Game Servers

Game Servers are game server instances running inside the Pterodactyl Panel. The panel gives you everything you need to manage your server from your browser, without needing to install a control application on your computer.

This makes Game Servers cheaper to run and easier to operate than a full virtual machine. Since the panel is accessible from any browser, you can check your server and fix issues while you are away from your computer.

What this section covers

The Game Servers documentation covers the tools available in the panel, including:

• Scheduled Tasks: Schedule commands, restarts, and other actions without configuring an external script or software. For FiveM, this means you can schedule a restart directly in the panel instead of setting it up through txAdmin.
• Resource monitoring: Closely monitor your server's CPU, memory, disk, and network usage so you can understand its current needs.
• Databases: Create and manage databases from the panel without installing or configuring XAMPP.
• User access: Add other users to your server without sharing your password. You can assign fine-grained permissions to control what each user can access and change.
• Backups: Create and manage server backups from the panel, giving you a way to preserve important files and restore them when needed.
• Audit logs: Review who started, stopped, or restarted the server, sent a command, or edited a file.

You can read more about each feature in Scheduled Tasks, Databases, Users Management, and Backups.

Development limitations

Game Servers can be used for development, but they are not a replacement for a development machine. IDEs such as VS Code, Zed, and IntelliJ, as well as SSH access, are not available on Game Servers. Files must be transferred through SFTP.