Configure Gorp

Edit Gorp Configuration

gorp config

This will open the Gorp configuration file. If it’s your first time using the Gorp configuration tool, it will ask for your preferred text editor.

Gorp configuration items are in a normal key=value format.

Configuration Keys

GAMEVER

Default value: latest

Used by gorp update-jar when looking for the latest JAR files. Set to any of the supported Paper versions or use latest to always get the latest stable version of Paper.

RAM

Default value: 4G

Amount of RAM allocated to each server. This can be overridden by updating a server’s configuration. It must be an integer followed by “G”

MAX_RAM

Default value: 8G

Maximum allocated memory to run at any time. Gorp checks all running servers and their allocation and will not allow a server to start if it will over-allocate memory.

HOMEDIR

Default value: /home/[user]/gorpmc

The path to the main Gorp files. It must be an absolute path to a directory that contains the Gorp files. This value is set on install. Gorp can be moved if needed.

BACKUP_DEST

Default value: /home/[user]/gorpmc/backups

Destination directory for backups. This is where world and server backups are stored. This value is set on install. When moving Gorp, be sure to update this value.

ARCHIVE_DEST

Default value: /home/[user]/gorpmc/archives

Destination directory for archives. This is where world archives are stored. This value is set on install. When moving Gorp, be sure to update this value.

UPDATE_FREQUENCY

Default value: 0 4 * * 2

How often Gorp will check for JAR updates using gorp update-jar. This is a cron expression. To disable, set to disabled

TEXT_EDITOR

Default value: <empty>

Preferred text editor. Asked for on first use of gorp config. Set to something like “vim” or “nano”.