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.jsp
Linux / 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.LauncherFrame Also, 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 NAS 2. Upgrade to the latest RAIDiator firmware (http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_17_Notes) if you haven't already 3. If you haven't already install the EnableRootSSH add-on for x86: http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203. Installation is via Add-Ons > Add New 4. Install the Java community add-on: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=45751 5. 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.
In 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.
Umm.... this isn't going to work for me. Not a coder, not a scripter and don't even know Linux beyond CD, LS and running a line I copied to get the server going.
I tried creating a txt file, think it worked as there is now a file there, , but no idea how to run it or attach it to the startup of the Nas.
VI minecraft (in that init.d folder it created a file called "minecraft") Edited in my 3 lines:
CD /Backup CD minecraft java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M - jar minecraft_server.jar nogui
UPDATE: Now I'm noticing a side effect. The unit will not shutdown with the three button press method (left it for half hour or so), It just holds onthat "SHUTTING DOWN" text o the LCD. So I go into Frontview and choose shutdown & turn off, which it does.
On boot up it does a "Checking C:" phase every time I boot up. (which takes about an hour).
Second time it's happened now, would the running minecraft server somehow hold up shutdown of the ReadyNas (ie: can't close the server on shutdown) and cause the filesystem check on reboot?
Better take a good look at the email report. (edit: Pasted in next post) Any advice appreciated.
I definitely ham-fisted something here... the email report as follows:
***** File system check performed at Sun Jun 26 08:57:15 EST 2011 ***** fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) /dev/c/c was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Extended attribute block 574029952 has reference count 4, should be 2. Fix? yes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure Entry 'level.dat' in /backup/minecraft/world (62435332) has deleted/unused inode 62435350. Clear? yes
Entry 'level.dat_old' in /backup/minecraft/world (62435332) has deleted/unused inode 62435353. Clear? yes
I would definitely prefer using start.sh and stop.sh add-on scripts over the method you used. Using add-on start and stop scripts it'll be started and shutdown at the right time. The NAS uses custom boot and shutdown scripts optimised for use with the ReadyNAS.
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
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 ?
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.
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 ?
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.
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!
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
