Discord Aternos Bot

Overview

A Discord bot that manages an Aternos Minecraft server through Discord commands. Users can start, stop, and check the status of their Minecraft server directly from Discord. A Flask web server runs alongside to keep the bot alive on Replit.

Features

• Server Control: Start and stop Aternos Minecraft servers via Discord commands
• Status Monitoring: Check current server status
• Keep-Alive Server: Flask web server on port 8080 to prevent Replit from sleeping

Commands

• !startserver - Starts the Aternos Minecraft server
• !stopserver - Stops the Aternos Minecraft server
• !status - Shows current server status

Project Structure

• main.py - Main bot file with Discord commands and Aternos integration
• pyproject.toml - Python dependencies
• .gitignore - Git ignore file for Python projects

Environment Variables Required

• DISCORD_TOKEN - Discord bot token from Discord Developer Portal
• ATERNOS_USER - Aternos account username/email
• ATERNOS_PASS - Aternos account password

Technical Stack

• Discord.py - Discord API wrapper for bot functionality
• python-aternos - Python wrapper for Aternos API
• Flask - Lightweight web framework for keep-alive server
• Threading - Run Flask and Discord bot concurrently

Recent Changes

• Initial project setup (October 23, 2025)
• Installed Python 3.11 and required dependencies
• Created Discord bot with server control commands
• Configured Flask keep-alive server on port 8080