In this guide, I will guide you on how to update your Pterodactyl panel to the latest version.
If you don't have a Pterodactyl, you can check out the instructions for it here.
You can check if your panel is on the latest version in the overview section of the panel's admin area.
Updating the panel
In order to update the panel we need to go to the folder where you downloaded the panel.
cd /var/www/pterodactyl
And then turn off the panel.
php artisan down
Downloading the latest version.
curl -L https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/latest/download/panel.tar.gz | tar -xzv
Then you need to give permissions to the necessary folders.
chmod -R 755 storage/* bootstrap/cache
Then, if necessary, download a new PHP version. The current Pterodactyl version is compatible with PHP 8.3, so we'll download that.
add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
apt -y update
apt -y install php8.3 php8.3-{cli,gd,mysql,common,mbstring,tokenizer,bcmath,xml,fpm,curl,zip}
Change Nginx settings to work with PHP 8.3.
sed -i -e 's/php[7|8].[0-9]-fpm.sock/php8.3-fpm.sock/' /etc/nginx/sites-available/pterodactyl.conf
systemctl reload nginx
Use Composer to download the latest dependencies.
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Clear old settings from the cache.
php artisan view:clear
php artisan config:clear
Database update.
php artisan migrate --seed --force
Set permissions.
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/pterodactyl/*
Restart queue workers.
php artisan queue:restart
Start the panel.
php artisan up
Then you should be back in the panel where you can check the version.
Updating Wings
You can see what version Wings is on by typing this command
wings version
Shut down Wings before updating.
systemctl stop wings
Download the latest version of Wings with this command.
curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/wings "https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/latest/download/wings_linux_$([[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]] && echo "amd64" || echo "arm64")"
Give execute permissions to the file.
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wings
Restart Wings.
systemctl restart wings
You have now successfully updated the Pterodactyl panel.
