PufferPanel is a web-based game server management panel. It allows users to easily manage, configure and deploy game servers from a single control panel. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install PufferPanel on NixOS Latest.
Before we start, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -u
sudo nix-env -i apache
sudo systemctl enable apache
sudo nix-env -i php php-fpm
sudo nix-env -i mariadb
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE pufferpanel;
CREATE USER pufferpaneluser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<yourpassword>';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pufferpanel.* TO pufferpaneluser@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;
wget https://git.io/fNRxB -O pufferpanel.tar.gz
tar -xzf pufferpanel.tar.gz
cd PufferPanel
sudo ./pufferpanel install
sudo systemctl start pufferpanel
sudo systemctl start pufferpanel-web
http://your-server-ip-address:8080
in your web browser. You will be prompted to log in to the PufferPanel web interface using the admin credentials set during installation.In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install and set up PufferPanel on NixOS. You can now log in to the PufferPanel dashboard and start configuring and deploying game servers.
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