Minecraft Server Control GUI (MSC-GUI) is a new web-based interface to the [Minecraft Server Control Script] (https://github.com/MinecraftServerControl/mscs) that has been controlling many Linux and UNIX powered Minecraft servers since it was first released in 2011.
The Minecraft Server Control GUI uses Perl to present a web-based interface to
the [Minecraft Server Control Script]
(https://github.com/MinecraftServerControl/mscs). As such, the mscs
script
must be installed
and working for the GUI to function. Since the GUI is web based, you will need
to have a web server installed and working. These directions assume you are
using Apache, but any web server solution should
function. To install Apache:
sudo apt-get install apache2
If you followed the easiest way of downloading the script when installing MSCS, then you will want to do the same here. With git
already installed:
git clone https://github.com/MinecraftServerControl/msc-gui.git
-
Get the development version as a [zip file] (https://github.com/MinecraftServerControl/msc-gui/archive/master.zip):
wget https://github.com/MinecraftServerControl/msc-gui/archive/master.zip
Navigate to the msc-gui
directory that you just downloaded. Configuration
can be done with the included Makefile in Debian and Ubuntu like environments
by running:
sudo make install
Here is an example of a file that can be placed in the
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
directory to enable Apache to run a webserver
on port 80
on the host minecraft.server.com
from the directory
/var/www
. Change these values to suit your the needs of your website. This
configuration would make the GUI available at http:\\localhost\gui
.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName minecraft.server.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www
Alias /gui /var/www/gui
<Directory "/var/www/gui">
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
AllowOverride None
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews -Indexes -Includes +FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to create a symbolic link so that Apache can actually find the GUI:
sudo ln -s /opt/mscs/gui /var/www/gui
You will also need to enable the Apache CGI module and restart Apache for the GUI to work:
sudo a2enmod cgi
sudo service apache2 restart
To allow Apache and the MSC-GUI access to MSCS, use your favorite editor to
create a new file in the /etc/sudoers.d
folder:
sudo editor /etc/sudoers.d/mscs
and add this text :
# Allow www-data to execute the msctl command as the minecraft user.
www-data ALL=(minecraft:minecraft) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/msctl
See LICENSE
Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB, a subsidiary of Microsoft Studios. MSCS and MSC-GUI are designed to ease the use of the Mojang produced Minecraft server software on Linux and UNIX servers. MSCS and MSC-GUI are independently developed by open software enthusiasts with no support or implied warranty provided by either Mojang or Microsoft.