How do you reset a server in code?

[ChristienChapman]

Is there a way to shutdown a server and then reset in code?

Example:


serverRestart()

[Nathan.S]

There is a chat command to shutdown a server, but nothing to bring it back up. I'm pretty sure you'll need an external script to restart the server.

[Blockhead]

It's possible to shut the server down from Lua (ref), but you will need proper external tools to make it restart automatically, such as running it as a systemd service like the minetestserver package for Debian (& derivatives) provide, or running the server from a shell script in a loop if you want the rudimentary solution (sysvinit, upstart and so on have their own way to do it I'm sure, anyone who wants to tell us about that feel free).

[ChristienChapman]

Oh. I was thinking of branching a server for a peoject. I will just reset the world another way cause this sounds harder.