Minecraft Server

Installation

./bin/install.sh

Switch to the user to perform operations

su minecraft # or the username you chose on install

Operations

Start the server

mcserver start

Stop the server from running

mcserver stop

Restart the server

mcserver restart

Update the minecraft server

mcserver update

Perform a backup of the world

mcserver backup

Check the status of the service

mcserver status

Credit

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Server_startup_script