Further Settings

useradd -M factorio

sudo chown -R factorio:factorio /opt/factorio

mkdir /opt/factorio/saves

mkdir /opt/factorio/mods

cat > /opt/factorio/data/server-settings.example.json

{

  "name": "KF_Factorio",

  "description": "Kinko Flamingo Factorio Server",

  "tags": ["game", "tags"],

  "_comment_max_players": "Maximum number of players allowed, admins can join even a full server. 0 means unlimited.",

  "max_players": 8,

  "_comment_visibility": ["public: Game will be published on the official Factorio matching server",

                          "lan: Game will be broadcast on LAN"],

  "visibility":

  {

    "public": true,

    "lan": true

  },

  "_comment_credentials": "Your factorio.com login credentials. Required for games with visibility public",

  "username": "Farstrider",

  "password": "",

  "_comment_token": "Authentication token. May be used instead of 'password' above.",

  "token": "77bb5d36ec69191b46df5ece8250c0",

  "game_password": "kf111",

  "_comment_require_user_verification": "When set to true, the server will only allow clients that have a valid Factorio.com account",

  "require_user_verification": true,

  "_comment_max_upload_in_kilobytes_per_second" : "optional, default value is 0. 0 means unlimited.",

  "max_upload_in_kilobytes_per_second": 0,

  "_comment_minimum_latency_in_ticks": "optional one tick is 16ms in default speed, default value is 0. 0 means no minimum.",

  "minimum_latency_in_ticks": 0,

  "_comment_ignore_player_limit_for_returning_players": "Players that played on this map already can join even when the max player limit was reached.",

  "ignore_player_limit_for_returning_players": false,

  "_comment_allow_commands": "possible values are, true, false and admins-only",

  "allow_commands": "admins-only",

  "_comment_autosave_interval": "Autosave interval in minutes",

  "autosave_interval": 5,

  "_comment_autosave_slots": "server autosave slots, it is cycled through when the server autosaves.",

  "autosave_slots": 10,

  "_comment_afk_autokick_interval": "How many minutes until someone is kicked when doing nothing, 0 for never.",

  "afk_autokick_interval": 0,

  "_comment_auto_pause": "Whether should the server be paused when no players are present.",

  "auto_pause": true,

  "only_admins_can_pause_the_game": true,

  "_comment_autosave_only_on_server": "Whether autosaves should be saved only on server or also on all connected clients. Default is true.",

  "autosave_only_on_server": true,

  "_comment_admins": "List of case insensitive usernames, that will be promoted immediately",

  "admins": ["Farstrider"]

}

cat > /etc/systemd/system/factorio.service

[Unit]

Description=Factorio Headless Server

[Service]

Restart=always

Type=simple

User=factorio

Group=factorio

ExecStart=/opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio --port 34197 --server-settings /opt/factorio/data/server-settings.json --start-server-load-latest

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target