mcbin

Minecraft bin folder with some useful commands, based on this tutorial.

Features

• Minecraft server runs as user systemd service.
• Daily backup.
• Warning near shut down.
• Switch server versions.
• Snapshot upgrade.

Assumptions

• Ubuntu 18.04 (or similar: apt, systemd).
• User mc with minimal sudo during setup.
• Cloned to ~/bin.
• Backups stored in ~/backups.
• Server(s) stored in ~/server.
• Shuts down at 22:00 PM.

Directory structure for ~/server

• Symbolic link current for the running version.
• Directory common with all files and directories shared across versions (server.properties, eula.txt, *.json, logs, ...).
• ~/server/snapshot for snapshot versions.

Usage

• git clone https://github.com/FrankDeGroot/mcbin.git ~/bin
• PATH=~/bin:$PATH in your .bash_aliases or whatever favorite startup script you have.
• mccreate though I don't recommend running it blindly.

Add Server

• mkdir ~/server/newserver
• cd ~/server/newserver
• Add server.jar and other desired jars (e.g. forge).
• Optionally add world(s), link current with ln -rs newworld world.
• mccommonlinks