How to Add Admins on Your Factorio Server

How to grant admin permissions and use admin commands on your Factorio dedicated server.

Adding Admins

/promote PlayerName

Create/edit server-adminlist.json:

["admin_username1", "admin_username2"]

Uses factorio.com usernames (not Steam names).

/whitelist add PlayerName
/whitelist remove PlayerName
/whitelist get

/config set afk-auto-kick 30
/config set max-players 20
/config get max-players

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