RemoteBukkit
RemoteBukkit
Plugin v4.0.0 - GUI v2.0.0 - Console v2.0.0
General
RemoteBukkit allows admins to, with the help of a plugin, remotely use the server's console. You do this by running a client on you computer and you provide this client with the hostname and port on which the RemoteBukkit plugin's server is running. Of course you will also need to provide the client with the server's username and password (set up in the plugin config file) for security.
So, provided the server has the RemoteBukkit plugin installed, admins can remotely use the Bukkit Console to control the server and execute Bukkit console commands server side.
RemoteBukkit does support multiple, simultaneous, connected clients.
News
Major Plugin Update v4.0.0
The latest plugin release (v4.0.0) adds support for CB v1.7.2.
Major Plugin Update v3.0.0
The latest plugin release (v3.0.0) adds support for multiple users.
Minor Plugin Update v2.5.0
The latest plugin release (v2.5.0) adds a number of highly requested features as well as a fix for a critical exploit.
Use
Plugin
Simply place the plugin in the standard Bukkit plugin directory and it will automatically generate its configuration the next time the server is run. The config file format is very simple, but offers several flexible options. The defaults are:
port: 25564 verbose: true logsize: 500 users: - user: username pass: password
All avaliable options and their descriptions are listed below.
Option | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
port | 25564 | The port on which the RemoteBukkit server will listen (this MUST be different to the Bukkit server's port number) |
verbose | true | Whether or not RemoteBukkit will produce verbose logging information (in the form "client X dispatched command Y"). |
logsize | 500 | The maximum number of log lines to send to a client upon successful connection. |
users | (list) | A list of the users which are permitted to connect to the RemoteBukkit server. The syntax for defining multiple user entries can be found in the example below. |
A more complex example configuration file can be found below (for demonstration purposes).
port: 6001 verbose: false logsize: 12 users: - user: escortkeel pass: secretpassword - user: bukkitserver pass: thepassword - user: minecraft pass: server
GUI Client
RemoteBukkit offers a very simple and easy to use GUI client which you can use to connect to the plugin. Just double click on the GUI's jarfile to run it. The GUI features a self-explanatory interface where you supply the hostname, port, username and password of the RemoteBukkit server.
Run the GUI with no arguments to open the Login Dialog. Run the GUI with the following arguments and it will attempt to use the supplied parameters to login automatically:
Use: [hostname:port] [user] [pass]
Switches
--help
- Prints this help message.
Console Client
If you prefer to use a console-based application to connect to the RemoteBukkit plugin you can too! The console argument syntax is very simple but the program but will print help information if you supply no/the wrong number of/invalid arguments:
Use: [hostname:port] [user] [pass] <switches>
Switches
--help
- Prints the help message.--nolog
- Instructs the server not to send any log information to the client.--exec <command>
- Sends <command> to the server and then terminates. Useful for scripts. Make sure that you surround commands containing spaces in inverted commas (e.g. "say Hello, World!").
Telnet Client (advanced)
RemoteBukkit also supports telnet connections. Just connect to the normal server port as you would with the console or GUI clients and then supply the server's username and then password on separate lines, followed by a third, blank line.
e.g.
$ telnet [hostname:ip] [user] [pass] [blank line]
Download
The latest plugin build can be downloaded here.
The latest GUI build can be downloaded here.
The latest console build can be downloaded here.
Latest Changes
Plugin v3.0.0
- Added multi-user support!
GUI v2.0.0
- Updated protocol version
Console v2.0.0
- Added
--nolog
switch - Updated protocol version
Planned Features
A standalone GUICompleted!Integration with BukkitGUI - With the help of BertwareCompleted!- Integration with RunBukkit - Another GUI for Bukkit which is not on BukkitDev (yet!)
How Can I Help?
This plugin is developed solely by me in my free time so:
- If you are a developer would like to contribute to this project, or any of my other projects, please PM me or email me at [email protected].
- If you are a not developer but would still like to contribute somehow, please consider donating. Donations are highly valued and much appreciated.
About
Developer: Keeley Hoek (escortkeel)
@coolo1
telnet hostname port
In my case this is as follows.
I'm trying to use the remote console to issue a simple list command as a test before I start anything else. When I use it I only get the help message. Also I tried netcat (nc) but I get an error after getting the console history dump.
Here are my attempts at commands. Please help me find my mistake.
@escortkeel
So... Will it be in an update?
@escortkeel
I used the GUI version of RemoteBukkit. I didn't need to scroll every time but if I scrolled to the top one time and down again it stopped auto-scrolling. But now I am using the console client because it brings the 'byobu feeling' back.
A simple question: I am using CommandHelper for my Spleef, PVP an a few other plugins. CommandHelper brings a simple API to create own plugins if you are not 'speaking' java. But the commands you create with that are not actually bukkit commands, they are called 'aliases'. I'm only able to run these aliases by typing runalias /aliasname parameters. When I used the linux/gnome terminal I did not have to do this. Furthermore the console() output of CommandHelper does not work what's not a problem because I can use sys_out instead.
Thank :)
@UbuntuFreak
To my knowledge it is meant to do that already, so what you are reporting appears to be a bug. Under exactly what circumstances does the "not-scrolling" occur?
Thanks!
@DanH42
I have actually made a custom build which does that already, and I was ready to make an official release for it, but the tester never got back to me. You can find that conversation here.
Feel free to test it yourself and if it works, I'll put out an official plugin release 1.6.0. :D
@coolo1
Sorry, I though that I added that... I'll do it again now.
@edragy
GitHub!
Really good plugin! I love it :) But please make a function that scrolls to the end of the page when new text is coming. I always have to do that by hand
I'd like to be able to tell this plugin to bind only to localhost, so it's not accessible from outside the server. Could you add a configuration line that lets you run RemoteBukkit on an IP other than the one Bukkit runs on?
How would I connect via telnet from a telnet client?
Is the source of the plugin available?
@WhiteNightFury
I'll have a look right now.
@wesley01999
In the works. :)
@destym
Sure!
EDIT: Done!
@LeeTheENTP
The current version works with 1.4.2. :)
P.S. Thanks for the question, you prompted me to update the file metadata.
When Im trying to connect, it shows up -
Connection to server lost Software caused connection abort: recv failed
When do you think you'll have a 1.4.2-compatible version out, if the current version doesn't already work with 1.4.2?
Thanks for a great plugin. Convenience suggestion... Treat all input that starts with "/" as commands, otherwise prepend the input with "say ", so that the app can be used for easy chat from console. Takes 5 minutes to implement, saves tons of effort later. :]
A suggestion
You should make a web login website so you can login from a website and an Android & iOS app so you can login from almost any where because when im out and about and want to check my console and i can unless i were to lug my laptop around