How to Install PufferPanel on OpenBSD

PufferPanel is an open-source game server management system that allows you to manage multiple game servers from one web-based application. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install PufferPanel on an OpenBSD server.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following:

  • A OpenBSD server with root access.
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing PufferPanel, you should update your operating system to the latest version:

$ sudo pkg_add -Uu

This command will update all packages and applications installed on your system.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

PufferPanel requires some dependencies to be installed before we can proceed with the installation. Run the following command to install the required packages:

$ sudo pkg_add pcre php php-pdo_mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring unzip

Step 3: Download and Install PufferPanel

  1. Make a new directory for PufferPanel installation:
$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/pufferpanel
  1. Change directory into /srv/pufferpanel:
$ cd /srv/pufferpanel
  1. Download the latest version of PufferPanel with the following command:
$ sudo curl -L -O https://git.io/fjb5M
  1. Extract the downloaded archive:
$ sudo unzip PufferPanel*.zip
  1. Change the ownership of /srv/pufferpanel directory to the non-root user for security reasons:
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /srv/pufferpanel
  1. Next, run the PufferPanel installation script:
$ ./pufferpanel install

This command will install PufferPanel and also set up a default MySQL database for it.

Step 4: Start the PufferPanel Service

After the installation, you need to start the PufferPanel service, and you can do that using the following command:

$ sudo service pufferpanel start

This command will start the PufferPanel service, and it will be available at http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

This was a quick tutorial on how to install PufferPanel on an OpenBSD server. You should now be able to install and start using PufferPanel on your system. Happy gaming!