gistfile1.js

var agentSocket = io.connect('http://minecraftAgentServer');
io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){
  socket.on('startServer', function(){
    agentSocket.emit('startServer');
  });
  agentSocket.on('stats', function(data){
    io.sockets.emit('stat', data);
  });
  ...
});



io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){
  socket.on('startServer', function(){
    minecraftServer = childProcess.spawn(
      "java",
      ['-Xms1024M', '-Xmx1G', '-jar', 'ftbserver.jar', 'nogui'],
      {cwd: process.env.MINECRAFT_DIR || '/home/mlieberman/Downloads/ftb'}
    );
    io.sockets.emit('status', "Starting Server");
    minecraftServer.stdout.on('data', function(data){
      if(data){
        io.sockets.emit('console', ""+data);
      }
    });
    minecraftServer.stderr.on('data', function(data){
      if(data){
        io.sockets.emit('console', ""+data);
      }
    });
    minecraftServer.on('exit', function(){
      minecraftServer = null;
    });
  });
  socket.on('stopServer', function(){
    minecraftServer.kill('SIGINT');
    io.sockets.emit('status', "Stopping Server");
  });
  socket.on('command', function(data){
    if(minecraftServer) {
      io.sockets.emit('console', "Command: " + data.command);
      minecraftServer.stdin.write(data.command + "\r");
    } else{

    }
  });
});