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[LINUX] Factorio Headless Server Guide

So, with credit to the Factorio wiki and cbednarski's helpful gist, I managed to eventually setup a Factorio headless server. Although, I thought the process could be nailed down/simplified to be a bit more 'tutorialised' and also to document how I got it all working for my future records.

The specific distro/version I'm using for this guide being Ubuntu Server 16.04.1 LTS. Although, that shouldn't matter, as long as your distro supports systemd (just for this guide, not a Factorio headless requirement, although most distros use it as standard now). The version of Factorio I shall be using is 0.14.20, although should work for any version of Factorio 0.14.12 and higher.

Just a note to newcomers: If there are any issues with the installation steps, people in the comments are doing a good job

	import dns from 'node:dns';
	import fetch from 'node-fetch';
	import regions from "./regions.json" assert { type: "json" };
	import fs from 'node:fs';

	const IPINFO_API_KEY = "key here";

	const loops = 15000;
	var regionscomplete = {};

	{
	"us-central":[
	{
	"ip":"138.128.140.253",
	"dns":"us-central96.discord.gg",
	"city":"Elk Grove Village",
	"region":"Illinois",
	"country":"US",
	"org":"AS49544 i3D.net B.V"
	},