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Pterodactyl Guides

Need some assistance managing your game panel? Follow these pages for assistance on a variety of topics.

Pterodactyl Terminology - What Do The Terms Mean?

Sometimes the panel can be really confusing when understanding the terminology, so I have include...

Typical Pterodactyl Errors In Console & Solving Them

"Unable to access jarfile xxx.jar" Use. Common. Sense. This is the most irritating one we get as...

Getting A Containers UUID

When asking for support and your panel contains more than one server, it speeds up our assistance...

Moving Files & Folders Around The Container

Pterodactyl does not have documentation on moving files and folders around the container you are ...

Adding Additional Ports To Your Pterodactyl Nodes

Head over to your Pterodactyl panel and go to the admin side which is the button in the top right...

Creating A New Server Container On The Panel

To make a new server, you first need to make the allocation for it if you haven't already. Read t...

Adding A Server To Your Proxy

When using BungeeCord or Velocity, you will need to connect your internal servers to your Proxy s...

Configuring A Standalone Plugin To Access A MySQL/MariaDB Database

Plugins such as CoreProtect, GadgetsMenu and more ideally should have their information stored in...

Configuring Centralised Plugins For Linked Database Access

Plugins such as LiteBans and LuckPerms need to use the same database to communicate their informa...

IP Aliasing On Your Panel For Staff Members

If you run a Minecraft network where you have additional staff such as moderators, administrators...

Updating CPU, Disk, RAM & Startup Parameters For A Container

Updating values for your containers so they have more CPU for starting up or running, more RAM fo...

Using Schedules On The Panel For Restarts & Events

Head to your panel and click on the server that you need to make the schedule for then click on t...

Being An Owner Of A Server & How To Change

In Pterodactyl, you may notice that servers are owned by you or another individual, such as one o...

Problems With Plugins Accessing Databases

If you get an error like the below with your plugins connecting to databases: Remember, all plug...

Inviting Additional Staff Members To Your Control Panel

For additional staff such as Developers and Administrators, you can invite them to each server wi...

Changing Docker Containers Images For Your Servers

Pterodactyl runs all servers in containers using software called Docker. Docker uses a system cal...

Adding New Games & Services To Pterodactyl With Nests

Go to your panel and head to the admin side. Click "Nests" bottom left. You will see the fo...

Advanced Procedures & Issue Diagnostics

Contains advanced documentation and solutions to issues for your panel not commonly needed.