How to Save Map on Server Against World Corruption?

[Laser0073]

Hi,
Recently I created my first dedicated server, and I was wondering if there is a way to save the map against crashes, power loss, etc? Any help is appreciated!
P.S. I'm running Ubunt Server 16.04

[ARCHLINUX]

log your err plz

on linux try check permissions flags path where you map save
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sudo chmod -r 777 /path to map

[duane]

Hi,
Recently I created my first dedicated server, and I was wondering if there is a way to save the map against crashes, power loss, etc? Any help is appreciated!
P.S. I'm running Ubunt Server 16.04

Just back up the world directory like anything else. A cron-based rolling set of tar files would work. There are countless backup solutions out there. If something goes wrong, restore the working files.

[Laser0073]

Thanks for your replies, however I will backup the worlds on a daily basis. I was wondering how I could automatically save the world while the server was active, like every 5-10 minuites.

[duane]

Thanks for your replies, however I will backup the worlds on a daily basis. I was wondering how I could automatically save the world while the server was active, like every 5-10 minuites.

A cron-based backup can do that too -- just set it to go off every five minutes. The server doesn't have to shut down -- there's nothing magic about it. It's just using a standard database system to save data. You're going to lose some data any time you roll back, but you're not likely to have a corrupt database at any point.

Are you under the impression that the server doesn't save until you shut down?

[Laser0073]

Hmm, this is interesting! So, minetest saves the world even while you're playing. Is there a way to change the frequency of the saves from minetest.conf? A bit off topic, what causes word corruption?