How To Set Up A McMyAdmin Minecraft Server On A VPS

Minecraft is an amazing game. It is a fact that everyone knows. Some of us may have been hosting a server for our friends from our home computers. This is great but eventually you either get tired of having your computer on or just want something with a faster Internet connection. You can rent a VPS to solve this problem. Virtual Private Servers are servers that you pay monthly and can be used 24/7. You will often find good deals if your search is broad enough. 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. Pessoa This is great but not many of us are large 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 on a Linux VPS with two gigabytes of RAM. This will allow us to manage our server and preform tasks like reboots and backups all with a few clicks from a web browser! Let's get started!

This article assumes you already have a Linux 64bit VPS and you know how you can SSH into the server. Google is your friend, if you don’t know how to do any one of these things, Google will!

First, we are going to install the latest version of Java for Linux. Go to the Java website on your computer and right click the download for Linux x64 RPM. Select "copy link." SSH into your server and type the following commands, replace LINK with the link you copied. Each line should then be entered in your SSH client independently.

mkdir /usr/java cd /usr/java wget LINK

The file we downloaded might look a little strange due to the Java website or the wget utility. We will have to rename the file using the mv tool. Replace FILE NAME with the exact name of the file that you downloaded. To find the file name, you can use ls on a terminal. Rename the file until it contains the first few lines of the filename up to the question mark. To help you, use the following example.

mv jre-7u7-linux-x64.rpm?ssdflsdjkfhkjhnfsdkfhlsdkhflsk jre-7u7-linux-x64.rpm

Now, you will install Java RPM. Use the following syntax, replacing the file name to match your file name.

rpm –ivh

rpm -ivh jre-7u7-linux-x64.rpm

Java should now been 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 McMyAdmin's directory.

mkdir/minecraft CD /minecraft

Now you can download and install McMyAdmin. Make sure you enter your password for the web panel at the end.

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 begin. Head over to a web browser and type the following address: http://Your-Server-IP:8080

Log in using admin as your username and the password that you used earlier.

This tab will allow you to configure the server. Once you have completed the configuration tab, you can start the server. You should now have a working McMyAdmin Minecraft server running on your VPS!

Bonus

The server will shut down at the moment if you close the SSH client window. This can be fixed by installing screen if it is not already installed. Then run

screen ./MCMA2_Linux_x86_64

to run your server. The server will then continue to run if you close the SSH windows.

Have questions? Have questions? Ask in the comments!