RandomDemon
AAdmincraft
•Created by RandomDemon on 1/10/2025 in #questions
First server, please help me not screw it up!
So here’s some backstory: me and a couple of my buddies just threw together a server from leftover parts after upgrading our gaming rigs. I’ve been into computers for a bit (tryna get a career out of cybersecurity), so I think I’ve got a decent plan, but I figured I’d ask for advice before I screw something up. I’m picking up the last of the parts in a few hours and plan to install Debian 12 on it. I wanna remote desktop into it (not SSH), but I’m not sure what the best software is for that (Reccomendations would b greatly appreciated). The plan’s to use the server for stuff like Minecraft (Vanilla, light modding, maybe something like Crazycraft), Terraria, a couple Discord bots I made, etc (rust?). Specs are an i5 9400F, GTX 1650, 16GB DDR4, and a something gb NVMe SSD. I know it can’t handle all that at once, so I’m looking for something that makes managing/configuring the servers easier without me having to manually do everything (Something with a gui would be ideal, im still tryna keep myself sane). Any solid tools for keeping an eye on resource usage? Is there anything out there that can auto-start/stop servers based on what’s needed at the time? On the security side, I’m good with not downloading shady shit, but if there’s anything extra I should do to lock it down, lmk. Last, are there any other cool things I could run on this thing besides games and bots?
Lmk what you guys think, any advice is greatly appreciated!!
btw just posted something similar on the reddit so that might be why you're seeing this again
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