Hullo, I'm here with some questions and you might be able to answer them. I'm ordering a VPS system from OVH. Do I go VPS classic or VPS Cloud? In general, would I be able to use 'any' VPS system to host a minecraft server?
Unless you need Windows or Plesk licenses, I would recommend Classic. The price difference is huge, and I don't think you'd be getting any more value out of the higher-priced packages. In general, you can host a minecraft server from any vps that can open ports, and has sufficient resources (normally at least 512 MB of RAM).
OVH Cloud is their new product which offers the flexibility of cloud virtualization (using VMWare). The classic VPS is what you're looking for for Minecraft servers.
To run a simple server, once you get your VPS installed (I suggest CentOS), then you can download craftbukkit:
Change 2G an 1G to whatever RAM your VPS has, where 2G is the full (or close to full) amount your server is allocated, and 1G is around half.
You can then close the window, and your server will run in the background. If you need to get back to the CLI of your server, type "screen -ls" then "screen -r <screenName>" to resume.
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Curse PremiumUnless you need Windows or Plesk licenses, I would recommend Classic. The price difference is huge, and I don't think you'd be getting any more value out of the higher-priced packages. In general, you can host a minecraft server from any vps that can open ports, and has sufficient resources (normally at least 512 MB of RAM).
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Curse PremiumTo run a simple server, once you get your VPS installed (I suggest CentOS), then you can download craftbukkit:
Go to the java download page here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html and download the linux x64 .rpm file, then use something like FileZilla to connect to your server (use port 22 if using the SFTP built into SSH), and upload it. Then SSH into your box, and type:
cd ~
rpm -Uvh jdk-8-linux-x64.rpm
yum update
yum install nano
mkdir Bukkit
cd Bukkit
wget http://dl.bukkit.org/downloads/craftbukkit/get/02535_1.7.2-R0.3/craftbukkit-beta.jar
echo 'java -Xmx 2G -Xms1G -jar craftbukkit-beta.jar' > startserver.sh
chmod a+x startserver.sh
screen
./startserver.sh
Change 2G an 1G to whatever RAM your VPS has, where 2G is the full (or close to full) amount your server is allocated, and 1G is around half.
You can then close the window, and your server will run in the background. If you need to get back to the CLI of your server, type "screen -ls" then "screen -r <screenName>" to resume.
For MineOS, they have a RHEL (Centos/RedHat) tutorial here: http://minecraft.codeemo.com/mineoswiki/index.php?title=MineOS_(yum)