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Pterodactyl Wings

Pterodactyl Wings

Pterodactyl Wings is the daemon node for Pterodactyl. Runs game server containers on each host machine in a panel-managed cluster. Pair with Pterodactyl Panel on a separate VPS for distributed game-hosting across multiple servers.

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Active installs

Version Latest OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4,IPV6

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

Activating Wings

If wings.service is failing to start, it will typically activate successfully once it has been fully configured.

Use the generated token (Panel → Admin → Nodes → Select Node → Configuration → Auto-Deploy → Generate Token) to configure Wings.

Once configuration is done, restart Wings:

sudo systemctl restart wings

Service Status

Check whether Wings is running:

systemctl status wings

 Check Docker status:

systemctl status docker

Configuration File

  • Wings requires a configuration file: /etc/pterodactyl/config.yml
  • You must download it from your Pterodactyl Panel after creating a node.

Important Paths

  • Wings binary: /usr/local/bin/wings
  • Configuration directory: /etc/pterodactyl
  • Logs: journalctl -u wings -f

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