I use docker alot for other servers, so i thought about creating a docker image for Avorion.
You can find the image on docker hub and on github.
Links below.
Docker hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/psykzz/avorion-docker/
Github: https://github.com/psykzz/avorion-docker
If you already know about docker, you can get started with the following one-liner.
mkdir ./data && docker run --name avorion -d -v `pwd`/data:/root/.avorion/galaxies/avorion_galaxy -p 27000:27000 -p 27000:27000/udp -p 27003:27003 -p 27003:27003/udp psykzz/avorion-docker