Satisfactory Dedicated Server Ansible Role

An unofficial role designed to configure and deploy a Satisfactory dedicated server on Linux systems in a "manual" way.

Requires some libraries provided by apt, yum, or dnf.

Not tested on systems without these package managers, but may work fine. SteamCMD requires certain libraries. YMMV.

Important note about the firewall variable: Only specify this if you have an existing and pre-configured firewall on your system. Changing this when there isn't an existing firewall may make your system inaccessible. At the very least, ensure TCP port 22 is open for SSH access before attempting to use this.

Requirements

• Linux with SystemD
• x86/64 systems (ARM, etc. are not supported)
• 8-16 GB of RAM (Depends on number of players)

Install from GitHub

To install this role, use Ansible-Galaxy:
ansible-galaxy role install git+https://github.com/shammersdog/ansible-satisfactory-server.git,main,shammersdog.satisfactory-server

Role Variables

Variable	Purpose	Default
steam_user	Unprivileged user for running SteamCMD and the server.	steam
steam_group	Group for steam_user.	steam
steamcmd_dir	Where SteamCMD is installed to.	/home/steam/Steam
steamcmd_tarball	Custom location for SteamCMD tarball.	https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
install_dir	Location of Satisfactory Dedicated Server after installation.	/home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer
bind_address	Bind to a particular interface based on IP address (supports v6).	* (any/every)
port	TCP/UDP port for server to listen on.	7777
players_number	Number of players allowed on the dedicated server at once.	4
firewall	Configure an existing firewall service (firewalld, ufw, iptables)	none
start_firewall	Start and enable any firewalls specified with the firewall var.	true (only executes if firewall is a valid service name, not none)

Example Playbooks

This installs and starts the Satisfactory server with sane defaults and no firewall configuration.

- hosts: myserver
  roles:
    - { role: shammersdog.satisfactory-server }

Installing and starting a Satisfactory server with a custom port 4649, user satisfactory, and player count of 16.

- hosts: secret-hidden-work-server.example.com
  roles:
    - { role: shammersdog.satisfactory-server, steam_user: satisfactory, steam_group: satisfactory, port: '4649', players_number: '16' }

An 8-player Satisfactory server configured for FirewallD for all systems in an example group of all-satisfactory. (Read note at top of document before doing this.)

- hosts: all-satisfactory
  roles:
    - { role: shammersdog.satisfactory-server, players_number: '8', firewall: firewalld}

Default Satisfactory server with IPv6-only binding.

- hosts: myip6server
  roles:
    - { role: shammersdog.satisfactory-server, bind_address: '::'}

License

MIT

Author Information

Shammersdog - https://shamme.rs - [email protected]