Coming from someone who has been doing this for quite some time, I highly recommend you look into using Crafty Controller as your server manager and have that just installed on a Debian or Ubuntu VM or Container since it seems that’s the flavor you’re used to. I really is the easiest server manager I’ve seen in a long time! Incredibly flexible and if you really wanted to, you could run it on a Windows VM too. Source: 7 months ago

I use a Docker version of Crafty Controller, with an Infrared reverse proxy (also in Docker) to host multiple servers on my IP via different URLs. Source: 7 months ago

Second this. It has a web gui and is lightweight. If you go another route just Linux for example, you can also check out Crafty Controller. It’s a great MC admin portal https://craftycontrol.com. Source: about 1 year ago

I use crafty controller for my self hosted server- https://craftycontrol.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

Https://craftycontrol.com/ very helpful support team. Source: about 1 year ago

Hey. My friends and I started a server last week, and we used Scalacube.com (at 8 GB Ram). We only have HuskHomes and Graves plugins installed, besides that it's vanilla. The server was running well for the past week, but for the past two days, its been crashing randomly and frequently. The server lags whenever someone teleports (this didn't happen initially). We assumed it was a RAM Issue, however we bought above... Source: about 1 year ago

There’s a 24/7 sever option for free. We can try this. Source: about 1 year ago