Pterodactyl Installer API

The Installer API from Pterodactyl — 1 operation(s) for installer.

Operations 1

GET /installer GET /installer #

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pterodactyl-installer-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pterodactyl Installer API
  version: '2026-10-28'
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-engine: anthropic
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 34
    documentation: -1
    pages-with-code: 37
    pages-read: 40
  x-generated: '2026-10-28'
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-provenance: generated
  x-sources:
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/panel/updating
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/wings/upgrading
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/wings/installing
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/extensions/backend
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/extensions/reference
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v1/panel/getting-started
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/panel/getting-started
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/panel/troubleshooting
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/upgrading/changes-from-v1
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/upgrading/upgrading-from-v1
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminListUsers
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminListLanguages
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/client-api/clientListClientServers
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/application-api/applicationListUsers
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v1/wings/installing
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v1/panel/troubleshooting
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v1/panel/updating
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/guides/customization/panel
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminListExtensions
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminInstallExtension
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminGetExtensionSettings
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminUpdateExtensionSettings
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminEnableExtension
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminDisableExtension
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminRemoveExtension
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminCreateUser
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminGetUserByExternalID
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminGetUser
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminDeleteUser
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminDisableUserTwoFactorAuthentication
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminUpdateUser
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminGetNodeSystemInformation
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminCreateNodeDeployToken
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminGetNodeUtilization
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminListServerMounts
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminAttachServerMount
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminDetachServerMount
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminListServers
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminCreateServer
  - https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api/admin-api/adminGetServerByExternalID
  description: 'Operations tagged Installer across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: pterodactyl-openapi-generated.yml, pterodactyl-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
tags:
- name: Installer
paths:
  /installer:
    get:
      operationId: get_installer
      tags:
      - Installer
      summary: GET /installer
      x-source: https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v1/panel/getting-started
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: "curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer \n Download Files \n The first step in this process is to create the folder where the panel will live and then move ourselves into that\nnewly created folder. Below is an example of how to perform this operation. \n mkdir -p /var/www/pterodactyl \n cd /var/www/pterodactyl \n Once you have created a "
      security:
      - Authorization: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Authorization:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      x-source: https://docs.pterodactyl.io/v2/api.md
x-refined-from:
- pterodactyl-openapi-generated.yml
- pterodactyl-openapi.yml