How to install PufferPanel on POP! OS

PufferPanel is a web-based control panel that allows users to manage game servers. It provides a user-friendly interface for managing servers, installations, backups, and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PufferPanel on POP! OS.

Prerequisites

Before installing PufferPanel, you need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

  • POP! OS Latest Installed
  • SSH Access with root or sudo privileges
  • LAMP Stack (Apache, MySQL, and PHP 7.2+) installed
  • PHP extensions installed: curl, zip, mbstring, gd, mysqlnd
  • Composer installed

Step 1 - Install Apache Web Server

To install Apache web server on your system, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

Step 2 - Install MySQL Database

To install MySQL database on your system, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

During the installation, the system will prompt you to configure the MySQL root password. Make sure to remember this password as you will need it later in this tutorial.

Step 3 - Install PHP

To install the latest version of PHP on your system, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-zip php-mbstring php-gd

Step 4 - Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. To install it on your system, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install composer

Step 5 - Install PufferPanel

Now, let's install PufferPanel on our system. To do this, follow the steps below:

  1. Create a new directory for PufferPanel:
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/pufferpanel
  1. Give ownership of the directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pufferpanel
  1. Change the current directory to /var/www/html/pufferpanel:
cd /var/www/html/pufferpanel
  1. Use Composer to install PufferPanel:
sudo composer create-project pufferpanel/pufferpanel . --stability=beta
  1. The installation process will take some time, wait until it completes. Once it completes, copy the example configuration file:
cp .env.example .env
  1. Generate a new application key:
php artisan key:generate
  1. Update the .env file with your MySQL database credentials:
nano .env
  1. Scroll down to the MySQL settings section and update the values with your MySQL root username and password:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=pufferpanel
DB_USERNAME=<your MySQL root username>
DB_PASSWORD=<your MySQL root password>
  1. Save the .env file and exit the editor.

Step 6 - Configure Apache

To configure Apache for PufferPanel, follow these steps:

  1. Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/pufferpanel.conf
  1. Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName pufferpanel.yourdomain.com
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/pufferpanel/public
   <Directory /var/www/html/pufferpanel/public>
       AllowOverride All
       Require all granted
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

  1. Save the file and exit the editor.

  2. Enable the new virtual host configuration:

sudo a2ensite pufferpanel.conf
  1. Reload the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 7 - Access PufferPanel

Now, you can access PufferPanel using the URL http://pufferpanel.yourdomain.com in your web browser.

That's it! You have successfully installed PufferPanel on your POP! OS.