Self-Hosting -- Control Panel for Mods/Plugins?
I am looking to setup my own dedicated Minecraft Java Server and am curious, are there any control panels or things like that which provide one click mod and plugin installations, similar to what the paid hosting providers offer and have already setup?
It's sort of the only thing I am having trouble finding.
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Requested by simplestaple#0
pterodactyl
Great, do they have auto-update capabilities for the mods? As in, do they pull from a repository, or do I need to manually do so whenever a new update is published?
Apologies, new to this and just trying to break free from the dedicated paid concept.
at this point, after getting the name, just go look on their website
https://pterodactyl.io/
Pterodactyl
Pterodactyl is an open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.
Wanna test moonlight?
It's a good panel but it's wip, if you want out of the box functionability I'd go with ptero
Assuming you're going through the effort of installing a panel, I assume you already have base level knowledge of reading the changelogs of mods/plugins and updating them as needed. Usually, auto-updates cause problems. A plugin/mod could update to a version no longer compatible with your server, a new or changed dependency, config breaking changes, adding new features you weren't prepared to implement or the loss of features you counted on, requiring you to update the java version, etc. so on and so forth. Best to install pterodactyl and just update the plugins or mods yourself.
Paper makes it pretty easy if you make a directory in
container/plugins called update. Slap a new verison of your plugin in there and it'll automatically replace the .jar on server restart. Mods of course you'll need to update manually, but that's pretty easy. Players are pretty understanding if you announce a brief downtime before actually stopping the server.