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 the previous page first to do that before following this guide.

Head over to your Pterodactyl panel and go to the admin side which is the button in the top right corner, a cog icon.

Go to "Servers" on the left sidebar and "Create New" on the top right.

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Core Details

Server Name is self explanatory. Call it the name of your server.

Description can be left blank but if filled in, it appears on the panel under the server name in grey:

Server Owner is the email address of the user you want to "Assign" the server to. Normally just put my name "Jasmine" and choose my email address. The user owning the server doesn't do anything in particular in the panel, just have to click the toggle switch on the client side of the panel if you assign it under you which is annoying sometimes.

Allocation Management

If you've already made your allocation, you can select it here and carry on. If not, go follow that allocation guide. If no ports are available and it's greyed out, you need to go and make one first otherwise the server can't be made.

Application Feature Limits

Remember that this is your own panel so you can set these values to be whatever you wish and even change them later with no issues.

Resource Management

As stated previously, this is your own panel, you can set the limits now and change them later on. Don't limit yourself just because you should. You can overallocate and still run your network as it should be as you brought the system, you have control!

Nest Configuration

You select which category you need and which image you want to get setup on the panel. For example, we are using the Minecraft category and the Paper egg as this is for our survival server.

This next part you can skip as these options can be changed at a later date. We would recommend scrolling to the bottom of the page and pressing "Create Server".

Docker Configuration

This will normally be a drop down with the different images you can deploy. For Minecraft, Select which Java version you need, such as 1.8 needing Java 8 and 1.20.1 needing Java 17.

Startup Command 

This is where you add your Aikar flags if need be. You can do this later in the settings of the server.

Service Variables

These are entirely dependent on the egg that you choose. For now, change them if you wish or leave them as they are, nothing will change and you can still make your server.

Head to the bottom of the page and click "Create Server".

If this fails, it will jump to the top of the page and show a warning with what's missing. In this case, the memory field was left blank, so we did 8192, 8GB of RAM.

If successful, you will see the below message.

To head to the client side of the panel, click this arrow along the top bar or click the servers icon next to your name in the top right corner.

Any questions, speak to one of the team.


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Created 11 September 2023 01:24:09 by JasmeowTheCat
Updated 8 December 2024 19:43:28 by JasmeowTheCat