minecraft_server_scripts

These scripts are for managing a forge or fabric headless minecraft server while tunneling with playit.gg. They were written on debian bullseye and might not work on other distributions.

Installing Dependancies

playit

• curl -SsL https://playit-cloud.github.io/ppa/key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
• sudo curl -SsL -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playit-cloud.list https://playit-cloud.github.io/ppa/playit-cloud.list
• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install playit

mcrcon

• git clone https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon.git
• cd mcrcon
• make
• sudo make install

java

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre-headless

Installing Scripts

• wget https://github.com/JonathanTippy/minecraft_server_scripts/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
• unzip main.zip
• cd minecraft_server_scripts-main
• sudo cp minecraft_backup /usr/local/bin
• sudo cp minecraft_stop /usr/local/bin
• sudo cp minecraft_start /usr/local/bin
• sudo cp minecraft_update_fabric /usr/local/bin
• sudo cp minecraft_update_forge /usr/local/bin
• sudo cp curseforge_mods_downloader /usr/local/bin

Setting up Minecraft Server

• mkdir /opt/minecraft
• sudo chown $USER /opt/minecraft -R
• run either minecraft_update_fabric or minecraft_update_forge
• sudo cp minecraft.service /etc/systemd/user
• sudo loginctl enable-linger username
• systemctl --user daemon-reload
• systemctl --user enable minecraft
• systemctl --user start minecraft

Installing playit.service

• playit (set up playit on their website with the link in the program)
• sudo cp playit.service /etc/systemd/system
• sudo systemctl daemon-reload
• sudo systemctl enable playit
• sudo systemctl start playit

adding a server backup to crontab (optional)

you can also use the restic option for super compact backups, but this will require you to create a restic repo. I will not explain how to do that. Also, I will not explain how to retrieve the data from the restic repo. There isn't much of a reason for this, I just don't want to do it right now but i wanted to add the restuc backup script

• mkdir /var/local/minecraft
• sudo chown $USER /var/local/minecraft
• crontab -e
• add the following line to the bottom of the file
• 0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/minecraft_backup

adding mods to the server (optional)

• curseforge_mods_downloader
• download the mods and copy the links afterwards
• add each mod link in its own line
• press ctrl + s to save the mods list file and then ctrl + x to close the file
• watch the server boot and answer weather it works or not
• if it doesn't work, wait a few seconds and try again with different mods