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CentOS 8, Rocky Linux 8, AlmaLinux 8

In this guide we will install Pterodactyl v1.X — including all of it's dependencies — and configure our webserver to serve it using SSL.

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::: tip This guide is based off the official installation documentation but is tailored specifically for Enterprise Linux 8. :::

Install Requirements and Additional Utilities

We will install all of Pterodactyl's required dependencies and a few aditional utilities.

::: tip If you run sestatus and it shows SELinux status: enabled you should install the following packages for later :::

SELinux tools

dnf install -y policycoreutils selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted setroubleshoot-server setools setools-console mcstrans

MariaDB

dnf install -y mariadb mariadb-server

## Start maraidb
systemctl start mariadb
systemctl enable mariadb

PHP 8.0

We recommend the remi repo to get the latest php packages.

## Install Repos (If on Fedora Server 37, skip the "Install Repos" step and instead install php-process with "dnf install php-process". Then, continue at the "Get dnf updates" step.)
dnf install epel-release
dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
dnf module enable php:remi-8.0

## Get dnf updates
dnf update -y

## Install PHP 8.0
dnf install -y php php-{common,fpm,cli,json,mysqlnd,gd,mbstring,pdo,zip,bcmath,dom,opcache}

Composer

dnf install -y zip unzip tar # Required for Composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Install Utility Packages

Nginx

dnf install -y nginx

firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent 
firewall-cmd --reload

Redis

dnf install -y redis

systemctl start redis
systemctl enable redis

SELinux commands

The following command will allow nginx to work with redis and

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1
setsebool -P httpd_execmem 1
setsebool -P httpd_unified 1

Server Configuration

This following section covers the configuration of parts of the server to run the panel.

Configuring MariaDB

The fastest way to set up mariadb is to use the mysql_secure_installation command and follow prompts

mysql_secure_installation

The following are safe defaults.

Change to your own secure password
Set root password? [Y/n] Y

Get rid of users that could access the db by default
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y

Keep root off the external interfaces
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y

Extra databases that aren't needed
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y

Clears and sets all the changes made
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y

All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB
installation should now be secure.

Adding MariaDB user

To add your first user to the database, see our tutorial on setting up MySQL.

Setup PHP

Place the contents below in a file inside the /etc/php-fpm.d folder. The file can be named anything, but a good standard is www-pterodactyl.conf. This config will match the nginx config later in the guide.

<<< @/.snippets/php-fpm/pterodactyl-centos.conf

Start and enable php-fpm on the system.

systemctl enable php-fpm
systemctl start php-fpm

Nginx

Please check our tutorial on generating SSL certificates for more information.

SSL Configuration

<<< @/.snippets/webservers/nginx-centos.conf{5,11,26-27}

Redis Setup

The default Redis install is perfectly fine for the panel. If you have Redis already in use you may want to look into running another Redis instance.

Installing the Panel

Excellent, we now have all of the required dependencies installed and configured. From here, follow the official Panel installation documentation.