Server Info¶

Map	IP	Port
BL Thicc	198.27.81.226	34197
TPA Boys	198.27.81.226	34198

Docker¶

docker run -d \
  -p 34197:34197/udp \
  -p 27015:27015/tcp \
  -v /home/bl/factorio/factorio-bl:/factorio \
  --name factorio-bl \
  --restart=always \
  factoriotools/factorio:stable

docker run -d \
  -p 34198:34197/udp \
  -p 27016:27015/tcp \
  -v /home/bl/factorio/factorio-tpa:/factorio \
  --name factorio-tpa \
  --restart=always \
  factoriotools/factorio:stable

Server Install - Docker¶

cp $HOME/factorio/server-settings.json /home/bl/factorio/factorio-{SAVE}/config/

Server Install - Raw¶

Dont really use this anymore, I use docker (above)

Update and setup new user: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo useradd -r -m -U -d /opt/factorio -s /bin/bash factorio
login as new user: sudo su - factorio
cd /opt/factorio
download latest headless version: https://www.factorio.com/download
unzip: tar -xvf linux64
move and clean up: mv factorio/* . rm factorio mkdir saves mkdir mods
cd /opt/factorio/data
cp server-settings.example.json server-settings.json
vim server-settings.json

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/factorio.service

[Unit]
Description=Factorio Headless Server

[Service]
Type=simple
User=factorio
ExecStart=/opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio --start-server /opt/factorio/saves/[your-save-file].zip [--map-gen-settings /opt/factorio/data/map-gen-settings.json] --server-settings /opt/factorio/data/server-settings.json
#Restart=always
#RestartSec=0

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

start the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start factorio
sudo systemctl status factorio
sudo systemctl enable factorio