Commands - Basic
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As you use your server / install programs on it, you may find you need some software to run it. For example Minecraft Server requires you have Java installed as its main component. | As you use your server / install programs on it, you may find you need some software to run it. For example Minecraft Server requires you have Java installed as its main component. | ||
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| + | If some software isn't installed & you are trying to run the software, The OS will kindly let you know it isn't installed & tell you the command to install it (For Common/Well known Software only) | ||
==== Installing Software ==== | ==== Installing Software ==== | ||
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== Server Monitoring == | == Server Monitoring == | ||
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| + | It is normally a good idea to add some server monitoring tools to your server, the most popular ones for game servers is creating a game server monitor button see a place like [[http://www.gametracker.com/|Gametracker.com]] These create banners like the example below, what can be useful to check on just to see how many players are on the server & if it is online. | ||
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| + | [[File:gametracker.png|200px]] | ||
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| + | Our favourite server monitoring tool is "htop" this is a bit like Windows Task Manager but for Linux, we install this software as standard, to run htop use command | ||
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| + | <pre>htop</pre> | ||
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| + | Below is a screenshot of what htop looks like - See our Full in depth guide [[htop|htop]] | ||
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| + | [[File:htop.png|350px]] | ||
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| + | Another great tool called "iftop" can be used to monitor your servers traffic, this tool lets you know who is connecting to your server & the network stats of the connection | ||
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| + | <pre>iftop</pre> | ||
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| + | Below is a screenshot of what iftop looks like | ||
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| + | [[File:iftop.png|350px]] | ||
== File / Folder Management == | == File / Folder Management == | ||
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| + | - See our Full in depth guide [[Linux_File_Management|Linux File Management]] | ||
