System overview

Build dependencies

Basic

go >= 1.11
make

With crosscompiling (optional)

Either apt-get:

gcc-mingw-w64
gcc-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
gcc-i686-linux-gnu

Or use the docker-builder image in /docker-builder

Development setup

Working directory: ./server

Preparing the files and map

Copy your map.sqlite into the working directory if you want to test with a sqlite map database

world.mt

You need a world.mt too in order to make the connection to the database. In the sqlite case:

gameid = minetest
backend = sqlite3
creative_mode = false
enable_damage = false
player_backend = files

For postgres:

gameid = minetest
backend = postgresql
creative_mode = true
enable_damage = true
player_backend = postgresql
pgsql_connection = host=localhost port=5432 user=postgres password=enter dbname=postgres
pgsql_player_connection = host=localhost port=5432 user=postgres password=enter dbname=postgres

Generate the static files (webserver vfs)

Create the vfs (in vfs/static.go) with go generate

Running the server

Create a mapserver.json with go run . -createconfig
Change the value webdev in the mapserver.json to true
Start the server with go run . or with debug output: go run . -debug
The web files in static/ can now be changed on the fly without restarting the server

All platform build

Prerequisites:

docker
make

Building:

Run make clean all to build for all supported targets

The artifacts should now be in the output directory

Release build