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satisfactory nixos configuration

Satisfactory nixos configuration

connect on ip:7777

satisfactory.nix

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

let
  cfg = config.services.satisfactory;
  installDir = "/var/lib/satisfactory/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer";
  configDir = "${installDir}/FactoryGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer";
in
{
  options.services.satisfactory = {
    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Satisfactory Dedicated Server";

    beta = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.enum [ "public" "experimental" ];
      default = "public";
      description = "Steam branch to use.";
    };

    address = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.str;
      default = "0.0.0.0";
      description = "IP address to bind the server to.";
    };

    maxPlayers = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.int;
      default = 4;
      description = "Maximum number of players.";
    };

    autoPause = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.bool;
      default = true;
      description = "Pause the game when no players are online.";
    };

    autoSaveOnDisconnect = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.bool;
      default = true;
      description = "Save the game when a player disconnects.";
    };

    openFirewall = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.bool;
      default = true;
      description = "Open the required firewall ports.";
    };
  };

  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
    users.users.satisfactory = {
      home = "/var/lib/satisfactory";
      createHome = true;
      isSystemUser = true;
      group = "satisfactory";
    };
    users.groups.satisfactory = {};

    nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

    networking.firewall = lib.mkIf cfg.openFirewall {
      allowedUDPPorts = [ 7777 15000 15777 ];
      allowedTCPPorts = [ 7777 ];
    };

    systemd.services.satisfactory = {
      description = "Satisfactory Dedicated Server";
      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];

      preStart = ''
        # Download / update server files
        ${pkgs.steamcmd}/bin/steamcmd \
          +force_install_dir ${installDir} \
          +login anonymous \
          +app_update 1690800 \
          -beta ${cfg.beta} \
          validate \
          +quit

        # Patch the ELF interpreter so the binary finds glibc
        ${pkgs.patchelf}/bin/patchelf \
          --set-interpreter ${pkgs.glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 \
          ${installDir}/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping

        # Steam SDK symlink expected by the server
        mkdir -p /var/lib/satisfactory/.steam/steam
        ln -sfv /var/lib/satisfactory/.steam/steam/linux64 \
                /var/lib/satisfactory/.steam/sdk64

        # Write server config
        mkdir -p ${configDir}

        ${pkgs.crudini}/bin/crudini --set \
          ${configDir}/Game.ini \
          '/Script/Engine.GameSession' \
          MaxPlayers \
          ${toString cfg.maxPlayers}

        ${pkgs.crudini}/bin/crudini --set \
          ${configDir}/ServerSettings.ini \
          '/Script/FactoryGame.FGServerSubsystem' \
          mAutoPause \
          ${if cfg.autoPause then "True" else "False"}

        ${pkgs.crudini}/bin/crudini --set \
          ${configDir}/ServerSettings.ini \
          '/Script/FactoryGame.FGServerSubsystem' \
          mAutoSaveOnDisconnect \
          ${if cfg.autoSaveOnDisconnect then "True" else "False"}
      '';

      script = ''
        ${installDir}/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping \
          FactoryGame \
          -multihome=${cfg.address} \
          -ServerQueryPort=15777 \
          -BeaconPort=15000 \
          -Port=7777
      '';

      serviceConfig = {
        User = "satisfactory";
        Group = "satisfactory";
        WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/satisfactory";
        Restart = "always";
        RestartSec = "10s";
        Nice = "-5";
      };

      environment = {
        LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.concatStringsSep ":" [
          "${installDir}/linux64"
          "${installDir}/Engine/Binaries/Linux"
          "${installDir}/Engine/Binaries/ThirdParty/PhysX3/Linux/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
        ];
      };
    };
  };
}

configuration.nix

  imports = [ ./satisfactory.nix ];
  
  services.satisfactory = {
    enable = true;
    maxPlayers = 4;
    autoPause = true;
    openFirewall = true;
  };
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