Development using Lerd

Prerequisites

• lerd
• pnpm

Initial setup

1. Clone the Hydrodactyl panel repository
   git clone https://github.com/BlueprintFramework/hydrodactyl.git

2. Cd into the Hydrodactyl directory

   cd hydrodactyl

3. Run the dev env
   pnpm dev:setup

4. Access Hydrodactyl at your new url
   http://hydrodactyl.test

   Your basic dev setup is now completed and you can login with username 'dev' and password 'dev'. Follow the guide below to setup wings and install a server.

Installing wings

1. Follow along https://pterodactyl.io/wings/1.0/installing.html to install wings on your local machine.

2. As we are using https, we have to install local certificates:

   mkcert hydrodactyl.test

3. The certificates have been created in your home directory. Create the certificate directory:

   mkdir -p /etc/pterodactyl/certs

4. Copy the certificates to the certs directory:

   cp ./hydrodactyl.test.pem \
    /etc/pterodactyl/certs/fullchain.pem
   
   cp ./hydrodactyl.test-key.pem \
    /etc/pterodactyl/certs/privkey.pem

5. Run nano /etc/pterodactyl/config.yml, search and enter the correct certificate paths:

   ssl:
     enabled: true
     cert: /etc/pterodactyl/certs/fullchain.pem
     key: /etc/pterodactyl/certs/privkey.pem

6. Start wings:

   wings --debug

7. Now you can add nodes and servers and start developing!

   The error "Could not communicate with the machine running this server" means that Hydrodactyl has issues communicating with Wings. Check your Wings setup again!