AlwaysMOTD

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Important

This addon only adds some files to your nodes. Because of that, these steps need to be done on your Wings server, not the panel.

Installation

Step 1: Create Directory & Upload Files

Create the AlwaysMOTD directory and upload the files:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/alwaysmotd

cd /opt/alwaysmotd

Upload all AlwaysMOTD files to /opt/alwaysmotd using SFTP or your preferred file transfer method.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Install Node.js and project dependencies:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo bash -

sudo apt install nodejs iptables

cd /opt/alwaysmotd && npm install

Step 4: Open Ports (Optional)

If you use UFW (Standard on an Pterodactyl installation) or another firewall, you got to open the following ports:

4001, 4002, 4003 and 4004.

If you use UFW, run this command:

ufw allow 4001 && ufw allow 4002 && ufw allow 4003 && ufw allow 4004

Step 5: Configure

Edit config.yml with your Pterodactyl API keys and port range:

nano /opt/alwaysmotd/config.yml

Setting	Description
Panel URL	Your Pterodactyl panel URL
API Key	Application API key with server read permissions
Port Range	Range of ports to monitor for offline servers
MOTD Message	Custom message to display when server is offline
Max Players	Fake max players to show in server list

Step 6: Run the Service

Install PM2 and start the service:

sudo npm install -g pm2

cd /opt/alwaysmotd && sudo pm2 start index.js --name "alwaysmotd"

sudo pm2 startup && sudo pm2 save

Managing AlwaysMOTD

Command	Description
sudo pm2 status	Check status
sudo pm2 logs alwaysmotd	View logs
sudo pm2 restart alwaysmotd	Restart AlwaysMOTD (Apply changes in config.yml)
sudo pm2 stop alwaysmotd	Stop AlwaysMOTD

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