# Installing Wings
Wings is the next generation server control plane from Pterodactyl. It has been rebuilt from the ground up using Go and lessons learned from our first Nodejs Daemon.
WARNING
You should only install Wings if you are running Pterodactyl 1.0. Do not install this software for previous versions of Pterodactyl.
# Supported Systems
| Operating System | Version | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 18.04 | ✅ | Documentation written assuming Ubuntu 18.04 as the base OS. |
| 20.04 | ✅ | ||
| CentOS | 7 | ✅ | |
| 8 | ✅ | ||
| Debian | 9 | ✅ | |
| 10 | ✅ |
# System Requirements
In order to run Wings you will need a system capable of running Docker containers. Most VPS and almost all dedicated servers should be capable of running Docker, but there are edge cases.
If your provider makes use of Virtuozzo, OpenVZ (or OVZ), or LXC then you will most likely be unable to
run Wings. If you are unsure what your host is using there are a couple of options. The easiest is to check
their website, or reach out to their support team.
If you want to take a different approach, try using lscpu and checking what the virtualization type listed is. An
example of this is shown below which shows my hypervisor running with full virtualization — this means it will
support Docker without issues. If you see KVM for the vendor, chances are you're fine as well.
[email protected]:~$ lscpu | grep 'vendor\|type'
Hypervisor vendor: VMware
Virtualization type: full
If that doesn't work for some reason, or you're still unsure, you can also run the command below and as long as it
doesn't report Xen or LXC you're probably okay to continue.
[email protected]:~$ sudo dmidecode -s system-manufacturer
VMware, Inc.
# Dependencies
- curl
- Docker
# Installing Docker
For a quick install of Docker CE, you can execute the command below:
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | CHANNEL=stable bash
If you would rather do a manual installation, please reference the official Docker documentation for how to install Docker CE on your server. Some quick links are listed below for commonly supported systems.
Check your Kernel
Please be aware that some hosts install a modified kernel that does not support important docker features. Please
check your kernel by running uname -r. If your kernel ends in -xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 or -xxxx-mod-std-ipv6-64 you're
probably using a non-supported kernel. Check our Kernel Modifications guide for details.
# Start Docker on Boot
If you are on an operating system with systemd (Ubuntu 16+, Debian 8+, CentOS 7+) run the command below to have Docker start when you boot your machine.
systemctl enable --now docker
# Enabling Swap
On most systems, docker will be unable to setup swap space, you can check if this is the case by running docker info.
If it outputs WARNING: No swap limit support near the bottom, this is the case. Enabling swap is completely optional,
but we recommended doing it if you will be hosting for others, and to prevent OOM errors.
To do so, open /etc/default/grub as a root user, and find the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Make
sure the line includes swapaccount=1.
After doing that, simply run sudo update-grub followed by sudo reboot to restart the server and have swap enabled.
Below is an example of what the line should look like, do not copy this line verbatium, it often has additional
OS specific parameters.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="swapaccount=1"
# Installing Wings
The first step for installing Wings is to make sure we have the required directory structure setup. To do so, run the commands below which will create the base directory and download the wings executable.
mkdir -p /etc/pterodactyl
curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/wings https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/download/v1.0.0-rc.6/wings_linux_amd64
chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/wings
OVH/SYS Servers
If you are using a server provided by OVH or SoYouStart please be aware that your main drive space is probably allocated to
/home, and not / by default. Please consider using /home/daemon-data for server data. This can be easily
set when creating the node.
# Configure
Once you have installed Wings and required components, the next step is to create a node on your installed Panel Once you have done that there will be a tab called Configuration when you view the node.
Simply copy and paste the code block and paste it into a file called config.yml in /etc/pterodactyl and save it.
# Starting Wings
To start Wings, simply move into the Wings directory and run the command below which will start it in
foreground mode. Once you are done, use CTRL+C to terminate the process. Depending on your server's internet connection
pulling and starting Wings for the first time may take a few minutes.
sudo wings --debug
You may optionally add the --debug flag to run Wings in debug mode.
# Daemonizing (using systemd)
Running Wings in the background is a simple task, just make sure that it runs without errors before doing
this. Place the contents below in a file called wings.service in the /etc/systemd/system directory.
[Unit]
Description=Pterodactyl Wings Daemon
After=docker.service
[Service]
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/etc/pterodactyl
LimitNOFILE=4096
PIDFile=/var/run/wings/daemon.pid
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/wings
Restart=on-failure
StartLimitInterval=600
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then, run the commands below to reload systemd and start Wings.
systemctl enable --now wings