OS: Windows / Linux
Install for the commandline
npm i -g ionmc
Install for use in node apps or server scripts
npm i ionmc
You can install a server using the CLI:
(You can run the command ionmc on it's own to get the full help list)
Let's say you want to download a server into a subfolder in the current directory, call it "my-server" and you want the latest release version.
ionmc download my-server latest
This will download the latest minecraft version to use for your server.
To run it use the start (or run) command:
ionmc start my-server
Now your server is running with default settings, just like running it normally.
If you want to customize your server with different listeners for storing data or automatic command execution, you can create a server.js file in the same directory as your server.jar file. The ionmc commmand will always open the server.js file if it is present in the server directory.
In your server.js, you should start with something like this:
const {Server} = require("ionmc");
// import {Server} from "ionmc"; // For TypeScript
let server = new Server("server.jar");
// Output all the server data to the console.
server.on("data", server.write);
// Exit the node process when the server has stopped.
server.on("stopped", () => process.exit());