Simple BSD init script (rc.d) for a Minecraft server.

This script requires GNU Screen to function.

For default setup, create a user named minecraft, set its home directory to /usr/local/srv/minecraft, and place the server JAR into said directory.

The following lines can be employed and modified as necessary in /etc/rc.conf.local:

minecraft_user="<run server as this user>"
minecraft_chdir="<run server in this directory>"
minecraft_jar="<path to server JAR>"
minecraft_memory="<memory_to_allocate>"

Do note: if using third-party server software such as Spigot or Paper, the minecraft_jar variable must be changed or the JAR renamed.

Upon adding minecraft_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf.local, the following commands do as expected: start, stop and restart, respectively:

# service minecraft start
# service minecraft stop
# service minecraft restart

You can also access the console with service minecraft show.

• Watchdog?

If something goes wrong, please report it on the issues board. I've only tested this script on my specific configurations, so having input from users with diverse setups would help promptly identify and fix issues.