Alternative to MineOS

[neeneko]

So,

In the past I have tried to keep life simple by using MineOS for my minecraft server OS. It has some nice parts to it including simplicity (so low maintenance), a web interface, etc. On the other hand, it does not play all that nice with FtB packs and upgrading to new versions of a pack are a bit of a nightmare.

I am curious, for people who maintain their own machines, what are people using? Just stock OSes?

 

[DZCreeper]

As of right now? Debian 8 with my very simple personal startup script. I don't need a web server for management, every single device I own has a good SSH and SFTP client available.

 

[Rebirth Gaming]

An OS? We own a box through OVH.com, which lets us choose our distro. For that, we use Ubuntu (but Linux would have worked just as well).

I'm by no means a Linux expert. In fact, when we initially bought our server, we chose Ubuntu specifically because it had a remote desktop. However, I never use it anymore. I only use FTP and SSH. Trust me, you will eventually prefer it over any web interface. However, a web interface such as webmin for Ubuntu is useful for setting up user groups and whatnot.

Now, what ever OS you choose, I recommend using McMyAdmin as your console wrap for your MC servers. Has a nice interface, allows you to point it to any type of jar, including ForgeMod.jars, and updating your pack is as simple as stopping the server, changing files, and starting it back up. You have full control over it, so you can set java args etc. The only downside to McMyAdmin is that unless you buy a one-time purchase license, the player cap is 10. We were able to justify the cost because the console is so easy to use that we can give trusted members limited access to it to reboot the server in the event of a crash or whatnot, and I don't have to bother setting up SSH/FTP access, which can be a nightmare if someone got access to something they shouldn't.

 

[neeneko]

As of right now? Debian 8 with my very simple personal startup script. I don't need a web server for management, every single device I own has a good SSH and SFTP client available.

*nod* more and more I am just using ssh and wget.
How do you handle access to the server console? For me that is one of the last useful aspects of the web interface.

 

[DZCreeper]

*nod* more and more I am just using ssh and wget.
How do you handle access to the server console? For me that is one of the last useful aspects of the web interface.

Dedicated user account for Minecraft servers and my startup script fires up a screen session for each server which is remotely connected to for management. If I wanted to break down the access into multiple groups I could quite easily make another user account and move some of the servers there. The only perceived flaw I have is that I should be using tmux so I can more easily send commands to all sessions at once, screen is just the default so I haven't changed yet.

If you mean limiting some users to lesser privileges like restart and backup only then I don't have a way to do that. If I was bored I would write my own PHP based web management, if I wanted to be quick I would go the same route as Rebirth Gaming and use McMyAdmin.