Installing Multicraft on Ubuntu

Updated Thursday, June 6, 2019 by Alex Fornuto Written by Alex Fornuto

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Multicraft is a control panel for single or multiple Minecraft servers, with free and paid versions available. This guide will help you install Multicraft on a Linode running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Note

The steps required in this guide require root privileges. Be sure to run the steps below as root or with the sudo prefix. For more information on privileges see our Users and Groups guide.

Prerequisites

Multicraft for Linux depends on several software packages in order to run.

1. Update your system:

   apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
   

2. Install Apache2 and SQLite:

   apt-get install apache2 sqlite
   

3. Install PHP, SQLite, and related packages:

   apt-get install php7.2 php7.2-sqlite php7.2-gd
   

4. Install Java:

   apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
   

5. In Apache’s configuration file, under the <Directory /var/www/> section, change the AllowOverride value to all.

   /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

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   <Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory>

6. Reload the Apache configuration:

   service apache2 reload
   

Installing Multicraft

1. Download the Multicraft installer:

   wget --content-disposition http://www.multicraft.org/download/index?arch=linux64
   

2. Expand the installer:

   tar -xzf multicraft*.tar.gz
   

3. Move to the multicraft directory:

   cd multicraft/
   

4. Execute the setup.sh script:

   ./setup.sh
   

5. This will launch an interactive script that will prompt you to configure several options. If you’ve purchased a license for Multicraft, enter it when prompted. If you’re unsure of which options to choose, you can press return to select the default option, with a couple of exceptions:

   • Unless you’re configuring a custom Apache virtual host for Multicraft, specify the location for the PHP frontend to /var/www/html/multicraft:

     Location of the PHP frontend: [/var/www/multicraft] /var/www/html/multicraft

   • Because of the insecure nature of FTP, we strongly recommend that you not enable the builtin FTP server when prompted:

     Enable builtin FTP server? [y]/n n

   Once this script finishes, you are ready to begin configuring your Multicraft install.

Configuring the Control Panel

1. In your local web browser, navigate to http://12.34.56.78/multicraft/install.php, replacing 12.34.56.78 with your Linode’s IP address or domain name. Click on Start Installation:

   

2. Multicraft will check your requirements. If you completed the steps above without issue, your page should reflect the results show below:

   

   Click Continue.

3. Multicraft will attempt to copy the default config.php file into place. If successful, click Continue:

   

4. On the next page, click on Initialize Database.

   

5. Afterwards, click Continue:

   

6. The next page will attempt to connect to the panel database. You should see the message Connection successful. You can now click on the Login button and sign in with the username and password admin.

   

7. After logging in you will be directed back to the previous page, where you can now click on Continue. The next page will allow you to configure your basic settings. When done, click Save.

8. On the daemon configuration page, you will find a start command to initiate the Multicraft Daemon. Copy the command into your terminal:

   /home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v start
   Multicraft 2.3.1 - Minecraft Server Manager Daemon
   Loading configuration from /home/minecraft/multicraft/multicraft.conf
   Starting daemon
   

9. Back in your browser, click on Refresh. You should see the daemon in the detected daemons list. Click Continue:

   

10. Your configuration of the Multicraft control panel is now complete. As per the instructions on the page, delete the install.php file from your terminal:

    rm /var/www/html/multicraft/install.php
    

Install Minecraft

1. Navigate to the directory where Multicraft stores jar files. If you used the default options, it will be /home/minecraft/multicraft/jar/:

   cd /home/minecraft/multicraft/jar/
   

2. Download the latest version of the Minecraft server (1.14.2 at the time of this publication) from the Minecraft Download page:

   wget https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/808be3869e2ca6b62378f9f4b33c946621620019/server.jar
   

3. In your local web browser, navigate to http://12.34.56.78/multicraft/, replacing 12.34.56.78 with your Linode’s IP address or domain name. Click on Servers.

4. At this time you must accept the Multicraft EULA. A pop-up window will appear. By clicking Close you are indicating your agreement to the EULA here: http://www.multicraft.org/eula.txt. Click Close.

   

5. Click Create Server. Fill in the options as you see fit, but be sure to add server.jar (or your downloaded version) in the JAR File field:

   

   You can now successfully start and manage your Minecraft server through Multicraft! For instructions on connecting to your Minecraft server, click here.

More Information

You may wish to consult the following resources for additional information on this topic. While these are provided in the hope that they will be useful, please note that we cannot vouch for the accuracy or timeliness of externally hosted materials.

• Multicraft Documentation
• Minecraft.net

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