Test server running wsmc for use with voxel-clientmc

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Would be awesome to have a live server accessible with voxel-clientmc (e.g., running wsmc), to make a better public demonstration (where anyone could simply click a link to try out voxel-clientmc).

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To look into: https://github.com/mhsjlw/minecraft-buildpack

This is a Heroku buildpack that allows you to host a lightweight minecraft server for a few friends using ngrok (for TCP proxy) and heroku (for the hosting and hardware)

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Vanilla minecraft server (Spigot/Glowstone/Sponge/Forge can come later): https://github.com/jkutner/heroku-buildpack-minecraft

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Setup Heroku and Ngrok using instructions at https://github.com/jkutner/heroku-buildpack-minecraft - works! Available vanilla minecraft 1.8.3 server: 0.tcp.ngrok.io:12155

Now it only needs the wsmc proxy. Probably best to run it through Sponge, since that'll stress-test both Forge handshake support, and the Sponge plugin integration. To do:

• Update to heroku-buildpack-minecraft to 1.8.9
• Update to install Forge 1.8.9
• Update to install wsmc
• Update the ngrok configuration to forward the WS port (from FAQ: Does ngrok tunnel websocket connections? Yes.)
• Setup CircleCI to deploy the build to heroku
• Setup the heroku .rhtml to link to the ngrok server (because it's on a random port and hostname)

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The Heroku dynos spin down after a while - this resets the world, which is ok for a test server (build pack creator suggests backing up to and restoring from AWS). Spins back up again when visiting the Heroku web app site (my subdomain is warm taiga, appropriately enough), which in the sample build pack only shows you various information. Including the ngrok host and port, changed on each launch.

So I'm thinking instead of hosting the demo voxel-clientmc web app on gh-pages, or the Sponge/Bukkit ngrok-forwarded HTTP server, it could be hosted on Heroku. Therefore visiting the site will start the backend mc server and wsmc proxy, hopefully in time for the web app to load and initialize client-side.