a-minecraft-server

Installation

Create a user named "minecraft" and check out repository in its home directory.

sudo useradd -d /home/minecraft -m minecraft
sudo su minecraft
cd ~
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/cal/a-minecraft-server.git
git pull origin master

Build stuff

cd ~/build
./update.sh

Deploy stuff you built

cd ~
./update.sh

Copy init/minecraft.conf into /etc/init/

sudo cp /home/minecraft/init/minecraft.conf /etc/init/

Start minecraft

sudo start minecraft

Set up a cron job for the minecraft user

# m h  dom mon dow   command
  * *    *  *  *     /home/minecraft/cron/cron.sh