Pterodactyl / Pelican Panel

Pro

The Pterodactyl / Pelican Panel is the staff workspace for game-server lifecycle and configuration: start, stop, restart, browse files, edit configs, send console commands. Pro feature. Available in the dashboard and via /pterodactyl panel in Discord.

Open Pterodactyl / Pelican Panel
Pterodactyl / Pelican Panel

Server lifecycle and configuration without leaving Discord. Start / stop / restart servers, browse files, read and edit configs (including a one-click open for Game.ini), and send console commands. Works with both Pterodactyl and its Pelican fork. Pro feature. Available via /pterodactyl panel in Discord.

What is this?

The Pterodactyl / Pelican integration surface. Configure one or more panel connections, then control every game server attached to that panel directly from Discord or the dashboard. File browser, config editor, power controls, console: all authenticated through the panel's own API rather than direct SSH.

Why you might want it

RCON is for live game-server actions (kick, ban, announce); Pterodactyl / Pelican is for the host lifecycle (start, restart, edit Game.ini, view files). Most servers want both. With the panel wired up, staff can reboot a frozen world or patch a misbehaving config without opening the hosting dashboard or sharing panel credentials.

Setup time: ten minutes for first panel connectionDifficulty: Moderate. Plan a few minutes.

How it appears in Discord

Staff with the panel_pterodactyl capability run /pterodactyl panel in Discord to open the ephemeral staff panel below. Pelican users run the same command; the integration is provider-aware.

Pro
Pterodactyl / Pelican integration is a Pro feature. See Billing.
/pterodactyl panel
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ArkanisAPPToday at 12:00 PM
🦖 Pterodactyl Control Panel
Select a command from the dropdowns below:\n\n⚙️ Setup & Configuration - Configure panel connections\n🎮 Server Information & Power Control - View info, start, stop, restart, kill\n📁 File Operations - Browse, read, edit, download files\n💻 Console Access - Execute console commands
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Dropdown options (expanded for clarity)
Setup & Configuration
⚙️
Configure Connection Setup Pterodactyl panel connection
📋
List Connections Show all connections
🖥️
List Servers Show all servers from panel
Server Information & Power Control
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Server Info Show server details & resources
▶️
Start Server Start game server
⏹️
Stop Server Stop server gracefully
🔄
Restart Server Restart game server
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Kill Server Force kill server
File Operations
📁
Browse Files List files in directory
📄
Read File View file contents
✏️
Edit File Modify file on server
🎮
Quick: Game.ini Open Game.ini directly for editing
⬇️
Download File Get download link
Console Access
⌨️
Send Console Command Execute console command

Where it lives in the dashboard

On the dashboard the Pterodactyl / Pelican Panel sits in the Infrastructure sidebar section, between RCON Panel and SFTP Logs Panel.

Dashboard sidebar location
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Pterodactyl / Pelican

Start / stop / restart servers, browse and edit files, send console commands.

How to open this panel

From the dashboard

Pick your server, then click Infrastructure → Pterodactyl / Pelican. The page shows every connected panel and the servers attached to each, with quick power controls and a file browser.

From Discord

Staff with panel_pterodactyl run /pterodactyl panel. Requires Pro and at least one configured panel connection.

What you can do from here

Configure a panel connection

Connect to a Pterodactyl or Pelican panel using its API URL and a client API key. List all servers visible to that key and link them to your guild. See Pterodactyl / Pelican Integration.

Power controls from Discord

Start, stop, restart, and (as a last resort) kill any connected server. Each action is audit-logged with the actor's identity.

Browse and edit server files

Navigate the file tree, read configs and logs, or edit a file in place. The integration writes through the panel API, not over SFTP, so your panel's activity log captures the change.

Open Game.ini in one click

For Evrima servers, Quick: Game.ini jumps straight to the canonical config file instead of making you find the right path. Saves a couple of minutes per tweak.

Send console commands

When you need to send a command that's not exposed in the structured actions, the console-access endpoint forwards your input as a raw console line.

Download files for offline review

Get a signed download link for large files (logs, world snapshots) so you can grab them locally without crashing Discord with a multi-megabyte attachment.

Who can use this panel

  • panel_pterodactyl — opens the dashboard panel and the Discord /pterodactyl panel command.
  • pterodactyl_view — read-only access (server list, file browse, file read).
  • pterodactyl_control — power controls (start / stop / restart / kill) and console-command send.
  • pterodactyl_files — edit and download files.
  • panel_pterodactyl_connection — add, edit, or remove panel connections (high-trust; gates hosting credentials).

See Roles & Permissions. Adding or rotating a panel connection opens a re-auth window since it changes how Arkanis can act on your hosting account.