Introduction

This repository was forked from carloe/docker-factorio to build a custom configured server and provide extra information on how to setup a server using docker.

Server Setup

The easiest way to setup a server by far, is to use Digital Ocean. Follow the link to signup and get $10 for free to start you off. This guide assumes your are using a Mac, Windows users may have to alter their method when it comes to terminal usage. Disclaimer: All referrals generate credit to my account for more server goodness.

Sign up to Digital Ocean
Click 'Create droplet' button
Under 'Choose an image' select 'One-click apps'
Select 'Docker 1.12.* on 16.04'
Select the '$5/mo' size, this is fine for a basic multiplayer server
Select the datacenter that is closest to you
Add your SSH public key. Alternatively, you will need to take note of the password that Digital Ocean emails to you after you setup the server.
You will only need 1 droplet, name your server and click create

Connect to your server

Windows users will need to look at alterations for using PuTTY.

Make note of the IP address of your server (ipv4)
Open terminal
ssh root@IPaddress, obviously replace 'IPaddress' with the IP address.

Build Your Server

The latest Factorio headless server is downloaded at build time.

git clone https://github.com/LpmRaven/factorio-docker-server.git
cd factorio-docker-server
Config your server (see section below then return here)
docker build -t factorio-instance-name .

Server Configuration

open .
Edit the map-gen-settings.json file and the server-settings.json file (DO NOT RENAME THE FILES)
Continue to read the previous section

Persisting Saves

Use a docker volume to persist the savegames on the host machine rather than in the docker container.

mkdir $(pwd)/saves

# Make sure the saves dir can be written to by the "factorio" user in Docker, with uid 1000
sudo chown 1000:1000 $(pwd)/saves
# (alternatively, if you don't have root): chmod 777 $(pwd)/saves

Basic Usage

The init script will automatically create a new save game if none exists.

Then launch your container as usual.

docker run -d \
           -v $(pwd)/saves:/opt/factorio/saves \
           -p 34197:34197/udp \
           --restart=always \
           --name factorio-server \
           factorio-instance-name

Play the game!

Open Factorio
Connect to your server IPaddress:34197, change IP address obviously.
Default password is donationswelcome, feel free to change it.
Play the game!

Enjoy. Hope this guide helped you setup your factorio server!

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