Pterodactyl is a free, open-source, Docker-based game server management panel. This guide walks you through a complete, production-ready installation on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — covering PHP 8.3, MariaDB, Redis, Nginx, Let's Encrypt SSL, and the Wings daemon.
Requirements
Running Pterodactyl on shared hosting or a low-resource VPS will result in instability under load.
- OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- CPU: 4+ cores recommended
- RAM: 8 GB+ recommended
- Storage: 100 GB+ NVMe SSD recommended
- PHP: PHP 8.3 (PHP 8.1 is not supported by Panel 1.11+)
Step 1 — Update the System
Run all commands as root.
bash
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y curl wget git unzip tar software-properties-common apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg lsb-release
