# Enterprise Linux 8 and Fedora Server 40

This guide provides comprehensive instructions for installing Pterodactyl v1.X on CentOS 8, Rocky Linux 8, AlmaLinux 8, and Fedora Server 40, including all dependencies.

Install Dependencies
- SELinux Configuration
- Installing Dependencies
PHP Configuration
Installing the Panel

# Install Dependencies

# SELinux Configuration

If SELinux is enabled (check with sestatus), install the following packages:

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

# Installing Dependencies

Run the following commands to install all necessary dependencies:

# Update system
sudo dnf update -y

# Install EPEL and Remi repository
sudo dnf install -y epel-release
# Add additional repositories for PHP (Enterprise Linux 8)
sudo dnf install -y https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
# Add additional repositories for PHP (Fedora Server 40)
sudo dnf install -y https://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-40.rpm

# Enable PHP 8.3 from Remi
sudo dnf module reset php
sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.3 -y

# Install dependencies
sudo dnf install -y php php-{common,cli,gd,mysql,mbstring,bcmath,xml,fpm,curl,zip} mariadb mariadb-server nginx redis zip unzip tar

# Start and enable services
sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb nginx redis

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent 
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Install Composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

# PHP Configuration

Create a new PHP-FPM configuration file in /etc/php-fpm.d/www-pterodactyl.conf:

[pterodactyl]

user = nginx
group = nginx

listen = /var/run/php-fpm/pterodactyl.sock
listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx
listen.mode = 0750

pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 9
pm.process_idle_timeout = 10s
pm.max_requests = 200

Start and enable PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm

# Installing the Panel

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

TIP

You will need to change the fastcgi_pass path in the Nginx configuration to /var/run/php-fpm/pterodactyl.sock