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# Minecraft Server Manager

A single init script which makes running multiple Minecraft/Bukkit servers easier for us admins.

[Visit the Wiki][wiki] for detailed guides.

## Features

* One script handles multiple servers, run two or more servers on one machine.
* Can create and start new servers with a single command, downloads the jars for you.
* Start, stop and restart your servers.
* Periodically makes [WorldEdit snapshot][we-snapshot] compatible backups of your worlds.
* Backup the entire server folder for complete protection.
* Load world's into RAM for faster access (reduces lag).
* Easily configurable, through a single file
* Per server configuration of invocation, in-game messages and timings.
* Apply server commands to one, multiple, or all servers in one go (useful for whitelisting a player on all servers.)

## Upcomming features

* **Restore:** Roll-back to an old world or whole server backup automatically.
* **QuickBackup:** If you store your backups non-locally (maybe on a NAS), QuickBackup optionally creates a backup locally for speed, and then moves it after your players are building again! My initial testing shows a 54 second network backup confaltes to 23 seconds of in-game time.

## Acknowledgements

This code grew out of an old version of [Ahtenus' Minecraft Init Script][ahtenus-minecraft-init].

[we-snapshot]: http://wiki.sk89q.com/wiki/WorldEdit/Snapshots
[ahtenus-minecraft-init]: https://github.com/Ahtenus/minecraft-init
[wiki]: https://github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/wiki
Updated the read me to reflect the Minecraft Server Manager approach. 2012-05-22 15:12:57 +00:00			`# Minecraft Server Manager`

			`A single init script which makes running multiple Minecraft/Bukkit servers easier for us admins.`
Initial (not tested, and most likely not working) files. Before this initial commit, I worked on the code in a github gist. The code in this commit comes from this gist commit: https://gist.github.com/2725916/ce58be848998aa93572f99e62f2e39e06db9463a 2012-05-19 16:50:22 +00:00
Added a link to the github wiki, in the readme. 2012-05-29 06:05:10 +00:00			`[Visit the Wiki][wiki] for detailed guides.`

Initial (not tested, and most likely not working) files. Before this initial commit, I worked on the code in a github gist. The code in this commit comes from this gist commit: https://gist.github.com/2725916/ce58be848998aa93572f99e62f2e39e06db9463a 2012-05-19 16:50:22 +00:00			`## Features`

Updated the read me to reflect the Minecraft Server Manager approach. 2012-05-22 15:12:57 +00:00			`* One script handles multiple servers, run two or more servers on one machine.`
			`* Can create and start new servers with a single command, downloads the jars for you.`
			`* Start, stop and restart your servers.`
			`* Periodically makes [WorldEdit snapshot][we-snapshot] compatible backups of your worlds.`
			`* Backup the entire server folder for complete protection.`
			`* Load world's into RAM for faster access (reduces lag).`
			`* Easily configurable, through a single file`
			`* Per server configuration of invocation, in-game messages and timings.`
			`* Apply server commands to one, multiple, or all servers in one go (useful for whitelisting a player on all servers.)`
Initial (not tested, and most likely not working) files. Before this initial commit, I worked on the code in a github gist. The code in this commit comes from this gist commit: https://gist.github.com/2725916/ce58be848998aa93572f99e62f2e39e06db9463a 2012-05-19 16:50:22 +00:00
			`## Upcomming features`

			`* Restore: Roll-back to an old world or whole server backup automatically.`
Spelling mistake in README. 2012-05-31 09:27:07 +00:00			`* QuickBackup: If you store your backups non-locally (maybe on a NAS), QuickBackup optionally creates a backup locally for speed, and then moves it after your players are building again! My initial testing shows a 54 second network backup confaltes to 23 seconds of in-game time.`
Initial (not tested, and most likely not working) files. Before this initial commit, I worked on the code in a github gist. The code in this commit comes from this gist commit: https://gist.github.com/2725916/ce58be848998aa93572f99e62f2e39e06db9463a 2012-05-19 16:50:22 +00:00
			`## Acknowledgements`

			`This code grew out of an old version of [Ahtenus' Minecraft Init Script][ahtenus-minecraft-init].`

Added a link to the github wiki, in the readme. 2012-05-29 06:05:10 +00:00			`[we-snapshot]: http://wiki.sk89q.com/wiki/WorldEdit/Snapshots`
			`[ahtenus-minecraft-init]: https://github.com/Ahtenus/minecraft-init`
			`[wiki]: https://github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/wiki`