Symptoms: You need to agree to the EULA, Server won't start, EULA error

Possible Causes

  • eula.txt still says eula=false
  • The EULA was never accepted during the first setup

Step-by-Step Fix

Step 1

Open eula.txt for editing

bash
nano eula.txt

Step 2

Change eula=false to eula=true

bash
sed -i 's/eula=false/eula=true/' eula.txt

Step 3

Restart the server — from the panel if you use one, or with your start script if you run it over SSH