Hey guys just wondering if there's any programs or shell scripts that make handling multiple servers a fair bit easier. What I'm looking for is something that can: Update all servers jars eg Spigot to at once or at least iterate through each server and update. Update Certain plugins on each server. Stop/start/ all servers at once. Any solutions?
Super easy with Linux. Are you using /etc/init.d to run the servers? I'll edit this post and share how I accomplish 2 of the 3 things you are looking for. Edit: You can do something like this. With bukkit you could edit the URL to include the latest Recommended. I don't see that in spigot so I updated the path for latest. Create a script like below and invoke it manually with sh spigotupdate.sh or add it as a cronjob and running it weekly or whatever you are aiming for. Edit the paths to suit your layout. Code (Text): #!/bin/bash # spigotupdate.sh # Spigot Update, using latest Spigot cd /opt/minecraft/assets wget http://ci.md-5.net/job/Spigot/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/Spigot-Server/target/spigot.jar cp spigot.jar /opt/minecraft/servers/hardcore/hc-spigot.jar cp spigot.jar /opt/minecraft/servers/creative/creative-spigot.jar cp spigot.jar /opt/minecraft/servers/event/event-spigot.jar Edit 2 If you are using /etc/init.d to run minecraft you can start and stop all servers by adding them to a script or even making an /etc/init.d to rule them all Code (Text): #!/bin/bash # fullrestart.sh # Restart all defined servers below /etc/init.d/hardcore stop /etc/init.d/creative stop /etc/init.d/event stop sleep 30 /etc/init.d/hardcore start /etc/init.d/creative start /etc/init.d/event start And for the plugins what you can do is make a folder like /opt/minecraft/assets/plugins and manually download the plugins you want sent to all servers. Then create a bash script that uses some for each logic and for each file in the plugins folder it would use the copy command to the directories you have specified in a script. Would take just a few mins to create the script, but if you have many servers it will be a nice timesaver.
I use this to update/install/remove plugins on my servers http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/pluginupdater/ It search plugins on BukkitDev
For updating plugins safely, create an update folder in the plugins directory. Please note jar names must match and will update plugins on restart
