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Hi all!

I'm looking to setup two dedicated servers.
1. Vanilla Server
2. Modded Server

The guides I've been following such as:
- https://gist.github.com/endless22/131b9 ... 837327660f
- https://linuxvox.com/blog/factorio-dedi ... ver-linux/
- https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3415180511
All do something differently.

What I'm looking to do is setup two servers, under a different user account "factorio" that I'm able to mess around in one of the directories for the modded mainly to upload and remove mods.

Not fully sure how I'd do this really but I'm hoping someone will be able to help me get this sorted.

Thanks in advance,
~Blood

The GitHub link is probably the “best advice” for running Factorio as a service using systemd, user creation, etc.

In order to run two instances you would want to have two separate directories - /opt/factorio/ and /opt/factorio-modded - and two instances of the service file /etc/systemd/system/factorio.service and /etc/systemd/system/factorio-modded.service. Make sure to change the Port in one of the config files as well.

Alternately, you can run the (community-maintained) Docker Image which includes comprehensive support for Ports, Mods, Config customization, and many other features.

Good Luck!