Install a Linux Minecraft/FTB Server In Under an Hour (VPS, Cloud Based, Remote Install)
About a week and a half ago I posted a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbfOPj857Q) that detailed some of the advantages of using a cloud based Minecraft server host instead of one of the companies that is specifically oriented around the Minecraft community. Well the response I got from that video was overwhelmingly positive, and so now I am back with part 2, in which I show you how to, step by step, setup a vanilla or FTB server using Oplinks cloud service. Now while I am using Oplink as the host in this video, you can basically use any company you want. (You will obviously have to deal with a slightly different interface and perhaps enable or install some options within CentOS, but the overall process should be the same.)
I am also including a custom service script that I modified for this purpose based on one that a user by the name of SuperJamie created for bukkit servers. Overall the complete installation process should take an hour or less depending on how closely you watch the video and whether there are any complications along the way.
My goal for this video was basically to show you everything that is required to run your own MinecraftFTB server, and hopefully by the end of it you will have some idea as to whether or not this is something that you would be interested in pursuing.
Thanks in advance for watching and I hope you find the video useful.
All of the files I reference in the video can be downloaded here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_KuZXAfafEOZDdPZ2hkcDBkR2s/edit?usp=sharing
(Hit CTRL+S to download the zip file.)
Links Reference in the Video
Site where you can download WINSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Site where you can download Putty
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Server jar can be found here
https://s3.amazonaws.com/MinecraftDownload/launcher/minecraft_server.jar
Sites where you can sign up for free DNS addresses
http://www.dnsdynamic.org/
http://freedns.afraid.org/
Original script that my shell script is based off of
https://github.com/superjamie/minecraft-init-script/blob/master/minecraft
Blog that goes into some of the setup of a minecraft server on CENTOS 6
Wikipedia on entry on cron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
Minecraftwiki entry on server startup script
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Server_startup_script
List of VI commands
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.html
Gmail Script for Auto Deleteing Backups
http://www.johneday.com/422/time-based-gmail-filters-with-google-apps-script
by Andrew Price
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