How To Set Up A McMyAdmin Minecraft Server On A VPS
Minecraft is an amazing game. There is no doubt about it. Some of us might have hosted a server on our computers for our friends. This is great, however, you may eventually get tired of having your computer connected to the Internet. To fix this annoyance you can rent a VPS. Virtual Private Servers are servers that you pay monthly and can be used 24/7. There are often great deals to be found if you look around. Check out LowEndBox.com - I just found a 2GB VPS, which is perfect for a small Minecraft server, for just about $2.50 a month!
So now that you have a VPS you could off course go right ahead and install java and run the Minecraft server java file. This is great, however, not many people are big fans of the Linux terminal. A work around for avoiding the Linux terminal would be to use a powerful Minecraft server control panel. Today we will install McMyAdmin to a Linux VPS that has 2GB of RAM. This will allow you to manage your server and perform tasks like backups and reboots from just a few clicks on a web browser. Let's get started!
This article assumes that you have a Linux 64-bit operating system on your VPS and that you know how to SSH into it. If you don't know how to do any of those things, Google is your friend!
We will first install the latest Java for Linux. Open the Java website and right-click the Linux 64 RPM download. Select "copy link." SSH into the server and type these commands. Replace LINK (the link you copied) with the following commands. Each line should then be entered in your SSH client independently.
mkdir /usr/java cd /usr/java wget LINK
The file we downloaded may now look strange because of the Java website and wget tool. We will need the mv program to rename our file. Replace FILENAME with the exact file name that you downloaded. If you need to find out the name of the file, you can run ls from a terminal. Rename the file until it contains the first few lines of the filename up to the question mark. Use the following example to help you.
mv jre-7u7-linux-x64.rpm?ssdflsdjkfhkjhnfsdkfhlsdkhflsk jre-7u7-linux-x64.rpm
Now you'll install Java RPM. You can replace your file name with the following syntax.
rpm -ivh
rpm -ivh jre-7u7-linux-x64.rpm
Java should now be installed on your Linux VPS. If you are having trouble installing Java, you can consult the Java RPM installation instructions.
Now, we will install McMyAdmin
First, create a directory for McMyAdmin.
mkdir/minecraft.cd /minecraft
Now you can download and install McMyAdmin. Last line: Enter your password to the web panel.
wget http://mcmyadmin.com/Downloads/MCMA2_glibc25.zip unzip MCMA2_glibc25.zip cd /usr/local wget http://mcmyadmin.com/Downloads/etc.zip unzip etc.zip cd /minecraft ./MCMA2_Linux_x86_64 -setpass ENTER-YOUR-NEW-PASSWORD-HERE
Now your server should be up and running. Head over to a web browser and type the following address: http://Your-Server-IP:8080
Log in using the username admin or the password you created earlier.
Here you can configure the server. Once you select everything in the configuration tab, start the server! You should now have a working McMyAdmin Minecraft server running on your VPS!
Bonus
The server will close at the moment when you close the SSH clients Window. Install screen if you don't already have it. Then run
screen./MCMA2_Linux_x86_64
To run your server. Minecraft Then you can close the SSH window and the server will continue running!
Have questions? Questions? Comment below!