Install StatsDactyl

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Warning: StatsDactyl has been archived on Sep 16, 2023. Expect no updates will be pushed.

img img StatsDactyl is a self-hosted statistics for your Pterodactyl. This displays the statistics of your Pterodactyl panel such as Users count, and Nodes count. StatsDactyl also come with a built-in Uptime Monitor which shows if your VPS or Server is online by pinging the host.

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Install dependencies

sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Download files

mkdir /var/www/statsdactyl
cd /var/www/statsdactyl
curl -Lo statsdactyl.tar.gz https://github.com/rhylso/statsdactyl/releases/latest/download/statsdactyl.tar.gz
tar -xzvf statsdactyl.tar.gz

Configure StatsDactyl

Use nano to edit config.yml

nano config.yml

config.yml

# statsdactyl
title: 'StatsDactyl'
panel_url: 'your_panel_url'
api_key: 'your_api_key'
alert: 'You successfully installed StatsDactyl!'
 
debug: true
port: 5000
 
# uptime monitor
monitor:
  monitor1:
    name: 'monitor1'
    hostname: 'google.com'
 
  monitor2:
    name: 'monitor2'
    hostname: 'cloudflare.com'

Install pip packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a Worker

Create a statsdactyl.service in /etc/systemd/system statsdactyl.service

[Unit]
Description=Statsdactyl Service
After=multi-user.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/statsdactyl
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /var/www/statsdactyl/app.py
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Run this command after:

sudo systemctl start statsdactyl.service

SSL

Use certbot to create a certificate:

sudo certbot --nginx -d <domain>

Configuring the Webserver

Create a statsdactyl.conf in /etc/nginx/sites-available

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name <domain>;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
 
server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name <domain>;
 
    ssl_certificate          /etc/letsencrypt/live/<domain>/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key      /etc/letsencrypt/live/<domain>/privkey.pem;
    ssl_trusted_certificate  /etc/letsencrypt/live/<domain>/chain.pem;
 
    location / {
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   Host $http_host;
        proxy_pass         http://0.0.0.0:5000;
    }
}

After that, run this command:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/statsdactyl.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Congratulations 🥳! You have successfully installed StatsDactyl. You can now access StatsDactyl to the domain you specified.