

Run these commands to update your system and install NGINX:

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get -y install nginx

Step 3: Add Certbot PPA

You’ll need to add the Certbot PPA to your list of repositories. To do so, run the following commands on the command line on the machine:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt-get update

Step 4: Install Certbot

Run this command on the command line on the machine to install Certbot:

sudo apt-get -y install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Step 5: Download proxy script

Run this command to download the proxy script and start it, follow the on-screen commands:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phoenixnodes/scripts/master/proxy.sh && bash proxy.sh

Step 6: Restart NGINX

Run this command to restart NGINX:

sudo service nginx restart

Completion

To verify that everything is working, visit your map subdomain (Eg: map.yoursite.com). You should be able to view your Dynmap without using your server’s IP and Dynmap port.