Tutorials/Server startup script

This is an example of possible Minecraft server startup and maintenance script for debian based distros.

Script

 * 1) !/bin/sh
 * 2) /etc/init.d/minecraft

### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides:		minecraft # Required-Start:	$local_fs $remote_fs # Required-Stop:	$local_fs $remote_fs # Should-Start:		$network # Should-Stop:		$network # Default-Start:	2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop:		0 1 6 # Short-Description: Minecraft server # Description:		Starts the minecraft server ### END INIT INFO

SERVICE='minecraft_server.jar' USERNAME="minecraft" MCPATH='/home/minecraft/minecraft' BACKUPPATH='/media/remote.share/minecraft.backup'
 * 1) Settings

ME=`whoami` as_user { if [ "$ME" == "$USERNAME" ] ; then bash -c "$1" else su - $USERNAME -c "$1" fi }

mc_start { if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "Tried to start but $SERVICE was allready running!" else echo "$SERVICE was not running... starting." cd $MCPATH as_user "cd $MCPATH && screen -dmS minecraft java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui" sleep 7 if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "$SERVICE is now running." else echo "Could not start $SERVICE." fi fi } mc_stop { if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "$SERVICE is running... stopping." as_user "screen -p 0 -S minecraft -X stuff \"say SERVER SHUTTING DOWN IN 10 SECONDS. Saving map...\"" as_user "screen -p 0 -S minecraft -X stuff `echo -e \"\015\"`" as_user "screen -p 0 -S minecraft -X stuff \"save-all\"" as_user "screen -p 0 -S minecraft -X stuff `echo -e \"\015\"`" sleep 10 # was 7, don't know where that number came from, but I like a round 10 second warning --Mal as_user "screen -p 0 -S minecraft -X stuff \"stop\"" as_user "screen -p 0 -S minecraft -X stuff `echo -e \"\015\"`" sleep 7 else echo "$SERVICE was not running." fi if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "$SERVICE could not be shut down... still running." else echo "$SERVICE is shut down." fi }

mc_update { if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "$SERVICE is running! Will not start update." else MC_SERVER_URL=http://minecraft.net/`wget -q -O - http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp | grep minecraft_server.jar\ | cut -d \" -f 2`		as_user "cd $MCPATH && wget -q -O $MCPATH/minecraft_server.jar.update $MC_SERVER_URL"		if [ -f $MCPATH/minecraft_server.jar.update ]		then			as_user "mv $MCPATH/minecraft_server.jar.update $MCPATH/minecraft_server.jar"			echo "Minecraft successfully updated."		else			echo "Minecraft update could not be downloaded."		fi	fi }

mc_backup { if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "$SERVICE is running! Will not start backup." else echo "Backing up minecraft data" if [ -d $BACKUPPATH/world_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"` ] then for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 do if [ -d $BACKUPPATH/world_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`-$i ] then continue else as_user "cd $MCPATH && cp -r world $BACKUPPATH/world_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`-$i" break fi done else as_user "cd $MCPATH && cp -r world $BACKUPPATH/world_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`" fi echo "Backing up the minecraft server executable" if [ -f "$BACKUPPATH/minecraft_server_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`.jar" ] then for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 do if [ -f "$BACKUPPATH/minecraft_server_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`-$i.jar" ] then continue else as_user "cd $MCPATH && cp minecraft_server.jar \"$BACKUPPATH/minecraft_server_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`-$i.jar\"" break fi done else as_user "cd $MCPATH && cp minecraft_server.jar \"$BACKUPPATH/minecraft_server_`date "+%m.%d.%Y"`.jar\"" fi fi echo "Backup complete" }

case "$1" in	start)		mc_start		;;	stop) mc_stop ;;	restart)		mc_stop		mc_start		;;	update) mc_stop mc_backup mc_update mc_start ;;	backup)		mc_stop		mc_backup		mc_start		;;	status) if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v -i SCREEN | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo "$SERVICE is running." else echo "$SERVICE is not running." fi ;;
 * 1) Start-Stop here

*)	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/minecraft {start|stop|update|backup|status|restart}"	exit 1	;; esac

exit 0

Requirements

 * Debian based linux distro.
 * screen

Installation
Use your favorite editor to create file called minecraft in /etc/init.d/ and paste the script above in that file.

Edit the USERNAME and MCPATH -variables according to your setup.

Make sure the newly created file has required permissions You can set the permissions by running: chmod 755 /etc/init.d/minecraft

Then run update-rc.d minecraft defaults to add required symbolic links. Note: your system will most likely warn you that the script does not meet all requirements. The script will however work.

You can also setup an entry in your [crontab] to backup the server with: /etc/init.d/minecraft backup

Uninstall
update-rc.d -f minecraft remove

Usage
/etc/init.d/minecraft start stop, restart, backup or update