Pterodactyl Server Setup

The Problem

A small gaming community wanted to run multiple game servers from a single VPS but had no experience with server panels, reverse proxies, or Linux administration.

The Outcome

Configured Pterodactyl panel on a Hetzner VPS with nginx reverse proxy, SSL, and three game server instances. Owner can create and manage servers through the web UI without SSH access.

Evidence

Tech Stack

• Pterodactyl
• Ubuntu 22.04
• nginx
• Certbot