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+title: "Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux"
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+In a very odd combination of requirements,
+I needed to install [MultiCraft](https://multicraft.org) on a Gentoo Linux system.
+The PHP `USE` flags are important so you don't have to recompile it three times like I did.
+
+Here are some useful tips I came across:
+
+### PHP `USE` flags
+
+In `/etc/portage/package.use/php` I placed the following line:
+
+<pre class="terminal">
+dev-lang/php cgi mysql mysqli fpm pdo gd truetype
+</pre>
+
+This should give you enough for a mysql backended MultiCraft installation.
+The `cgi` option may not be required as `fpm` stands for *FastCGI Process Managment*.
+I don't know for sure though.
+
+### Paper
+
+This will grab the latest version of the Paper jar file using [YivesMirror](https://yivesmirror.com).
+I'm not sure how reputable it is,
+but my buddy who works with this stuff more often than me seemed to recognize it.
+
+<pre class="terminal">
+## See the default craftbukkit.jar.conf for a detailed documentation of the
+## format of this file.
+[config]
+name = Paper 1.16.1 Latest
+source = https://yivesmirror.com/files/paper/Paper-1.16.1-latest.jar
+category = Mods
+
+[encoding]
+#encode = system
+#decode = system
+#fileEncoding = latin-1
+
+[start]
+command = "{JAVA}" -Xmx{MAX_MEMORY}M -Xms{START_MEMORY}M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -Djline.terminal=jline.UnsupportedTerminal -jar "{JAR}" nogui
+</pre>
+
+### Other Tips
+
+Do not use the option to setup a separate user for each server.
+This completely stalled any work getting done with a ton of 'permission denied' errors.
+
+#### Security
+
+If the panel is in the root directory of your NGINX web server,
+use the following in your server block to deny access to the `/protected` directory.
+
+<pre class="terminal">
+location /protected {
+  deny all;
+  return 404;
+}
+</pre>
+
+##### MySQL
+
+It is always good practice to separate privileges.
+The MultiCraft daemon should have one SQL login,
+with one database allocated to it.
+The MultiCraft panel should have a separate SQL login,
+with a separate database allocated to it.
+
+You can do this with the following commands in your MySQL prompt:
+
+<pre class="terminal">
+sql> CREATE DATABASE multicraft_daemon_database;
+Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
+
+sql> CREATE DATABASE multicraft_panel_database;
+Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
+
+sql> CREATE USER 'muilticraft_daemon'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong password here';
+Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
+
+sql> CREATE USER 'multicraft_panel'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'different strong password here';
+Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
+
+sql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON multicraft_daemon_database . * TO 'multicraft_daemon'@'localhost';
+Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
+
+sql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON multicraft_panel_database . * TO 'mutlicraft_panel'@'localhost';
+Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
+
+</pre>
+
+During setup, make sure the proper credentials are used for each step.
+Database 1 is the panel database.
+Database 2 is the daemon database.
+
+Happy hacking :)