DOCKER FACTORIO DEDICATED SERVER

Here is how to setup a Factorio dedicated server inside of a Docker container.

SETUP FACTORIO IN A DOCKER CONTAINER

I will presume that you are to use an EL7 host. Adjust accordingly for other host OS's.

1. Install docker

   sudo yum -y install docker
   

2. Pull in docker images

   sudo docker pull fedora
   

3. Select volume path (make dirs if needed)

   mkdir /storage/location/docker/factorio
   

4. Factorio server start script, this goes in your volume

   #!/bin/bash                                                                                                                                                                      
   BINPATH=/home/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/
   SAVEGAME=./saves/SAVEGAME.zip
   
   #Update Factorio via steam (managed by separate script)
   cd ~/Steam
   ./steamcmd.sh +login YOUR_STEAM_USER +app_update 427520 +quit
   
   #Start Factorio via steam install
   cd $BINPATH
   ./bin/x64/factorio --start-server $SAVEGAME
   

5. Dockerfile

   FROM fedora:latest
   RUN dnf -y update
   RUN dnf -y install glibc libstdc++ glibc.i686 \
                   libstdc++.i686 \
                   vim wget curl \
                   tar unzip bzip \
                   alsa-lib libX11 libXcursor libXinerama libXrandr libXi libGL libxcb
                   steamcmd
   RUN dnf -y clean all
   RUN ldconfig
   RUN useradd steam
   USER steam
   ENV HOME /home/steam
   CMD /bin/bash
   

6. Build dockerfile

   docker build -t "factorio-fedora:latest" .
   

7. Docker startup script

   #!/bin/bash
   docker run -ti --rm --sig-proxy=false --privileged=true\
                   -p=34197:34197/udp\
                   -m=1g\
                   -v /storage/docker/steamcmd/factorio/:/home/steam/Steam\
                   --name=factorio\
                   -w=/home/steam/Steam factorio-fedora:latest /home/steam/Steam/start-factorio.sh
   

8. Setup volume

   sudo docker run -ti --rm --sig-proxy=false --privileged=true -p=34197:34197/udp -m=1g\
                   -v /storage/docker/steamcmd/factorio/:/home/steam/Steam\
                   --name=factorio factorio-fedora:latest /bin/bash
   
   cd ~/Steam
   curl -sqL "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz" | tar zxvf -
   ./steamcmd +quit