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- Pterodactyl Panel: complete installation on your own VPSInstall Pterodactyl Panel on Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 13: PHP 8.3, MariaDB, Redis, Nginx with HTTPS, the queue worker, cron and the first admin. Every step and option explained.
- Pterodactyl Wings: adding a node, allocations and your first serverInstall Wings and Docker, add a node in the Panel, set up the certificate, ports, allocations and firewall, and create your first game server. Every form field explained.
- Databases for game servers in Pterodactyl (database host)Set up MariaDB so game servers in Pterodactyl can create their own databases for plugins: a Panel account, bind-address, the firewall and a Database Host in the Panel.
- MariaDB on a VPS: installation, security, users and remote accessInstall MariaDB in one click in the customer area or by hand, secure it, create a database and a user, and connect to it safely from your computer through an SSH tunnel.
- Website on a VPS: Nginx and a Let's Encrypt certificate (HTTPS)Install Nginx, serve a static website or set up a reverse proxy for an app (Node.js and others), and get a free Let's Encrypt certificate that renews automatically.
- Docker and Docker Compose on a VPS: installation and your first appInstall Docker from the official repository, run WordPress with MariaDB using Docker Compose, and learn how to manage, update, back up and firewall your containers.
- VPS backups: what we back up and how to make your ownHow automatic VPS backups in the customer area work and when to restore them. Plus how to set up your own file and database backups with cron, rsync or restic following the 3-2-1 rule.
- Run an app 24/7 on a VPS: systemd service (Node.js, Python, Java)Run an app or bot on your VPS as a systemd service: it runs in the background, restarts after a crash and after a VPS reboot, logs to the journal and keeps secrets out of the code.
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