Factorio
Making your server public (Adding token)
To make a Factorio server public you will need to set a username and an authentication token, this will then allow your server to be displayed in the public server list in game. The guide below will guide you through getting an authentication token and setting your server up to use the token.
Getting your authentication token
There are 2 ways of getting an authentication token, you can either login to https://factorio.com/ or go to %appdata%\Factorio\player-data.json. We will go over both methods in this guide.
Using Factorio.com
1. Go to https://factorio.com and click on login or sing up in the top right then login with your username and password or sing up for an account.
2. In the top right of the page after logging in you will see your username, if you click on it it will take you to your profile
3. You will now see your account details and a token that's displayed as <hidden>, click on the reveal to the right of <hidden>
4. Now your token will be displayed to you, copy the token then paste it somewhere safe then copy your username and paste it somewhere safe as we will need these again.
You can now skip to the "Setting your username and token" section of the guide.
Using the player-data.json
1. On your computer go to %appdata%\Factorio
2. Locate the player-data.json and open it with notepad
3. Find service-token then copy and paste it to somewhere safe as we will need this again later on
4. Find service-username and again copy and paste it somewhere safe as we will need this again
You can now move on to the "Setting your username and token" section
Setting your username and token
1. Login to https://creeperpanel.com/ then click on your Factorio server.
2. Click on Settings and scroll down until you see Username and Token
3. In the Username box enter the username you copied from the previous step and in the Token box enter the token you copied from the previous step.
4. Click save and restart your server.
Adding admins
Adding addmins to your server allows you or anyone you set as an admin to manage your server using in-game commands such as /admin.
Adding admins
1. Click on Factorio in the sidebar to open the console for the server.
2. Make sure the server is currently running then click in the textbox of the console where it says Enter your command or message here and press enter to send
3. Type /promote <username> replace <username> with your in-game user name or the username of the player you wish to set as an admin then press enter
4. If you are logged in on the server you should hear a chime and if you type /admin it will open the in-game admin interface.
Uploading your save game
You can upload a factorio save from a previous server or a singleplayer save, the guide below will go through the process of finding the save game on your computer and then uploading the save to your server.
Finding your singleplayer save
If you are looking at uploading your singleplayer save to your server you can follow the steps below to locate your save game.
1. Press the Windows key + R and type %appdata%\Factorio then press enter.
2. Double click on the saves folder, you should now see a zip file (or multiple zip files), copy and paste the world you want to upload to somewhere such as your desktop so you can easily access it.
We can now move on to uploading the world to your server.
Uploading the world
1. Click on Factorio in the sidebar of the panel
2. Click on Files
3. Double click on the saves folder to open it
4. Now drag and drop the save-game.zip onto the file list to upload it.
5. Once it has uploaded you should now see your save-game.zip in the file list. Make a note of the name of the file as we will need this for the next steps
6. Click on Map Settings
7. Click in the textbox below Map Name and enter the name of the file you uploaded (Do NOT include .zip)
8. Click the save button and then start your server up and it will start with your world.
If you have any problems do get in touch with us by creating a support ticket.