Daemonize the executable

[cyanide-aoe2]

Currently using screen. However, it would be nice to have a --daemon flag that daemonizes the server-manager binary.

[Mattie112]

I would suggest to use something like:

http://supervisord.org/

(or docker)

[knoxfighter]

No need for a daemon, just use docker or create a systemd (depending on the distro) service.

We provide a docker image. for simple setup use the example compose file: docker-compose.simple.yaml

[Zorbatron]

You could use a Systemd service if you're avoiding Docker. Assuming that your ofsm location is in /opt, it could look like this:

[Unit]
Description=Open Factorio Server Manager

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/ofsm
ExecStart=/opt/ofsm/factorio-server-manager

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

If you're using something like OpenRC because you're also avoiding Systemd then you can make services for that too.

But the easiest way is to use Docker as Mattie112 and knoxfighter have said.

[jeinstei]

I'm going with this, for my non-Docker install:

[Unit]
Description=Factorio Server Manager

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/factorio/factorio-server-manager/factorio-server-manager --dir=/home/factorio/factorio --autostart=true
WorkingDirectory=/home/factorio/factorio-server-manager/
Restart=on-failure
Type=simple
User=factorio
KillSignal=SIGINT

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

along with a sudoers.d file:

factorio ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl restart factorio*
factorio ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl start factorio*
factorio ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl stop factorio*