The minecraft server launcher script. Setting up your own Minecraft server on Ubuntu has never been easier! Just launch the script and it will do the rest!
This is a tool to start and monitor a Java minecraft server. If the Ubuntu Minecraft Server Manager finds a minecraft server in the ~/bin/ directory in a users home folder, it will start it, and if it does not find a Minecraft server it will download one for you. BONUS: It will also announce the Minecraft server on the local network.
To use this script just download this script (minecraft.server) to your home folder and run it. It will automatically:
- Install or reuse a handy Ubuntu server or desktop system.
- SSH to your Ubuntu system or open a terminal if you are using your Ubuntu Desktop.
- To download and optionally install the latest Minecraft (you may cut and paste the line below):
wget https://github.com/vonschutter/RTD-Minecraft-Server-Manager/raw/master/minecraft-server -O ~/minecraft-server && chmod +x ~/minecraft-server && ~/minecraft-server
- Then to run the RTD-Minecraft-Server-Manager next time you want to by typing:
~/minecraft.server
As of version 1.02 you can also launch the "minecraft.server" with the "--update" option to download the latest minecraft version automatically.
~/minecraft.server --update
When the RTD-Minecraft-Server-Manager is started, it will do the collowing.
- Check and see if Minecraft is installed in the expected localion on the server.
- If no server is found in the expected location, one will be downloaded.
- Check that the relevant scripts and configuration files are in the expected locations.
- If the configuration files are not found, the script will get basic working configuration files.
- Check if the required software is available:
- Install Java if not there
- Install the software needed by the console if not there
- When all of the above is satisfied the server luncher console is started