# Setting Up Instance (Pterodactyl Panel - Standalone)

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**N.B.** It is recommended that you read the docs. The method below is an installation script that automates the installation of Pterodactyl and is not supported by Pterodactyl Panel.
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Pterodactyl Panel Docs - [https://pterodactyl.io/project/introduction.html](https://pterodactyl.io/project/introduction.html)

Pterodactyl has two main services that get installed to run, Pterodactyl Panel and Pterodactyl Wings.\
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Panel is the web GUI for the service and is what the user will be interacting with to execute tasks.\
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Wings is a way for the computer that you want the server to run on to communicate with the panel.\
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Other services :&#x20;

* MariaDB/MySQL - This is a relational database that is responsible for data storage for use by the panel
* Redis - Redis is a caching solution to enable quick data queries
* Nginx - Used as a webserver
* CertBot - SSL certificate generation
* PHP - For the Panel

Installation Script\
[https://github.com/pterodactyl-installer/pterodactyl-installer](https://github.com/pterodactyl-installer/pterodactyl-installer)
