From 91b5177f1d96a8b9734911cd045c9d2d35b329d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Dessaux Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:05:44 +0100 Subject: wording, tags and typos in last article --- .../freebsd/factorio-server-in-a-linux-jail.md | 23 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/freebsd/factorio-server-in-a-linux-jail.md b/content/blog/freebsd/factorio-server-in-a-linux-jail.md index 6dbd733..7946dcf 100644 --- a/content/blog/freebsd/factorio-server-in-a-linux-jail.md +++ b/content/blog/freebsd/factorio-server-in-a-linux-jail.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ title: Running a Factorio server in a linux jail, on FreeBSD description: How to setup a linux jail on FreeBSD using vanilla tools date: 2022-11-13 +tags: +- Factorio +- FreeBSD +- jail --- ## Introduction @@ -14,7 +18,7 @@ I had been meaning to test linux jails for quite some time but never had a good ### Linux subsystem -Normally FreeBSD 13 has all you need from the get go, we just need to load a few kernel modules and prepare some mount points. All this as abstracted away with: +Normally FreeBSD 13 has all you need from the get go, we just need to load a few kernel modules and prepare some mount points. All this is abstracted away with: ```sh service linux enable service linux start @@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ echo "cloned_interfaces=\"lo1\"" >> /etc/rc.conf service netif cloneup ``` -Many jail tutorials will tell you to configure the jail ips in `/etc/rc.conf` too, this is not what I do. It is difficult to automate and I find that having those ips in the jails.conf file is a lot more useful, see bellow. +Many jail tutorials will tell you to configure the jail ips in `/etc/rc.conf` too, this is not what I do. It is difficult to automate and I find that having those ips in the jails.conf file is a lot more flexible. ### pf firewall @@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ pass in on wg0 from to pass out on wg0 from to ``` -The important lines are the one about the persistent `jails` table and the first two basic rules to `nat` and process the `rdr-anchor`. +The important lines are the one about the persistent `jails` table and the first two basic rules to `nat` egress jail traffic and process the `rdr-anchor` that will allow the ingress traffic. ## Bootstrapping the jail @@ -100,10 +104,10 @@ pwd_mkdb -p -d /jails/factorio/etc /jails/factorio/etc/master.passwd ## Installing factorio -You will need to login to [factorio](https://www.factorio.com/) and download the headless serveur tar.gz. Scp it to the server and decompress it into `/jails/factorio/home/factorio` +The following downloads the factorio headless server and decompress it into `/jails/factorio/home/factorio` ```sh -wget https://dl.factorio.com/releases/factorio_headless_x64_1.1.70.tar.xz?secure=NmmeJ2O-iFtRuVc6c3aPzw,1668383018 -(cd /jails/factorio/home/factorio/; tar xf /root/factorio_headless_x64_1.1.70.tar.xz*) +wget https://dl.factorio.com/releases/factorio_headless_x64_1.1.70.tar.xz +(cd /jails/factorio/home/factorio/; tar xf /root/factorio_headless_x64_1.1.70.tar.xz) mkdir /jails/factorio/home/factorio/factorio/saves/ ``` @@ -149,15 +153,16 @@ factorio { Make sure you substitute `mysave.zip` with the name of your save file! - As you can see, I use the `prestart` and `poststop` steps to handle the network configuration using `ifconfig`, the jails' pf table and the rdr port forwarding. These are all setup when starting the jail and cleaned when stopping. +## Final step + Now if all went according to plan, the following should be enough to start your factorio server in the jail: ```sh service jail enable service jail start factorio ``` -Check that factorio is running using `top -j factorio`. If something goes wrong, you should be able to check `/jails/factorio/home/factorio/factorio/factorio-current.log` for clues. +Check that factorio is running using `top -j factorio`. If something goes wrong, you should be able to check `/jails/factorio/home/factorio/factorio/factorio-current.log` for clues. If this file was not created check the permissions on the facorio folders. -If everything is running, you should be able to connect your dedicated server using the hostname of your server! +If everything is running, you should be able to connect to your dedicated server using the hostname of your server! -- cgit v1.2.3