Updating your Pterodactyl VPS

Hello 👋

In this guide, you will learn how to update your Pterodactyl VPS easily and securely.
This will allow you to take advantage of the latest features, bug fixes, and security updates.

This tutorial applies to our Pterodactyl VPS, built to host your game servers with this panel.

1. 🔒 Back up before updating

1. Connect to your VPS via SSH.
2. Back up the Pterodactyl panel database:

   mysqldump -u root -p panel > panel_backup.sql
   

3. Also back up the panel files:

   tar -czvf /root/pterodactyl_backup.tar.gz /var/www/pterodactyl
   

2. ⚙️ Update the Pterodactyl panel

1. Access the panel folder:

   cd /var/www/pterodactyl
   

2. Download and install the latest version:

   php artisan down
   curl -L https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/latest/download/panel.tar.gz | tar -xzv
   composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
   php artisan view:clear && php artisan config:clear
   php artisan migrate --seed --force
   php artisan up
   

3. 🚀 Update Wings (the nodes)

1. Download the latest version of Wings:

   cd /usr/local/bin
   curl -L -o wings https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/latest/download/wings_linux_amd64
   chmod +x wings
   

2. Restart Wings:

   systemctl restart wings
   

4. ✅ Checks after updating

• Log in to the panel's web interface to check that everything is working correctly.
• Also check the Wings logs in real time:

journalctl -u wings -f

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