MCS-BAK-BOX

Minecraft Server Backup the Box is a Google Cloud pub/sub function built to backup a Minecraft server via FTP to a Google Cloud Storage bucket.

Files backed up

• /world.zip - The function does not zip the world directory, this must be done before the function runs
• /ops.json
• /server.properties
• whitelist.json
• banned-ips.json
• banned-players.json

Required Environment Variables

• FTP_USER
• FTP_PWD
• FTP_HOST
• FTP_PORT
• BUCKET

Function Suggestions

• At least 2GB or more of function memory. The backup files are temporarily stored in memory during backup
• An extended function timeout. The backup can take several minutes based on world size and speed of the FTP server.

Running Locally

The main package is within the cmd directory. To run the function locally, execute go build and ./cmd from within the cmd directory.

The environment variables can either be set by normal means, or they can be hard coded within the var block of main.go. NOTE: Only do this to run the function locally. Do not commit / push credentials or other sensitive information to the repository.