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Pterodactyl - An open-source game server management panel

Pterodactyl® is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users. I will admit that this one was a bit of a pain to set up, but it was worth it in the end. I’ve messed around with CubeCoders AMP before and, even though it’s a paid app, the UI is very ugly to me and I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to GUIs so I like my apps to look nice....

Dockge - An easy-to-use and reactive docker stack manager

Portainer & Yacht have been around for quite some time, but both can be a bit complex for newer users to self-hosting. Recently I came across a new manager called Dockge. This manager is still fairly new, at the time of writing this article, but is already proving to be a very useful app. Dockge was created by Louis Lam, who also created Uptime Kuma. Key Features Here’s some of the features listed on their official GitHub:...

Pterodactyl w/Cloudflare Tunnels

This is the guide I used to get everything working for me. I have had issues with the other installation types I tried, but this one got everything running nice and smooth. I do have the panel and wings running in the same LXC without issues. https://docs.agamersgrind.com/guides/pterodactyl/ Prerequisites Panel machine Docker and compose installed 1 machine to install the Wings node on (can be the same as the panel machine) You can create multiple node machines Docker and Compose installed A high performance, well spec’d machine; Lots of RAM High single thread passmark CPUs SSD storage A Domain that’s managed by Cloudflare A Cloudflare Tunnel A Cloudflare DDNS container with proxy turned off (this address will be your game server IP....

Why you should self host

Why should you? The main reason for self-hosting is the freedom. I can pick and choose what kind of services I want and how I want to use them without some company telling me what features I need or don’t need. There are tons of different applications I can use for various purposes, all I have to do is find the one I like and get it running. Isn’t it hard?...