How to automatically restart server after X hours?

[Andrew.Danse]

I've been searching for a plugin to restart my server every X hours. So far I've found this little plugin http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/smart-restart/files/- it was the only one with 1.2.5.

The problem is I'm semi-retarded when it comes to Linux, I only know the basic commands to get around. The guy who built the plugin has a script there:

#!/bin/sh

BINDIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -fn "$0")")

cd "$BINDIR"

while : ; do

echo "run server now , you can't close"

java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar craftbukkit.jar

echo "Restart after 5 seconds , you can close now"

sleep 1

echo "Restart after 4 seconds , you can close now"

sleep 1

echo "Restart after 3 seconds , you can close now"

sleep 1

echo "Restart after 2 seconds , you can close now"

sleep 1

echo "Restart after 1 seconds , you can close now"

sleep 1

done

made for Linux users. The problem is I have no idea how to set it up

properly.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with Screen installed.

Can anybody explain to me like I'm 5 how to properly setup this script?

[pherce]

crontab -e

 

* */12 * * * /path/to/your/script/here (this would run every 12th hour)

 

CTRL+O

CTRL+X

 

I'm not the greatest with scripting, but, it looks like that thing will not hop on your Screen. Try to inject with:

 

screen -x SCREENNAMEHERE -X stuff "say Restarting in 1 minute for daily maintenance. $(echo -ne '\r')"

sleep 60

screen -x SCREENNAMEHERE -X stuff "say Restarting for daily maintenance. $(echo -ne '\r')"

sleep 1

screen -x SCREENNAMEHERE -X stuff "save-all $(echo -ne '\r')"

sleep 5

screen -x SCREENNAMEHERE -X stuff "stop $(echo -ne '\r')"

sleep 10

mv server.log /backup/log/location/here

screen -x SCREENNAMEHERE -X stuff "java -whatever Tekkit.jar $(echo -ne '\r')"

exit

Also, you need to "chmod +x yourscript" so it can be executed.

You can also set a variable for the screen name, paths, and time stamps for your server logs if you chose. That's a rough script but it will get you started. Read the man on Screen if you want to learn about anything else.