factorio-server-manager VS pterodactyl-installer

and i'm using factorio server manager, which helps with uploading your save game and mods. it's a mild pain in the ass to install/setup

I found Open Factorio Server Manager. It looks like it will fit my needs pretty well, but it hasn't had a new commit in almost a year. I'm worried that it isn't being maintained and that if I get it up and working, that it will break at some point in the future.

Maybe https://github.com/pterodactyl-installer/pterodactyl-installer will help

So, I created a pterodactyl panel and wings on an oracle free vps using bash <(curl -s https://pterodactyl-installer.se) - the panel could be accessed using the public ip of the vps server, set up a node and created a test minecraft server. But when I tried to start the server , it crashed immediately. Here is the output from the console:

I would setup a oracle free cloud server and get Pterodactyl Panel setup to make it simpler to manage its not to difficult if you use a auto install like this

alternatively you can use an installer script. something like this do note though, you won't receive any official support in their discord if you use this.

You really just find a colo provider and you ship it to them, or drop it off if it’s local and they’ll rack it and you give access etc. I’m not too experienced with that though, if you want to give Pterodactyl another try; use (https://github.com/pterodactyl-installer/pterodactyl-installer) - it’s an install script that makes everything easy. You really just need to point an A record to the panel and your good.

Well, if this is about pterodactyl installation I found this repo with a super easy to use script. And if this about setting the server in the node, I find it easy but I guess this is personal preferences at this point. Maybie a page in a wiki would be enough, since they won't set up lots of servers and once you got the eggs you want it won't require further configurations.

I currently have pterodactyl installed on an Ubuntu 22.04 VPS, and I installed it with this script: bash <(curl -s https://pterodactyl-installer.se)

If you want something easy: https://github.com/pterodactyl-installer/pterodactyl-installer

There is an unofficial install script they might help you here

If you don't want to pay for a panel, there's Pterodactyl (https://pterodactyl.io/). Bit more of a process to set up but user scripts (https://github.com/pterodactyl-installer/pterodactyl-installer) make it easier. Management of servers is more of a process as well compared to AMP.