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Server install guide from here. Config info from here.

Note: Default port is 21025.

Install

At the shell: 

sudo apt-get install lib32gcc1 libpng12-0
cd /path/to/starbound
mkdir steamcmd
cd steamcmd
wget http://media.steampowered.com/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
tar zxvf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
chmod +x steamcmd.sh
./steamcmd.sh

In steamcmd. WARNING Password will echo when logging in! 

> login USERNAME
> force_install_dir ..
> app_update 211820
> exit

Configure

Back at the shell: 

cd /path/to/starbound/linux64
./starbound_server

Ctrl+C to exit.

This creates the default config file in starbound/starbound.config, JSON style. Key things to change: 

"serverName" : "WHATEVER",
"serverPasswords" : [ "SERVER_PASSWORD" ],

Script

Server launch script go: 

cd linux64
./starbound_server

Server update script update: 

cd steamcmd
./steamcmd.sh  +login StabbyMcDamage  +force_install_dir ..  +app_update 211820  +exit