OS X Minecraft server setup

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Preface.

This page will describe how i run my Minecraft servers.

Howto in bullet-form.

  1. Install Macports (requires Xcode Command line tools).
  2. Install tmux.
  3. Create a user with limited privileges for running the server.
  4. Clone my BitBucket scripts for running a Minecraft server.
  5. Edit configuration files so they meet the requirements for launching a vanilla Minecraft server.
  6. Test if the server behaves and works as expected.

Details on the previous bullets:

Install Macports.

Installation is neatly described at the Macports install page.

Install tmux.

Use macPorts for the install process. It can be done like this at the time of writing they page.

  •  sudo port install tmux 
  • type in your password, and you should get something similar to this:
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for tmux
--->  Dependencies to be installed: libevent
--->  Fetching archive for libevent
--->  Attempting to fetch libevent-2.0.22_1.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/libevent
--->  Attempting to fetch libevent-2.0.22_1.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/libevent
--->  Attempting to fetch libevent-2.0.22_1.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/libevent
--->  Fetching distfiles for libevent
--->  Attempting to fetch libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz from http://skylink.dl.sourceforge.net/levent/libevent/libevent-2.0
--->  Verifying checksums for libevent                                               
--->  Extracting libevent
--->  Applying patches to libevent
--->  Configuring libevent
--->  Building libevent
--->  Staging libevent into destroot
--->  Installing libevent @2.0.22_1
--->  Activating libevent @2.0.22_1
--->  Cleaning libevent
--->  Fetching archive for tmux
--->  Attempting to fetch tmux-2.1_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/tmux
--->  Attempting to fetch tmux-2.1_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/tmux
--->  Attempting to fetch tmux-2.1_0.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/tmux
--->  Fetching distfiles for tmux
--->  Attempting to fetch tmux-2.1.tar.gz from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/tmux
--->  Verifying checksums for tmux
--->  Extracting tmux
--->  Configuring tmux
--->  Building tmux
--->  Staging tmux into destroot
--->  Installing tmux @2.1_0
--->  Activating tmux @2.1_0

If you want integration with system pasteboard consider installing port tmux-pasteboard as well

--->  Cleaning tmux
--->  Updating database of binaries
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors               
--->  No broken files found.

User with limited privileges.

Do it like this... stop when you get to the headline "Moving the server files".

BitBucket scripts for running a Minecraft server.

TBD

Edit configuration files.

XXX

Test if the server behaves and works as expected..

XXX

XXX.

XXX

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