How to Install Pterodactyl on Alpine Linux Latest

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel that enables you to manage your game servers quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Pterodactyl on Alpine Linux latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server running Alpine Linux latest.
• SSH access to your server with root privileges.

Step 1 - Installing Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required by Pterodactyl. To do this, run the following command:

apk add --no-cache curl tar gzip unzip git sqlite sqlite-dev openssl-dev mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-dev gcc g++ make nodejs npm

This command will install all the required packages on your system.

Step 2 - Installing Docker

To run Pterodactyl, we need to install Docker on our system. To do so, we can use the following command:

apk add --no-cache docker

After installing Docker, start the Docker service and enable it to start automatically at boot time:

rc-update add docker boot
service docker start

Step 3 - Installing the Pterodactyl Daemon

The Pterodactyl Daemon is responsible for executing commands for game servers. To install it, run the following commands:

mkdir -p /srv/daemon && cd /srv/daemon
curl -Lo daemon.tar.gz https://github.com/pterodactyl/daemon/releases/latest/download/daemon.tar.gz
tar --strip-components=1 -xzvf daemon.tar.gz
npm install --only=production

This will download and install the Pterodactyl Daemon on your system.

Step 4 - Installing the Pterodactyl Panel

Next, we will install the Pterodactyl Panel, which is a web-based user interface for managing game servers.

Create a new directory for the panel and change to that directory:

mkdir -p /var/www/pterodactyl && cd /var/www/pterodactyl

Download the latest panel release:

curl -Lo panel.tar.gz https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/latest/download/panel.tar.gz
tar --strip-components=1 -xzvf panel.tar.gz

Install the panel dependencies:

npm install --only=production

At this point, the Pterodactyl Panel is installed.

Step 5 - Configuring MariaDB

To use Pterodactyl Panel, we need to configure the MariaDB database.

Start the MariaDB service and enable it to start automatically at boot:

rc-update add mariadb boot
service mariadb start

Next, login to the MariaDB shell as the root user:

mysql -u root

Create a new database and user:

CREATE DATABASE panel;
CREATE USER 'panel'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON panel.* TO 'panel'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace your_password_here with a strong password.

Step 6 - Configuring the .env File

The .env file contains the configuration settings for the Pterodactyl Panel. To configure it, run the following command:

cp .env.example .env

Then, edit the .env file with your preferred text editor:

nano .env

Update the following settings:

APP_URL=https://yourdomain.com
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=panel
DB_USERNAME=panel
DB_PASSWORD=your_password_here

Replace https://yourdomain.com with your domain name or server IP address.

Step 7 - Running the Pterodactyl Installation Wizard

Finally, we can run the Pterodactyl installation wizard. To do so, run the following command:

php artisan pterodactyl:install

Follow the prompt to complete the installation.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Pterodactyl on Alpine Linux latest. You can now start configuring your game servers and managing them through the Pterodactyl Panel.

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