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Location: Rāghistān, Ghazni, Costa Rica
Member: August 18, 2022
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Last active: August 18, 2022
Description: Apart from being addictive, one of the problems with Minecraft is that you can't "click-and–play" online with friends. In Counter-Strike, for example, you can host a server while you play using only two mouse-clicks - but how do you do you host a Minecraft Server? Read on to get the full walkthrough of how to set up a Minecraft Server. The first step for setting up a Minecraft Server is getting the software (or binaries, if you'd like), which can be found here. The file you want depends on what system you're going to use, but the JAR-file always works (which is the one we're using). If you don’t feel comfortable using command line and are using Windows please download the easy to use EXE. Next, we need to set up our environment for the Minecraft Server. While I am currently using Ubuntu on my netbook I cannot guarantee that this will work with other types. But I'm pretty confident, so keep that in your mind. Bring up a terminal window and type "sudo apt-get install openssh-server", which will essentially install an SSH-server and give you the ability to remotely manage the Minecraft Server via SSH (you can use PuTTy to connect using Windows). Remote management is something you might enjoy if you are like me and love remote management. You'll need an FTP server to transfer minecraft_server.jar, and retrieve the installation later for backup. Open a terminal and type "sudo:apt-get install Vsftpd". IGRALNI This will require some configuration. So after the installation, go to "sudo apt-get install vsftpd.conf". Set "anonymous_enable = 0", remove "#local_enable=YES", and "#write_enable=YES". This will allow users on your machine only to connect (login with your normal name and password) and allows them to write files. You will need to install Java, since both Minecraft and Minecraft Server uses it. "sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre" should to the trick. As I said, I am not certain what works for everyone so please leave a comment. We're done. Open PuTTy, enter your address and log in. To create a folder named "minecraft", type "mkdir" and enter the address. This is where we'll place the Minecraft Server. Open up FileZilla (or another FTP client), log in, and transfer the minecraft_server.jar to ~/minecraft. If you have a folder that you would like to import into Minecraft, place it in /minecraft. To start the server, open the SSH again. Type "java -Xmx1024M-Xms1024M-java minecraft_server.jar Nogui" -Xmx defines the maximum RAM java (minecraft servers) can use. –Xms defines the minimum amount. However, it doesn't seem that it allocates all of it at startup. Minecraft Server will now create a brand new world if there isn't an existing one. If it works, you can join it to verify. To close the Minecraft Server, you will need to write "stop". This will save everything on the server. However, you can run "save" to stop it. To edit the configuration, run "nano-server.properties". You don't usually need to, but it's nice to see what's there. I only changed "online-mode" to false since I don't feel the need to authenticate users, mainly because I have a few friends who are running a hacked version. Some of them bought Minecraft after they tried it out. So it's win for both us and the developers. Minecraft Server is running on port 2565 by default. Users can change this port but they will need to enter it when connecting. "192.168.0.111?xxxx" – use ":" to find the port. That's it, I think! Happy mining and crafting!
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