MCSManager/README.md

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Telegram Group (Simplified Chinese): https://t.me/MCSManager_dev

Introduction

Distributed, Reliable, Scalable, and Out-of-the-box Control Panel for Minecraft and More.

MCSManager Panel（abbr: MCSM Panel）is a multilingual, light-weight, out-of-the-box, and multi-instance Minecraft server control panel with Docker support.

MCSManager control panel can help you manage multiple physical servers at one place, and create game servers at any host dynamically. It also provides a secure and reliable user permission system for a seamless multi-user experience.

Runtime Environment

MCSManager control panel can run on both Windows and Linux platforms without database or specific system configuration. As a light-weight control panel, you only need NodeJS to run it.

Required NodeJS version: 14.17.0 or above.

Configurations/Data Directories

Configuration: data/SystemConfig/config.json

User data files: data/User/*.json

Remote daemon configurations: data/RemoteServiceConfig/*.json

Default username and password: root 123456

Documentation

Docs: https://docs.mcsmanager.com/

We are still developing a complete documentation. The current content is for reference only.

Documentation for version 8.X and API is here。

Running on Windows

For Windows system, the panel was compiled to a click-to-run version, just download and run.(administrator permission required):

Go to: https://mcsmanager.com/

Running on Linux

Quick Install with one command

wget -qO- https://gitee.com/mcsmanager/script/raw/master/setup.sh | bash

• The script is designed for Ubuntu/Centos/Debian/Archlinux of AMD64 architecture only.
• Use systemctl start mcsm-{web,daemon} to start service after installtion.
• Directory for panel and runtime: /opt/mcsmanager/

Linux Manual Installation

• If the installation script does not work, you can try the following steps to install manually.

# switch to installation directory. Please create it in advance with 'mkdir /opt/' if not exist.
cd /opt/
# Download runtime environment (NodeJS). Ignore this step if you have NodeJS 14+ installed already.
wget https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node/v14.17.6/node-v14.17.6-linux-x64.tar.gz
# Decompress archive
tar -zxvf node-v14.17.6-linux-x64.tar.gz
# Add program to system PATH
ln -s /opt/node-v14.17.6-linux-x64/bin/node /usr/bin/node
ln -s /opt/node-v14.17.6-linux-x64/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm

# Prepare installation directory
mkdir /opt/mcsmanager/
cd /opt/mcsmanager/

# Download the Web Panel
git clone https://github.com/MCSManager/MCSManager-Web-Production.git
# Rename and enter the directory
mv MCSManager-Web-Production web
cd web
# Install dependencies
npm install --production --registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com/
cd /opt/mcsmanager/

# Download the Daemon Program
git clone https://github.com/MCSManager/MCSManager-Daemon-Production.git
# Rename and enter the directory
mv MCSManager-Daemon-Production daemon
cd daemon
# Install dependencies
npm install --production --registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com/

# Please open two terminals or Screen
# Start the daemon first
cd /opt/mcsmanager/daemon
# Start the daemon
node app.js

# Start the web panel (in the second terminal/screen)
cd /opt/mcsmanager/web
# start the panel
node app.js

# Access http://localhost:23333/ for web panel
# In general, the web panel will scan and connect to the local daemon automatically.

• Note, the above steps does not register the panel to system service. You have to use 'screen' to manage it or register system service manually.

Update

Upgrading from version 8.X to 9.X is not supported. You have to manually import all instance configurations.

Upgrading from version 9.X to newer: For Linux: Execute git pull in both /opt/mcsmanager/web and /opt/mcsmanager/daemon.

For Windows: Download the latest installation pack and overwrite all existing files.

Note, backup of data directory before each update is highly recommended.

Projects

This software requires all the three projects to run. The code you use for installation is the result of compilation and integration.

Control Panel/Web Backend

• Role: Control Center
• Responsibie for: Backend APIs, user data management, and communication & authentication with daemons.

Web Frontend

• Role: The user interface for the backend.
• Responsible for: Displaying statistics via web interface, sending requests, and are capable of communicating with daemons. The final product of this project is pure static files.

Daemon

• Role: Slave/controlled remote node
• Responsible for: Controlling all instances on local host and managing the actual instance process. It is capablle to communicate with all objects.

Build the Development Environment

This is indended for developers. If you are not a developer, you can safely ignore these.

You can continue to develop or prevew all the projects once they are running under the development environment. Please make sure to be in compliance with the license.

Control Panel (MCSManager)

git clone https://github.com/MCSManager/MCSManager.git
cd MCSManager
npm install
npm run start
# By default, use ts-node to run Typescript code directly
# By default, run on port 23333.

Web Interface (UI)

git clone https://github.com/MCSManager/UI.git
cd UI
npm install
npm run serve
# Preview the interface at http://localhost:8080/
# All the requests will be redirected to port 23333.

Daemon

git clone https://github.com/MCSManager/Daemon.git
cd Daemon
npm install
npm run start
# After running, please connect the daemon at the control panel.
# By default, run on port 24444

Browser Compatibility

• Support mainstream modern browsers like Chrome Firefox Safari Opera.
• IE support has been dropped.

i18n

Currently, MCSManager supports Chinese and English.

The MCSManager internationlization was done by Lazy，zijiren233 and Unitwk.

Panel Permission

The control panel will check the user list during running. If there is no user available, a default administrator user will be created.

If you forget your only administrator account, you can backup all the current user data, regenerate a new admin account, and overwrite previous one.

Contribution

If you encounter any issue during your use, you can submit an Issue or submit Pull Request after you fix it in a fork.

The code needs to be in its existing format, and no extra codes should be formatted. For details: click here。

Report a bug

Feedback on any problems encountered are welcome and will be responded in a timely manner.

If you find a serious security vulnerability, you can email mcsmanager-dev@outlook.com for a private submission.

After the security issue has been resolved, your name will be listed as as the bug finder.