I'm sorry, Nathaniel, I wiped the server that was holding this file. I do not have a back up copy of the file. Hopefully the author, or someone who is currently using the theme, will reupload the file to the wiki.

Thanks for the tip, Think. Tom, the site owner, has recently added a wiki. Putting this tutorial in there is in my todo list :)

Start minetest server on Ubuntu server 14.04.3

1. Take a note of the IP address of your server with ifconfig | grep "inet addr"
   
   In this example my Ubuntu server has the IP address 192.168.56.101 (127.0.0.1 just means "itself").
2. Install the minetest server with sudo apt-get install minetest-server
3. Start the minetest server with minetestserver

Connect to the minetest server

1. Download the minetest game to your kids' computers.
2. Start the game.
3. From the main menu choose the "Client" tab.
4. In the Address field to the right enter the IP address of your Ubuntu server then click "Connect".
   

Thanks Tarwater, It's interesting how each persons' installation seems to need a little tweaking. I just helped someone set up the program on Ubuntu Server 14.04.3 and its upstart script needs to be start on run level [2345] instead of start on started {user}.

I didn't think the .jar ever needed to be executable, but if it needed that chmod on your system then I'm glad you found out.

I no longer have access to edit the tutorial since only Tom has access to edit his web server files and he's hosting my tutorial :) He has a lot on his plate right now.

Yuka, I'm replicating what you did.

1. Setup ubooquity in a new folder in home. Done. ( /home/yukaputz/projects/ubooquity )
2. Tested the .jar. Done. It starts Ubooquity. ( java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar /home/yukaputz/projects/ubooquity/Ubooquity.jar )
3. Created the new configuration file. Mike, your .conf file was pointing to the wrong place! I fixed it to point to /home/yukaputz/projects/ubooquity.

Okay, I found out that for Ubuntu server 14.04 there are some tweaks that need to be done for the .conf file :)

Here is the complete .conf that worked for me after a reboot!

description "Ubooquity Server"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
respawn limit 10 5

exec java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar /home/yukaputz/projects/ubooquity/Ubooquity.jar -port 2202 -webadmin -headless

It works now. You are so close. All you have to do is update your .conf to match what I pasted above. Use ps -ef | grep uboo after a sudo reboot and tell me if it works.

Just in case you have a new line in your "exec" sentence: This whole thing needs to be on a single line in the .conf file.

exec java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar /etc/opt/ubooquity/Ubooquity.jar -port 2202 -webadmin -headless

The error you got when starting Ubooquity looks to be a permissions error. Perhaps /etc/opt is too tight. Try moving the program to /home/yukaputz/ubooquity/Ubooquity.jar

I know for sure that you will be able to run things from /home/yukaputz.

If you move your ubooquity folder to /home also update the /etc/init/ubooquity.conf file so you have the correct path.

After moving the folder to home paste this in your console and tell me what it does:

rm -f /home/yukaputz/ubooquity/ubooquity-4.h2.db && java -jar /home/yukaputz/ubooquity/Ubooquity.jar -webadmin

The "yukaputz 2741 0.0 0.0 11748 2304 pts/0 S+ 14:40 0:00 grep --color=auto uboo" line you gave is the process that is looking for other processes :) If that is the only line you see then Ubooquity is not running.

If "exec java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar /etc/opt/uooquity/Ubooquity.jar" is the line you want ran when your server starts try running it from the command line and seeing if it actually starts Ubooquity.

java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar /etc/opt/uooquity/Ubooquity.jar

If it doesn't start Ubooquity then maybe the path you gave (/etc/opt/ubooquity) is wrong.

If it does start Ubooquity then make sure you have the

start on started httpd-user
stop on runlevel [06]

lines at the top of your ubooquity.conf file.

I'm glad the program starts, Mike. We'll use upstart to start Ubooquity when your server starts.

1. Make sure upstart is installed with apt-get install upstart
2. Create the upstart configuration file with sudo vi /etc/init/ubooquity.conf
3. You should be in a program called vi. This lets you edit files. Press the letter i on your keyboard to enter --INSERT-- mode and type the following in to the file:
   

   start on started httpd-user
   stop on runlevel [06]
   exec java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar /home/download/uooquity/Ubooquity.jar -port 2202 -webadmin -headless
       

4. See where it reads "/home/download/ubooquity/" ? That's where you unzipped ubooquity.jar. If you put it in a different directory change that line to where you placed ubooquity.jar.
5. Press escape to leave --INSERT-- mode then hold LEFT-SHIFT on your keyboard and press the letter z twice. Shift+z+z should save and close the configuration file.
6. Restart your computer.
7. Once you're back type ps aux | grep uboo. This should show you a list of the processes with 'uboo' in their name. This is what I see when I do that:

One of those processes should be Ubooquity.jar. Let me know if you see that process running or not. If it's running you'll be able to connect to your server through a browser using the IP address appended with the port :2202.

If you ever want to manually start or stop ubooquity you can use a simple command instead of restarting your server! The commands are sudo start ubooquity and sudo stop ubooquity.

I'm installing Ubuntu 14.04.3 Server just now inside VirtualBox so I can make sure I give you the right location to put the start up script. I'll get back to you in a few minutes. :)

Hi Mike. Tom is right. First you need to make sure that Ubooquity.jar actually runs on your system. Here is what I suggest:

#Make a directory called "download" in your home directory.
mkdir /home/download
#Go to the new download directory.
cd /home download
#Download the Ubooquity archive and save it as ubooquity.zip
wget <a href="http://vaemendis.net/ubooquity/service/download.php">http://vaemendis.net/ubooquity/service/download.php</a> -O ubooquity.zip
#Unarchive the contents of the archive to a temporary directory from where we'll try to run the program.
unzip ubooquity.zip -d ubooquity
#Go in to the recently created ubooquity folder.
cd ubooquity
#Try to run the program!
java -jar Ubooquity.jar -headless -webadmin

Enter the IP address of the computer you started ubooquity on followed with :2202 (192.168.1.3:2202). Does it show the black Ubooquity screen?