Is it possible to run the Linux version of Minecraft server on the ReadyNas Pro Pioneer?Has anyone attempted it? If so please share. I'd love to run the box as a small home server for this. (2-3 people)Any info appreciated. (complete non-techie here obviously)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------From the Minecraft download page:http://www.minecraft.net/download.jspLinux / Other:Download Minecraft.jar, an executable jar file. It might work as-is.If you run into out of memory errors, try launching it with java -Xmx1024M -Xms512M -cp Minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrameAlso, please make sure you're running the Sun JVM...<snip>First, make sure you can use java from the command line. On linux and mac, this should automatically work, but on windows you might want to set up a PATH system variable.Then download minecraft_server.jar to anywhere, then launch it as:java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know if it'll work, but you could give it a try.First note that tech support does not support this, so you should proceed with caution.I would suggest you:1. Backup all the data on your NAS2. Upgrade to the latest RAIDiator firmware (http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_17_Notes) if you haven't already3. If you haven't already install the EnableRootSSH add-on for x86: http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203. Installation is via Add-Ons > Add New4. Install the Java community add-on: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=457515. Login to SSH, user is 'root' and password will initially be set to your admin password. Use the Terminal on a Linux or Mac Machine or PuTTy on a Windows machine.6. Download and attempt to install your minecraft server.7. If you can get this working you'll want to setup a way to automate running this on startup, but best to see if it'll work first.

THANK YOU!This works awesomely for a LAN server! :D

Hey mdgm, thanks for your previous help on this.Any idea how I can set this to run and stop on my ReadyNas without having to use putty through my PC?If putty closes it closes the app as well.Any help appreciated.

Ideally write an add-on using http://www.readynas.com/?p=346In start.sh script check to see if service already running and if not start it.In stop.sh script check to see if service already running and if so stop it.

Or a simple debian init script: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/28

Minecraft Linux on ReadyNas Pro Pioneer

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sphardy1
Apprentice
Jun 26, 2011
The problem is not the method used - both provide automatic start and stop facilities and netgear themselves use BOTH methods - but it appears the script actually written only starts the application and does not stop it cleanly

So the file corruption is probably due to the unclean stopping of the app, and it is possible that the lack of a facility to stop the app is preventing the NAS from shutting down also

The link I posted does include a very simple start-stop script template that could be used
dashyt2dafulliz
Aspirant
Sep 27, 2011
I would pay for an plugin to be made to make the process easier :D
yugi
Aspirant
Jan 13, 2012
hello guys,
thanx for the insrtuctions.
I just setup the minecraft server on my netgear ultra 2, an d got it to run. (see screen shot attached).
However, I don't find a way to access it from the game itself.
Any clue ?

tx,
R,
Yugi.
dlevens
Aspirant
Jul 26, 2012
Curious if there are any updates on this?

I see that this has been solved on a QNAP which is also x86 based
http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=42194

I have a ReadyNAS Pro business and Pro 6 which I would like to attempt to install a minecraft server with the MinecraftEdu mod for a school. I have 4gb of memory in the NAS.

Hoping some of you have already gotten this working.

Dennis
pardieu
Aspirant
Jul 06, 2013
For those who are still interested, I have created a Minecraft server addon for Readynas:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9IBCp4ZNO3_YzQ5TjdrZXZWU00

You will need first to install java 7 with EJRE installer:
http://minimserver.com/ejre-installer.html
budda1
Aspirant
Jul 06, 2014
Thanks for packaging things up and documenting the JavaSE install.
As it's 12 months on since the blog post linked to above i'm trying to follow.

Installing Java SE v7 worked. Minecraft addon installed and showing a green indicator.

For the Minecraft addon linked to in the previous post it's v1.6.1 -- does this mean Minecraft server jar is included inside the addon .bin file ? Where does it get installed on the ReadyNAS filesystem and are there any instructions for updating it? The latest is 1.7.10

I can't get Minecraft desktop 1.7.10 to connect to the ReadyNAS as a server. Am I missing a step ?
budda1
Aspirant
Jul 07, 2014
Just seen in 'top' command:

java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar /etc/frontview/addons/bin/MINECRAFT/minecraft_server.jar nogui

So now I have an answer to my above question regarding bundled jar server and the file location.
My Minecraft client won't connect to the ReadyNAS to play though still.

budda1

Aspirant

Jul 07, 2014

I upgraded the Minecraft server jar in the directory mentioned above and still nothing was working.
Running the command from the shell revealed the problem:

# java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar /etc/frontview/addons/bin/MINECRAFT/minecraft_server.jar nogui
[02:26:55] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.7.10
[02:26:55] [Server thread/INFO]: Loading properties
[02:26:55] [Server thread/WARN]: server.properties does not exist
[02:26:55] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating new properties file
[02:26:55] [Server thread/WARN]: Failed to load eula.txt
[02:26:55] [Server thread/INFO]: You need to agree to the EULA in order to run the server. Go to eula.txt for more info.
[02:26:55] [Server thread/INFO]: Stopping server
[02:26:55] [Server Shutdown Thread/INFO]: Stopping server

All the instructions I found online kept referencing an existing eula.txt file to edit. There was none, so I made one and stuck

eula=true

as a single line. Re-ran the Minecraft_server.jar and it started fine.

Now my desktop Client 1.7 can see the ReadyNAS MC server and I can connect fine, however i'm now greeted with an authentication problem. Hopefully at the Mojang end?


[02:40:13] [User Authenticator #1/INFO]: Disconnecting com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile@XYZXYZ[id=<null>,name=XYZXYZ,properties={},legacy=false] (/192.168.88.108:51300): Authentication servers are down. Please try again later, sorry!
[02:40:13] [User Authenticator #1/ERROR]: Couldn't verify username because servers are unavailable
[02:40:13] [Server thread/INFO]: com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile@XYZXYZ[id=<null>,name=XYZXYZ,properties={},legacy=false] (/192.168.88.108:51300) lost connection: Authentication servers are down. Please try again later, sorry!

Any ideas on the cause ?

budda1
Aspirant
Jul 09, 2014
Tried again today and everything worked. The User Authenticator must have been wonky the other night.

I had to adapt the Minecraft Addon to work with 1.7 and the EULA.txt -- i edited the MINECRAFT_service file as follows so that when it ran it found the EULA.txt in the current working directory.

#!/bin/bash

. /etc/default/services

cd /etc/frontview/addons/bin/MINECRAFT/
java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui

All running good here. 8)

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