💼Setup

Requirements

• A Minecraft server (Paper 1.16.5 or higher (or any Paper fork), Velocity or BungeeCord)

• Pterodactyl panel

• Java 17 or higher

How to install SmoothDownDetector

If you prefer, I can install the system for you (you need to purchase the add-on through BuiltByBit).

1. Keepalive module

• Navigate to your Pterodactyl panel.

• Optionally, create a new nest (Admin Settings > Nests > Create New).

• Import the egg (egg-java.json) into the created nest (Admin Settings > Nests > Import Egg).

• Create a new Pterodactyl server using the imported egg and ensure Java version is at least 17.

• Upload SmoothDownDetector-Keepalive.jar to the newly created server.

• Start and stop the server.

• Generate a Pterodactyl Account API key (Account Settings > API Credentials > Create).

• Paste the generated API key into the config.yml file of the new server.

• Replace panel.server.com (on power-endpoint-url) with your Pterodactyl panel domain.

• Set the URL for the keepalive (it can be an IP address). If not using SSL, change the URL to HTTP.

• Edit the Discord webhook settings.

• Add as many servers as necessary (you can get the pterodactyl-server-id by accessing the console of each server and looking at the URL).

Remember to expose the keepalive port to the backend servers.

2. Backend servers

• Upload SmoothDownDetector-[Paper/Velocity/Bungeecord].jar to each backend server.

• Start and stop each backend server.

• Replace the keepalive URL with the URL configured before.

• Set the server-id (it must be the same as the pterodactyl-server-id option on the keepalive).

• Start each server.

If you wish to use HTTPS/SSL, configure a reverse proxy (e.g., using Nginx).

For smooth operation, it's recommended to allocate 200-250MB of RAM to the Keepalive server.