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Game panel VPS

A VPS for your game panel.

Pterodactyl and Pelican run game servers in Docker containers, so they need a real virtual machine. A KVM VPS runs Wings without tricks. Read the port notes before you plan a big network.

Create a VPSSee plans

Monthly, quarterly (5% off) or yearly (2 months free). Refunds within 72 hours of payment.

Why a VPS for this

Wings runs natively

Wings needs Docker with a full kernel, which KVM provides.

Learn and test

A good place to try eggs, build your own and test before you rent a big machine.

NVMe for game data

World saves and container images load from NVMe storage.

Get started

  1. 01

    Create the VPS

    Pick VPS L or bigger with Debian or Ubuntu.

  2. 02

    Install the panel

    Follow the official Pterodactyl or Pelican install guide. On shared IPv4, serve the panel over IPv6 behind Cloudflare, since IPv4 ports 80 and 443 are shared; with a dedicated IPv4 you can use them directly.

  3. 03

    Install Wings

    Install Docker and Wings, and set the Wings API and SFTP ports to ports from your block in the node settings.

  4. 04

    Add allocations

    Create allocations only on ports from your block, one or more per game server.

Which plan fits

VPS plans

VPS L (8 GB) runs the panel, Wings and a couple of small game servers. Several game servers or modded Minecraft want VPS XL (16 GB).

VPS S

$1.96/mo

Billed monthly

  • 1 vCPU
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 30 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

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VPS M

$3.92/mo

Billed monthly

  • 2 vCPU
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 60 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

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Fits this best

VPS L

$7.84/mo

Billed monthly

  • 4 vCPU
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 120 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

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VPS XL

$15.68/mo

Billed monthly

  • 6 vCPU
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 200 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

Create a VPS

Shared IPv4 with 20 ports and IPv6 included; dedicated IPv4 +$3/mo

Your VPS is usually ready in minutes. During busy times it may take up to 48 hours to create; you'll get an email the moment it's ready. The same goes for a dedicated IPv4 address.

NAT · IPv6

NAT IPv4 and IPv6, in plain words

How people and programs reach your VPS, and what that means for what you run on it.

IPv4: one shared address, 20 ports of your own

IPv4 addresses are scarce, so several VPSes share one public IPv4 address. Your VPS gets its own block of 20 ports on it. Traffic to those ports goes straight to your VPS. The panel shows your address and your port range.

IPv6: an address that is only yours

Your VPS also has its own public IPv6 address. Every port on it is yours, including 80 and 443, so a website or service can listen on its normal port.

Running a website

Ports 80 and 443 on the shared IPv4 address are not yours. Point your domain's AAAA record at your IPv6 address and put Cloudflare's proxy in front: it accepts IPv4 visitors and passes them to your VPS over IPv6. A tunnel such as Cloudflare Tunnel works too, or add a dedicated IPv4 for $3 a month.

Going out is not limited by the port block

The 20 ports are for incoming connections. Your VPS can reach the internet as usual: updates, APIs, Discord and Git all work without opening anything.

Every game server needs at least one port, and Wings needs its own API and SFTP ports, all from your block of 20. That is enough for a handful of servers. For more, add a dedicated IPv4 for $3 a month and every port on it is yours.

Example: SSH on the first port of your block looks like ssh -p 40001 root@203.0.113.10. Your real address and ports are in the panel.

Need a whole IPv4 address of your own? Add a dedicated IPv4 for $3 a month and every port on it is yours.

VPS questions

With the shared 20 ports it suits a small community or testing; with a dedicated IPv4 ($3 a month) you have every port. If you want to sell game hosting without running servers yourself, look at Enzonic for Resellers.

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People who answer

Tickets in the panel and a Discord community, run by the same team as the game servers.

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