Upgrading 0.7 to 0.8

::: danger Not for Production Use Pterodactyl 0.8 is currently unstable and missing significant features. Do not use this software on a production system. Significant changes can still occur, and it has not been properly vetted by the team for security and integrity. :::

Fetch Updated Files

The first step in the update process is to download the new panel files from Github. The command below will download the release archive for the most recent version of Pterodactyl and save it in the current directory. Now is a good time to ensure that you're in the /var/www/pterodactyl directory as the command below will automatically unpack in whatever directory you are currently in.

curl -L https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/download/v0.8.0-alpha.2/panel.tar.gz | tar --strip-components=1 -xzv

Once all of the files are downloaded we need to set the correct permissions on the cache and storage directories to avoid any webserver related errors.

chmod -R 755 storage/* bootstrap/cache

Clear Compiled Assets

You'll need to clear the template cache to ensure users get the most recent templates.

php artisan view:clear

Update Dependencies

After you've downloaded all of the new files you will need to upgrade the core components of the panel. To do this, simply run the commands below and follow any prompts.

composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Database Updates

::: warning Running db:seed below will overwrite any changes you made to core Pterodactyl Nests, Eggs, or Egg Variables! This is unavoidable, and this seeder must be run. To avoid this in the future, please create custom nests, or create custom eggs for game variations. :::

php artisan migrate --force
php artisan db:seed --force

Set Permissions

The last step is to set the proper owner of the files to be the user that runs your webserver. In most cases this is www-data but can vary from system to system — sometimes being nginx, apache, or even nobody.

# If using NGINX or Apache (not on CentOS):
chown -R www-data:www-data * 

# If using NGINX on CentOS:
chown -R nginx:nginx *

# If using Apache on CentOS
chown -R apache:apache *

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