A quickstart Minecraft (Craftbukkit) server that will automatically download latest craftbukkit development build and start it.
-
Create a DIY application using this git repo as source code:
$ rhc app-create craftbukkit diy --from-code=git://github.com/jyeary/openshift-craftbukkit-quickstart.git
-
Create a port-forward from your local machine to your remote server:
$ rhc port-forward craftbukkit Checking available ports ... done Forwarding ports ... To connect to a service running on OpenShift, use the Local address Service Local OpenShift ------- --------------- ---- --------- java 127.0.0.1:25565 => *:25565 Press CTRL-C to terminate port forwarding
-
The server will be accessible from
minecraftusing Direct Connect on 127.0.0.1:25565
You will need at least one player to act as the administrator. In order to do that, you must add them to the ops.txt file.
-
SSH to the application:
$ rhc ssh
-
Go to the
$OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIRdirectory:$ cd $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR
-
Add the
minecraftuser names to the ops.txt file. I usenano, but you can useviif you wish.$ nano $ cat ops.txt syeary
-
stop and start the gear. I have found restart does not work very well.
$ gear stop Stopping gear... Stopping DIY cartridge $ gear start Starting gear... Starting DIY cartridge + cd /var/lib/openshift/52bc4398e0b8cded36000038/app-root/data/ + nohup java -jar craftbukkit-dev.jar -h 127.8.212.1 --noconsole
The OpenShift diy cartridge documentation can be found at: