Pterodactyl Panel

LXC: game panel (CT 400) - web frontend for managing game servers.

Instance

Setting	Value
Port	80 (Apache)
Panel dir	/opt/pterodactyl-panel/ (symlink → /data/panel)
PHP	8.4-FPM
Web server	Apache2
URL	https://game-panel.home.example.com (user-facing, :443)
Tailscale	http://<panel-ts-ip>
Managed as	Komodo Periphery binary (no Docker)

CT 400 runs Apache + PHP directly (no Docker). Komodo manages the binary Periphery agent only.

Database

Setting	Value
Engine	MariaDB
Data dir	/data/mysql/ (bind-mounted from host)
Ownership	999:999 (MySQL container UID)

Bind Mount Ownership

Path	Owner	Notes
/data/panel/	33:33 (www-data)	Panel application files
/data/mysql/	999:999	MariaDB data directory

Permission Requirements

1. php artisan commands must run as www-data - running as root creates root-owned cache files that break the web server
2. Bind-mounted files cannot be edited with tools that use atomic rename (e.g. sed -i) - edit in-place
3. After reinstall: re-run php artisan key:generate and php artisan p:environment:setup
4. After composer update: run php artisan optimize:clear as www-data
5. .env must be owned www-data:www-data with mode 640

Traefik Route

stacks/game-panel/traefik-route.yml on CT 100.

Key Takeaways

• Panel artisan commands always as www-data: sudo -u www-data php artisan <cmd>
• Database bind mount ownership is 999:999 - not the CT 400 idmap scheme
• CT 400 onboot = no - start manually when needed