# Factorio Server

This guide assumes you are using Ubuntu and have some basic linux command-line know-how.

## Download

Download the server https://www.factorio.com/download-headless/stable:

## Install

    adduser --disabled-login --no-create-home --gecos factorio factorio
    mkdir /var/lib/factorio
    mkdir /etc/factorio
    mkdir /opt/factorio

Extract the archive to `/opt/factorio`

## Factorio User

For security, don't run factorio as root. You'll need to create a user and chmod some things so the factorio user can access them.

    adduser --disabled-login --no-create-home --gecos factorio factorio
    chown -R factorio:factorio /var/lib/factorio/
    chown -R root:root /opt/factorio
    chmod -R a+x /opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio
    chmod a+r /etc/factorio/

## Startup

Move your save file to `/var/lib/factorio/saves` and reference by name. You can start the server like this:

    /opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio -c /opt/factorio/config-path.cfg  --start-server zivix2.zip --latency-ms 100 --disallow-commands


## Upstart

Make sure the uid/gid corresponds to the factorio user. You can see the correct one to use via:

    cat /etc/passwd | grep factorio

Upstart file for `/etc/init/factorio.conf`

```
start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

setuid 1001
setgid 1001

env DAEMON=/opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio
env OPTS="-c /opt/factorio/config-path.cfg --start-server zivix2.zip --latency-ms 100 --disallow-commands"

respawn
respawn limit 5 5

exec $DAEMON $OPTS
```

After adding this run:

    start factorio

## Systemd

Systemd unit file for `/usr/lib/systemd/system/factorio.service`

```
[Unit]
Description=Factorio Server

[Service]
Type=simple
User=factorio
ExecStart=/opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio -c /opt/factorio/config-path.cfg --start-server zivix3.zip --latency-ms 100 --disallow-commands --autosave-interval 10
```

After adding this run:

    systemctl daemon-reload
    systemctl start factorio