Installation questions

[idle nova]

Just want to make sure this is possible before going down the rabbit hole. I have gone through the documentation and think I have my head wrapped around how everything installs and such (on a singular machine). My question is:

Is it possible to fully split up the panel, wings and database?
I know the database can be external, but I'm trying to wrap my head around the rest. Reason for this, I'm doing a project and currently our Apache server and Games server are 2 separate vms (within the same domain)

just trying to figure out what would need to be installed where for this to properly work.
Http server -> panel?
Games server -> wings
DB -> linked to both?

rough network setup, all on the same domain and can reach eachother

[lethal plume]

Yes

The panel is it's own standalone thing, that then connects to Wings instances, you can run a wings instance on the same machine as the panel and then connect to that, or you cannot. You can have your panel instance on it's own machine

The database works by just creating a database host, which is essentially giving ptero DB credentials to a MySQL database where it can manage databases and stuff, so all you need is a MySQL (or mariadb ofc) instance for that, which again you can host anywhere

[idle nova]

So panel and wings need to be on the same pc? OR do I install the panel say on the http server, wings on the games server?

[lethal plume]

No

As I said panel and wings are standalone things. They connect to each other, as long as they have an IP address they can connect to the other on they can be running anywhere

and you can have many wings instances (nodes) linked to one panel

[idle nova]

Ah ok

Trying to map this all out from the documentation had me confused a little. Makes more sense now.

[lethal plume]

it's perfectly reasonable to install panel on the same machine as wings

especially if it's just for personal use