Just need general help with setting up my server. Pterodactyl - Ubuntu 24.04 - Oracle VM.
I am going to have many questions, my first question is that ive followed this page https://pterodactyl.io/panel/1.0/getting_started.html#download-files
I am trying to put in the command:
CREATE USER 'pterodactyl'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourPassword';
And im getting back:
CREATE: command not found
ANy ideas on why thats happening, or what I missed in the earlier steps?Getting Started | Pterodactyl
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Are you typing that command in your sql console?
After doing either
mysql -u root -p or mariadb -u root -p, depending if you picked MariaDB or MySQL as your SQL serverI tried both and they are both asking for a password, I cant type anything and if I jsut hit enter, it denys access
I thought I was setting up mariaDB
You've already attempted to run an install script on this machine, right?
Yes
Likely it setup a database, with a password
We don't know which database, nor what the password is, so that puts you in a unfortunate position
OK, so what can I do to fix that?
Either restarting the database in authless mode, so you can update the password for the default user
Or starting from scratch and follow the steps on the guide 1 for 1, rather than trying to pickup from the failed install script
(I'd recommend the latter)
how does oen start from scratch, are you saying like create a completely new VM?
Reinstall the OS, or recreate the VM, yeah
dang, ok.
You can continue from here, but realistically, if you don't know how things have been setup by the script
It's mostly going to be figuring stuff out, rather than just setting it up
Ok
Rebuilt it all and it worked!
:CHEERGIF:
how do I find the .env encryption key to back up?
it's in /var/www/pterodactyl/.env
ok
thanks
so just nano or cat it
im just gonna pretend to understand! gonna go google some stuff so you dont have to explain it.
nano /var/www/pterodactyl/.env or cat /var/www/pterodactyl/.env
to see the contents
and then copy the keycool π
I don't see the key in there
Should be
APP_KEYjust blank for me, ill try cat.
it may be .env or .ENV
I can't remember
Ok, ill try some variations
yep it was lowercase
ok I got another q (sorry im getting cautious cause I dont want to restart eveything again) with
php artisan p:environment:setup it asks for an email, should I put an email of mine in or am I supposed to do something differnt...So this is what would appear for password reset/server creation emails
The next step will ask you to configure the provider
by default it uses php's built in send mail function
Which will go to spam if you don't own the domain and have the right spf records
You can also just use a gmail address and gmail SMTP details
Ok, are you saying that emails would be sent to this email? or from?
from
I see, so would this only matter if I was selling services? maybe im not understanding here...
Like if I was setting up servers for others.
It will still be used for password reset emails
or emails when servers have finished being created+installed
Oh wait, i think i understand, so in order for me to get emails about the server, I need to set up an email that those emails will come from. so in that case I should make a new gmail just for this?
Would be easier to just use a "[email protected]"
But you could create a gmail and use its SMTP details
I do have a domain, but no email set up for it, is that an issue?
No, because it will use PHP's built in mail function
cool, so ill just do this!
btw you can use
mariadb -u root without a pass
same for mysqloh ok, well I ended up completely restarting from scratch and that fixed it
that also works
but now I actually have a new problem: when i type
php artisan migrate --seed --force I get two responses in red:
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'pterodactyl'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (Connection: mysql, S
QL: select table_name as name, (data_length + index_length) as size, table_comment as comment, engine as eng
ine, table_collation as collation from information_schema.tables where table_schema = 'panel' and table_type in
('BASE TABLE', 'SYSTEM VERSIONED') order by table_name)
AND
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'pterodactyl'@'localhost' (using password: YES)you entered a wrong pass
to mysql
I typed it right, but I didnt reply yes to the username, should I have done that?
well i havent installed ptero for a long time so cant help here
Aftewr going through
php artisan p:environment:database It asked if i wanted to change mySQL password, when i typed yes, it gives me and option but It wont let me type anything
okinstead of *** like on websites linux doesnt show anything
but it is there
when you say it doesn't let you type anything, do you mean that you are prompted but whatever you type doesn't show up on screen?
yes
Oh wait I see
Because that's normal behavior. It's intended to block your password from being displayed
Just type whatever you want for your password and then hit enter
haha i have no clue wth is happening at this point, been workin gon this for horus π«¨
got it
that fixed it!
glad I could helpπ
for
php artisan p:user:make should I use email I want to use for ptero account?
or the previous php mail sending oneif you not gonna use emails system just put anything
no I already passed that, this is for making a user
new problem:
[ Error writing /etc/systemd/system/pteroq.service: Permission denied ]
Nevermind fixed it.