Setting up a Factorio Server on Amazon Cloud
Tutorial on how to set up a dedicated server for the game Factorio on Amazon Web Services.
Come play with me on the server. Find it in the server browser as Hexagons.
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Firewall opening: Port 34197 UDP
Commands to download and extract server software:
wget https://www.factorio.com/get-download/0.13.20/headless/linux64
mv linux64 linux64.tar.gz
gunzip linux64.tar.gz
tar xf linux64.tar
Use WinSCP to edit data/server-settings.example.json
Commands to create game world and start server:
./bin/x64/factorio --create ./saves/game.zip
screen ./bin/x64/factorio --start-server ./saves/game.zip --server-settings data/server-settings.example.json
Use "Ctrl-A d" to disconnect from screen. Use "screen -r" to reconnect.
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Update: For v0.15+ the archive file format has been changed, so to unpack the archive use:
mv linux64 linux64.tar.xz
tar xvfJ linux64.tar.xz
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