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title: Configuring your Factorio Server (server-settings.json)
description: "Learn how to configure your Factorio server's details hosted with Nodecraft, such as your server's name, description, and password."
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/factorio/configuring-your-factorio-server-server-settings-json"
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updated: "2023-03-31T16:19:58.000Z"
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# Configuring your Factorio Server (server-settings.json)

Learn how to configure your Factorio server's details hosted with Nodecraft, such as your server's name, description, and password.

There are a handful of different files that control different aspects of your Factorio server. The most basic one is the `server-settings.json` file.

This file controls settings such as the server's name, description, password, maximum players, and a few other settings.

## Nodepanel

Here at Nodecraft, we provide a control panel that you can use to directly edit this file.

Click on `Game Settings`  on the left-hand side, then there will then be several other tabs near the top to access different settings.

Just be sure to `Restart` your server after making any changes.

### Basic Settings

The Basic Settings tab of the panel is pretty simple. Here you can set your server's Name, Description, and joining Password.

![A view of the Basic Settings tab within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1129x439/9b18e1c628/basic-settings.png/m/1000x0/smart)

### Auth Token

The Auth Token tab is where you provide your [factorio.com](http://factorio.com) login credentials, which are required for servers to be published on the official Factorio matching server.

We have a separate article on [how you can find your credentials](https://nodecraft.com/support/games/factorio/how-to-use-an-api-key-for-your-factorio-server).

![A view of the Auth Token tab within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1135x518/6354794e7e/auth-token.png/m/1000x0/smart)

### Admin Settings

The Admin Settings tab is where you can set who can use commands, who can pause the game, and add players to be admin.

![A view of the Admin Settings tab within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1136x406/25703cf214/admin-tab.png/m/1000x0/smart)

### Player Settings

The Player Settings tab configures how many players are allowed on the server, enables the Allowlist, and the AFK autokick.

![A view of the Player Settings tab within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1137x534/2880d9a7ac/player-settings.png/m/1000x0/smart)

### Advanced

The Advanced tab is where you can find how to adjust the Autosave interval, RCON port and password, add command-line arguments to the Startup Arguments field, and a few other settings.

![A view of the Advanced settings tab within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1135x856/f3e49d78ca/advanced-tab.png/m/1000x0/smart)

## Editing the `server-settings.json` File Directly

You can also directly edit the file that controls all of these settings if you wish within the `File Manager`  of the panel.

You can find this file in the `/data` folder. Select the file and click the `Edit` button.

![A view of the server-settings.json file location within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1136x658/f0ea6206dd/server-settingsjson-file-location.png/m/1000x0/smart)![A view of the server-settings.json file contents within Nodepanel for Factorio](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1138x574/50e20ddab1/server-settingsjson-contents.png/m/1000x0/smart)

Make any changes you wish, `Save` and then be sure to `Restart` your server for any changes you've made to apply.