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Using minetest with tmux and systemd
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minetest-run.sh
#!/bin/sh
while true ; do
echo "Starting server ..."
minetestserver --terminal
echo "Server crashed/terminated. Restarting ..."
sleep 3
done
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minetest.service
[Unit]
Description=Start mercurio Minetest server
After=network.service
[Service]
Type=forking
User=ronoaldo
ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmux new-session -d -s mercurio /home/user/bin/minetest-run.sh
ExecStop=/usr/bin/tmux kill-session -t mercurio
MemoryAccounting=true
MemoryMax=1G
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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ronoaldo commented Apr 2, 2021

Add minetest.service do /lib/systemd/system and enable with systemctl enable minetest.

During boot, it will launch the server inside a tmux session and you can attach to it to diagnose or issue server commands from the terminal.

Enjoy!

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