Minecarft Server Install on Debian

Refer to MinecraftServerControlScript for more specific information.

Prerequisites

sudo apt-get -y install make vim git default-jre perl python wget rdiff-backup socat

Overviewer Installation

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line

deb http://overviewer.org/debian ./

sudo wget -O - http://overviewer.org/debian/overviewer.gpg.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install minecraft-overviewer

Minecarft Server Script Install

cd /usr/src
sudo git clone https://github.com/sandain/MinecraftServerControlScript.git
cd MinecraftServerControlScript
sudo make
sudo make install

NOTE: As of 2015-09-05 when I tried to install the current branch mscs keep failing with missing files. Cloning a previous branch fixed this problem.

sudo git clone -b version-15.08 https://github.com/sandain/MinecraftServerControlScript.git

World Locations

cd /opt/mscs/worlds

Commands

sudo mscs start
sudo mscs stop
sudo mscs add myworld 25565
sudo mscs add mysecond 25566
sudo mscs delete mysecond 
sudo mscs backup world
sudo mscs list-backups world
sudo mscs restore-backup world 2015-08-21T20:19:06+10:00
sudo mscs console world