Headless Factorio Server Running in AWS

This repo will deploy a headless server running in AWS for Factorio.

After setup, running the deploy will create:

• A VPC
• Public subnets
• An internet gateway with a simple default route
• Security groups
• EFS volumes and mount targets
• SSH Keypairs
• AMIs from base Ubuntu Trusty
• EC2 instance
• Route53 records (if route53_zone is provided)

I couldn't get autoscaling groups to work with route53, so I decided to create the instance directly.

Setup

Before changes can be deployed to your infrastructure, you'll need to setup a few variables. Edit terraform.tfvars.sample and populate or change necessary variables:

Variables

Variable	Type	Explanation	Default	Required
name	string	Base name for all components created. Some components well append aditional strings, such as "factorio-public" for a public subnet.	"factorio"	yes
region	string	AWS region in which to create components.		yes
tags	map[string]string	Map of strings to strings. Tags to apply to components as key-value pairs. Note that the "Name" tag will be based on the name variable and will be overridden.	{"source": "terraform"}	yes
aws_access_key	string	AWS access key. More on this below.		No
aws_secret_key	string	AWS secret access key. More on this below.		No
vpc_cidr	string	The address space that the VPC will contain. If you're not sure, leave the default.	"10.0.0.0/16"	Yes
domain_name	string	Domain name suffix to provide for DHCP.		No
domain_name_servers	[]string	A list of DNS server IPs to provide for DHCP.		No
ntp_servers	[]string	A list of NTP servers to provide for DHCP.		No
ssh_key	string	Public key that will be granted SSH access to EC2 instance		Yes
route53_zone	string	A Route53 zone in which to create an A record for name pointing to the instance.		No

Once all variables have been configured, save the file as terraform.tfvars.

Deployment

To see the object to be created, run:

terraform plan

To deploy:

terraform apply

For more information on Terraform, read its documentation.

IAM Setup

Credentials are not necessarily required. If not provided as a static variable, the values will be empty strings, so the AWS provider will look for credentials elsewhere. See the provider documentation about how credentials are resolved.

If you're able to run the AWS CLI, you should be able to run Terraform without providing static credentials.

Policy (TODO)

Contributing

I'm happy to accept contributions. Feel free to send me a pull request or just file an issue. Please be mindful to not include your credentials. I don't want them.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Factorio and this work is only meant for educational purposes. This project does not purport to have any guarantees whatsoever. It should be considered "as-is" with no implications of responsibility. See included LICENSE for more details.