Managing Nests & Eggs
Nests and Eggs are the core of how Pterodactyl handles different types of game servers. Understanding how to manage them allows you to customize and expand the games you can offer to your users.
What is a Nest?
A Nest is a logical grouping for all the different variations of a single game or service. For example, "Minecraft" would be a Nest, and it would contain all the different types of Minecraft servers you offer.
What is an Egg?
An Egg is the specific configuration for a single type of server within a Nest. It contains all the crucial information Pterodactyl needs to run the server, including:
- The installation script that runs when the server is first created.
- The command used to start the game server.
- Variables that users can configure when creating their server (e.g., server name, world seed, RCON password).