factorio
Factorio
A role for creating Factorio servers https://galaxy.ansible.com/bplower/factorio/
Requirements
No requirements
Role Variables
Variables can be roughly divided into two groups: deployment configurations and Factorio configurations.
Deployment Configurations
The deployment configurations are all related to the way in which ansible installs the factorio server. These should be abstracted enough to allow multiple factorio servers to be run simultaneously.
server_sources: "/opt/games/sources/factorio"
server_version: "0.17.79"
download_url: "https://www.factorio.com/get-download/{{ server_version }}/headless/linux64"
service_name: "factorio-server"
service_user: "factorio"
service_group: "factorio"
service_root: "/home/{{ service_user }}"
service_port: 34197
service_restart_permitted: true
factorio_default_save: "{{ service_root }}/factorio/saves/default-save.zip"
factorio_target_save: "{{ factorio_default_save }}"
More detailed information about these variables is as follows:
Variable:
server_sources
Default:"/opt/games/sources/factorio"
Comments:
Where to cache server binaries downloaded from the download_urlVariable:
server_version
Default:"0.17.79"
Choices:- "0.18.26"
- "0.17.79"
- "0.17.74"
- "0.16.51"
- "0.15.40"
- "0.14.23"
- "0.13.20"
- "0.12.35"
Comments:
You must set thedownload_checksum
value if you set this variable. This value is used in the defaultdownload_url
.Variable:
download_url
Default:"https://www.factorio.com/get-download/{{ server_version }}/headless/linux64"
Comments:
The URL to download the server binary from. This will only be downloaded if the path"{{ server_sources }}/factorio-{{ server_version }}.tar.gz"
does not exist.Variable:
download_checksum
Default:"sha256:9ace12fa986df028dc1851bf4de2cb038044d743e98823bc1c48ba21aa4d23df"
Comments:
The checksum that must match the downloaded server binary. This ensures the integrity. If you change thedownload_url
orserver_version
, you need to adapt the checksum as well. To get the checksum of a server binary, you can usecurl --silent --location <download_url> | sha256sum
. To disable the checksum verification, just set it to an empty string (""
).Variable:
service_name
Default:"factorio-server"
Comments:
The name of the service to create. Multiple instances of factorio servers can be run on a single host by providing different values for this variable (See the examples section of this document).Variable:
service_user
Default:"factorio"
Comments:
The user the service should be run as.Variable:
service_group
Default:"factorio"
Comments:
The group the service user should be a member of.Variable:
service_root
Default:"/home/{{ service_user }}"
Comments:
The directory in which to store the contents of the factorio zip file downloaded from the server. This will result in the factorio resources being stored at{{ service_root }}/factorio/
.Variab:
service_port
Default:34197
Comments:
The port to host the service on. This default is the factorio default value.Variable:
service_restart_permitted
Default:true
Comments:
Setting this tofalse
will prevent the service from being restarted if changes were applied. This allows settings to be applied in preparation for the next service restart without immediately causing service interruption.Variable:
factorio_default_save
Default:"{{ service_root }}/factorio/saves/default-save.zip"
Comments:
The default save file used by the server.Variable:
factorio_target_save
Default:"{{ factorio_default_save }}"
Comments:
The save file to be run by the server. This distinction is provided to facilitate switching between multiple save files.
Factorio Configurations
Settings for various config files can be set in dictionaries loosely named after
the file. Each dictionary starts with factorio_
followed by the filename
(excluding the filetype extension) where hyphens ( - ) are replaced by
underscores ( _ ). For example, the server-settings.json
file is associated
with the dictionary variable factorio_server_settings
.
The default/
folder contains serveral files showing example dictionaries
representing the values provided by the Factorio servers various examples JSON
files.
The following is a list of config files that have been implemented:
Filename:
server-settings.json
Variable:factorio_server_settings
Example:factorio_server_settings: name: "My Public Server" max_players: 10 game_password: "mypassword" visibility: public: true lan: true
Filename:
server-whitelist.json
Variable:factorio_server_whitelist
Example:factorio_server_whitelist: - Oxyd
Filename:
map-settings.json
Variable:factorio_map_settings
Example:factorio_map_settings: pollution: enabled: false
Filename:
map-gen-settings.json
Variable:factorio_map_gen_settings
Example:factorio_map_gen_settings: water: "high" autoplace_controles: coal: size: "very-low"
Example Playbooks
An out of the box example might look as follows:
---
- name: Create a default factorio server
hosts: localhost
roles:
- role: bplower.factorio
An example with a non-default port, and customized name:
---
- name: My slightly changed factorio server
hosts: localhost
roles:
- role: bplower.factorio
service_port: 12345
factorio_server_settings:
name: "My factorio server"
An example of multiple servers on a single host:
---
- name: Factorio farm
hosts: localhost
roles:
- role: bplower.factorio
service_port: 50001
service_name: factorio_1
service_root: /home/{{ service_user }}/{{ service_name }}
- role: bplower.factorio
service_port: 50002
service_name: factorio_2
service_root: /home/{{ service_user }}/{{ service_name }}
License
GNU GPLv3
Development & Contributions
I don't use this project regularly anymore, but I try to keep it up to date when possible. If you have any issues or questions about it, I encourage you to open a PR or issue.
Testing
This role uses yamllint for yaml validation, and molecule + docker for testing.
Both tools can be installed using the dev-requirements.txt
file. You will need
to install docker separately.
pip install -r dev-requirements.txt`
Grouping all supported platforms together caused issues for CI, so the test are split into 3 scenarios based on the platforms being tested.
The makefile can be used to start each of the tests, and supports a helpmenu with descriptions for each target:
$ make help
Usage:
make
Targets:
help Display this help
lint Lint yaml files
test_all Run all molecule tests
test_centos Run molecule centos tests
test_debian Run molecule debian tests
test_ubuntu Run molecule ubuntu tests