Initscript for minecraft/bukkit servers

A good start if you plan to run a minecraft server using Linux. Moving this scriptfile to /etc/init.d will start the minecraftserver at boot.

The initscript will make the server use a ramdisk to contain the world. Ramdisk is a part of the ram mounted as a disk and will speed up the server especially if you've enabled teleportation. It also has the ability to backup and clean the server.log. A big logfile slows down the server alot.

Requirements

screen,rsync

Access server console

screen -r minecraft

Exit the console

Ctrl+A D

Setup

1. Move or symlink the script to /etc/init.d/minecraft, set the required premissions and update rc.d.

    chmod 755 /etc/init.d/minecraft
    update-rc.d minecraft defaults
   

2. Mount a ramdisk or use the one premounted at /dev/shm/

3. Rename your world dir to diskworld and symlink the ramdisk in instead.

    cd ~/minecraft
    mv world diskworld
    ln -s /dev/shm/world world
   

4. Edit crontab

    sudo crontab -e
   

   and add these lines

    #m 	h 	dom	mon	dow	command
    02 	05 	*	*	*	/etc/init.d/minecraft backup
    55 	04 	*	*	*	/etc/init.d/minecraft log-roll
    */30 	* 	*	*	*	/etc/init.d/minecraft to-disk
   

5. Edit the variables in the scriptfile to your needs

Good stuff

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