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What is Wings? ​

Wings is the server-side component of the Pterodactyl® ecosystem, written in Go. It runs on each physical or virtual machine (node) and handles the creation, management, and monitoring of game server instances.

It communicates securely with the Pterodactyl Panel via its API, pulling server configurations and sending back live statistics, logs, and event updates. Each server runs in an isolated Docker container to ensure security and stability.

Key features include:

  • Lightweight and efficient Go-based daemon
  • Automatic server provisioning from panel settings
  • Docker-based isolation for security
  • Real-time console streaming
  • Resource usage tracking (CPU, RAM, disk, network)
  • Support for scheduled tasks and backups

Installation on Coolify ​

When installing Wings in Coolify with a reverse proxy, you cannot have it listen directly on port 443 inside the container. Instead, configure it to use port 8443 internally, while Coolify forwards 443 to 8443. The Pterodactyl Panel should still be configured to use port 443 externally.

Steps:

  1. Generate the Wings config in the Panel

    • In the Pterodactyl Panel, create a node and download the config.yml.
    • Configure the node with:
      • Hostname (e.g., host.example.com, without https://) — not an IP address
      • Port: 443
      • Proxy setting enabled

  2. Update the config in Coolify

    • In your Coolify Wings service, open the Persistent Storages tab.
    • You’ll see /etc/pterodactyl/config.yml already present with a default template.
    • Edit it directly, replacing the placeholders with values from the Panel-generated file.
    • Change the api.port to 8443:
      yaml
      api:
  host: 0.0.0.0
  port: 8443

  3. Restart Wings

    • Once the changes are saved, restart the Wings container to apply the new settings.

Screenshots ​

(Wings itself runs in the background and doesn't have a UI, so these are typically viewed via the Panel.)