Admin area overview
A map of the FeatherPanel admin area, what each sidebar group contains, how admin permissions work, and where each admin guide lives.
On this page
The admin area lives at /admin. The Admin link shows in the main sidebar for users whose role has
admin.dashboard.view. Every admin page then checks its own permission node, so you can give a support role the
ticket pages without giving it servers or settings. admin.root grants every permission. See
Users, roles and permissions and the permission node list.
Sidebar groups
| Group | Pages | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Admin Home, User Dashboard, Analytics & KPIs | Analytics and logs |
| Users & access | Users, Roles, API Keys, OIDC / SSO Providers, LDAP Providers | Users and roles, Login, SSO and LDAP |
| Servers | Servers, Virtual Servers (VDS), WebSpaces, Backup Schedules, Wings Backups | Servers, VDS, Web hosting, Backup policies |
| Infrastructure | Locations, Nodes, Node Status, Nodes (VDS), Nodes (Web), Mail, DNS hosts, Mounts, Node Databases | Locations and nodes, Database hosts |
| Templates | Realms (Nests), Spells (Eggs), WebPlates | Realms and spells |
| Support | Announcements, Knowledge Base, Support Tickets, Ticket Configs | Tickets and knowledge base, Notifications and mail |
| Security | ZeroTrust Security, Rate Limits, Banned IPs, Blocked Email Domains, AbuseIPDB | Security tools |
| Settings | Settings, Mail Templates, Images, Subdomains, Translations, AI Agent | Settings reference |
| System | Plugins, System Updates, Storage Sense, Audit log, Log Viewer, Database Management, Pterodactyl Importer, Support | Plugins and FeatherCloud, Updates and maintenance |
| MyFeatherPanel | Cloud Connections, FeatherPanel Premium, Panel Marketplace, Report an Issue, Suggest a New Thing | Plugins and FeatherCloud |
| Developer | Dev Plugins, Console (developer mode only) | Plugin overview |
Pages you lack the permission for are hidden from the sidebar. The Knowledge Base and ticket pages also disappear when the knowledge base or ticket system is turned off in Settings.
Admin Home
The dashboard (“Administration”) shows widgets for infrastructure, service health and panel activity. Customize lets you show or hide widgets, and Clear Cache empties the system cache. A banner appears when an update is available.
If the panel still uses the default featherpanel.mythical.systems address, the dashboard shows “APP_URL Mismatch
Detected”. Fix the URL in Settings before you add nodes: it breaks authentication, and Wings and Quilld use it to
reach the panel.
First steps on a new panel
- Create a location, then a node, and install FeatherWings on it.
- Add allocations (IP and port pairs) to the node.
- Import or create spells.
- Create a server and assign it to a user.
Frequently asked questions
Anyone whose role has admin.dashboard.view sees the Admin link. Each page inside checks its own permission, and admin.root grants all of them.
The Developer group only appears when developer mode is on (the app_developer_mode setting) and needs admin.root.