After first time start go into server.properties and set white-list=true.
Add users via server commands (whitelist add NAME).
OR add users to whitelist.json in server directory.

[
  {
    "uuid": "player_uuid",
    "name": "player_username"
  }
]

Plugins/Mods

Plugins

SinglePlayerSleep: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/singleplayersleep.68139/
Dynmap: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/dynmap%C2%AE.274/
NoEndermanGrief: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/no-enderman-grief2.71236/
ajLeaderboards: https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/ajleaderboards.471179/

Mods

Maintenance

Configure scheduled restarts by configuring crontab to periodically restart the container.
Edit crontab: sudo crontab -e
Add: 0 2 * * * docker restart minecraft-2023 minecraft-creative

References

https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server
https://github.com/Joshi425/minecraft-exporter