How to Install PufferPanel on NixOS Latest

PufferPanel is a web-based game server management panel. It allows users to easily manage, configure and deploy game servers from a single control panel. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install PufferPanel on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A server running the latest version of NixOS
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Update your NixOS system to ensure that you are using the latest versions of all packages.

sudo nix-channel --update

sudo nix-env -u

  1. Install the Apache web server using the following command:

sudo nix-env -i apache

  1. Enable the Apache service to start at boot time

sudo systemctl enable apache

  1. Install PHP along with its required dependencies

sudo nix-env -i php php-fpm

  1. Install MariaDB, which is required for PufferPanel's database.

sudo nix-env -i mariadb

  1. Create a new database and user account for use with PufferPanel. You can do this using the following command:

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE pufferpanel;

CREATE USER pufferpaneluser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<yourpassword>';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pufferpanel.* TO pufferpaneluser@localhost;

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

quit;

  1. Download and install the PufferPanel packages using the following commands:

wget https://git.io/fNRxB -O pufferpanel.tar.gz

tar -xzf pufferpanel.tar.gz

cd PufferPanel

sudo ./pufferpanel install

  1. You will be prompted for the following information during the installation process:
  • Confirm that you have read and accepted PufferPanel's license agreement.
  • Provide the details of the MariaDB database you created in Step 6.
  • Choose whether to install the PufferPanel daemon.
  • Choose whether to install the PufferPanel web server component.
  • Set the admin password for the PufferPanel web interface.
  1. Once the installation process is complete, start the PufferPanel daemon and web server.

sudo systemctl start pufferpanel

sudo systemctl start pufferpanel-web

  1. Check that the PufferPanel dashboard is accessible by visiting the URL http://your-server-ip-address:8080 in your web browser. You will be prompted to log in to the PufferPanel web interface using the admin credentials set during installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install and set up PufferPanel on NixOS. You can now log in to the PufferPanel dashboard and start configuring and deploying game servers.