johnantoni / minecraft-server

minecraft server setup notes

minecraft-server

minecraft server setup notes

http://msmhq.com/

maintenance

install

(currently ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit edition)

apt-get purge apache*
apt-get purge samba*
apt-get update
apt-get install wget curl tmux default-jdk screen git-core
wget -q http://git.io/Sxpr9g -O /tmp/msm && bash /tmp/msm
msm update

create server

msm server create myserver
msm jargroup create msm18 https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.8/minecraft_server.1.8.jar
msm jargroup getlatest msm18
msm myserver jar msm18
cd /opt/msm/servers/myserver/
cd worldstorage/
chown -R minecraft:minecraft world/
msm myserver start
msm myserver stop
...edit eula.txt and set agree=true
msm myserver start

write worlds to disk

msm myserver worlds todisk

or every 1 hour

0 */1 * * *  msm myserver worlds todisk

backup

msm myserver worlds backup

backups stored in /opt/msm/archives/worlds/[servername]/world

backup every day at 6:30am

30 6 * * *  msm myserver worlds backup

layout

/opt/msm/servers/[servername]
.../world (symlinked to /opt/msm/servers/[servername]/worldstorage/world
.../eula.txt (must edit and set to agree=true to start minecraft 1.8)