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How To Set Up A McMyAdmin Minecraft Server On A VPS

Minecraft is amazing. It is a fact that everyone knows. Some of us may have hosted a server for friends from our computers at home. This is great, however, you may eventually get tired of having your computer connected to the Internet. A virtual private server (VPS) can be rented to fix this problem. Virtual Private Servers cost a monthly fee, and you can use them 24/7. If you look around you can usually find some good deals. 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, but many people don't like 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 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. Open the Java website from your computer. Right-click the Linux x64 RPM download link. Select "copy URL". Enter the following commands into your server. Replace LINK with the copied link. Each line should be entered separately into your SSH client.



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 to rename this file using the mv utility. Replace FILE NAME with the exact name of the file that you downloaded. You can use ls to locate the file's name 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 will need to 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 have been installed on your Linux VPS. If you are having trouble installing Java, you can consult the Java RPM installation instructions.



We will now install McMyAdmin!



First, create a directory to 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 . Srazy /MCMA2_Linux_x86_64 -setpass ENTER-YOUR-NEW-PASSWORD-HERE



Now your server will start. 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.



Here you will be able to configure the server. After you have selected everything, click on the Start button to 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. This can be fixed by installing screen if it is not already installed. Then run



screen./MCMA2_Linux_x86_64



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



Have questions? Ask away in the comments!


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