/mcrcon

Rcon client for Minecraft

Primary LanguageCzlib LicenseZlib

mcrcon

mcrcon is console based Minecraft rcon client for remote administration and server maintenance scripts.


Installing:

via packet manager:

See https://pkgs.org/download/mcrcon for available packages in various Linux distros (note that available packages might be outdated).

building from sources:
git clone https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon.git
cd mcrcon
make
sudo make install

Check INSTALL.md for more details.

Precompiled binaries (if provided)*: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/releases/latest

*At the moment binaries are provided for Linux and Windows.


Usage:

mcrcon [OPTIONS] [COMMANDS]

Sends rcon commands to Minecraft server.

Option:
  -H            Server address (default: localhost)
  -P            Port (default: 25575)
  -p            Rcon password
  -t            Terminal mode
  -s            Silent mode
  -c            Disable colors
  -r            Output raw packets
  -w            Wait for specified duration (seconds) between each command (1 - 600s)
  -h            Print usage
  -v            Version information

Server address, port and password can be set using following environment variables:

MCRCON_HOST
MCRCON_PORT
MCRCON_PASS
Notes:
  • mcrcon will start in terminal mode if no commands are given
  • Command-line options will override environment variables
  • Rcon commands with spaces must be enclosed in quotes

Example:

Send three commands ("say", "save-all", "stop") and wait five seconds between the commands.

mcrcon -H my.minecraft.server -p password -w 5 "say Server is restarting!" save-all stop


Enable rcon on server

Remember to enable rcon by adding following lines to server.properties file.

enable-rcon=true
rcon.port=25575
rcon.password=your_rcon_pasword

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License

This project is licensed under the zlib License - see the LICENSE file for details.


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