A minecraft server template directory with bash scripts to start, backup, restore, and stop it.

First, install dependencies. See below.

Then, set values in the env.sh file.

Then, run ./status to make sure the backup location and java jar look fine. You should only see the backup doesn't exist warning.

Then, run ./run

To check the status, run ./attach

You will be dropped into the tmux session. Press 'Ctrl-b' then 'd' to detach from the tmux session.

The unique id for the server. This makes it possible to have multiple servers running at once.

A location for minecraft backups. The backup for this specific server will be located in $mc_root_backup_dir/$mc_server_id

The minecraft server.jar file. It's recommended to put these in a single folder, and each server can use the same one.

All scripts can be started from anywhere. They will locate themselves and cd into the script's directory. They assume their directory is where the minecraft server is.

Starts the server.

Stops the server.

Starts the server in the current terminal. This is good for testing, but run should be preferred.

Attach to the server if it's running. This is used to gain access to the minecraft terminal.

Create a backup in the specified backup directory.

Output the console of the currently running server.

Send a single command to the server. This is useful for quick things and for avoiding interacting with the server.

Output status for the current server. This is a good check to make sure the env.sh is correct.

In the config file, you can specify

bkup is a bash script wrapper for incremental backups. It is a submodule of this repo.

Install via submodule

git submodule update --init

Install via clone

git clone https://github.com/lkwilson/bkup.git bkup

You can also download and unzip manually. Just make sure that backup and restore are located as such: ./bkup/backup and ./bkup/restore.

If you are on mac, then your tar is actually bsdtar. The backup script needs gnu tar.

Install with:

brew install gnu-tar

Add an alias in your ~/.bashrc

alias tar=gtar

Or create a higher priority symlinked tar:

PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
ln -s /usr/local/bin/gtar ~/bin/tar

mcmgr uses tmux for the persistence of the servers.

apt-get update
apt-get install -y tmux

• Close tmux: ctrl-b + d
• Attach to any tmux session: tmux a

First, you need a new enough version of java.

Download a Java 16 tar ball from here: https://jdk.java.net/16/

Add the bin/ directory to your PATH env var.

Download a Java 16 tar ball from here: https://jdk.java.net/16/

Untar the tar ball somewhere in your home directory:

cd ~
mkdir -p libraries/java
cd libraries/java
tar xf /path/to/openjdk-16.0.1_osx-x64_bin.tar.gz

It should create jdk-16.0.1.jdk/

Find the bin/ dir that contains java.

Add it to your PATH variable. For example:

PATH="$HOME/libraries/java/jdk-16.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/bin:$PATH"