🔥 How to Install Pterodactyl Panel + Wings on Ubuntu (2026) | Easy Complete VPS Setup Guide

🚀 *How to Install the Latest Pterodactyl Panel + Wings on Ubuntu (2026)* In this video, I'll show you how to install the latest *Pterodactyl Panel + Wings* on an *Ubuntu VPS* using the easiest installation method. This guide is perfect for beginners and covers the complete setup, including **Nginx, MariaDB, Docker, Wings, Let's Encrypt SSL, and creating your first node**. Whether you're hosting **Minecraft, FiveM, CS2, Rust, Palworld**, or any other supported game server, this tutorial will help you get your panel up and running quickly. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 *What You'll Learn* ✅ Update Ubuntu VPS ✅ Install Pterodactyl Panel ✅ Install Wings ✅ Configure Nginx ✅ Enable Free SSL (Let's Encrypt) ✅ Create Your First Node ✅ Configure Wings ✅ Start Wings Service ✅ Login to Your Panel ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📖 Installation Steps STEP 1 – Update Ubuntu apt update && apt upgrade -y STEP 2 – Install Curl apt install -y curl STEP 3 – Download the Installer bash followed by the Pterodactyl installer command (see pinned comment). STEP 4 – Select Installation Choose: 2 - Panel + Wings STEP 5 – Installer Configuration Press *Enter* three times for the default values. Then enter: • Domain • Point your domain to your VPS IP in Cloudflare DNS • Email • Username • First Name • Last Name • Password • Timezone Select the following options: Automatically configure UFW? N Configure HTTPS (Let's Encrypt)? Y Assume SSL? Y Agree to HTTPS request? Y Anonymous telemetry? No Continue installation? Y Proceed to Wings installation? Y Configure UFW for Wings? Y Configure database host? Y Allow external MySQL? Y Leave hostname blank (Press Enter) Allow incoming port 3306? Y Configure HTTPS for Wings? Y Create your Node subdomain in Cloudflare Agree to HTTPS request? Y Use these options: • Database: Yes • Nginx: Yes • SSL: Yes (If using a domain) STEP 6 – Finish Installation Wait until the installation completes. Open your panel: https://yourdomain.com Example: https://host.codexcloud.fun Log in using the administrator account you created. STEP 7 – Create a Location Admin → Locations → Create Location STEP 8 – Create a Node Admin → Nodes → Create Node Fill in: • Node Name • FQDN • Location Click **Save**. STEP 9 – Copy Wings Configuration Open the Node. Go to: Configuration Copy the generated Wings configuration. STEP 10 – Create the Wings Configuration File mkdir -p /etc/pterodactyl nano /etc/pterodactyl/config.yml Paste the configuration. Save with: CTRL + O ENTER CTRL + X STEP 11 – Start Wings systemctl enable wings systemctl restart wings systemctl status wings If everything is working correctly, your node should show *Connected* in the Pterodactyl Panel. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💙 *If this tutorial helped you:* 👍 Like the video 💬 Comment if you have any questions. 🔔 Subscribe for more tutorials on Pterodactyl, Linux, Ubuntu, VPS, Docker, FiveM, Minecraft, CS2, Rust, game server hosting, and self-hosting. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏷️ *Keywords* Pterodactyl Panel, Pterodactyl Wings, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu VPS, Linux VPS, Docker, Nginx, MariaDB, Let's Encrypt SSL, Game Hosting, Minecraft Server, FiveM Server, CS2 Server, Rust Server, Palworld Server, Self Hosting, VPS Tutorial, Pterodactyl Install 2026. #Pterodactyl #PterodactylPanel #Wings #Ubuntu2404 #Ubuntu #Linux #VPS #Docker #MariaDB #Nginx #LetsEncrypt #GameHosting #Minecraft #FiveM #CS2 #Rust #Palworld #ServerHosting #Tutorial #2026