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Start here: running a FiveM server

If you want to run a FiveM roleplay server and you have never done it before, you are in the right place. This track takes you from an empty folder to a live, stable server that other people can join, and it never asks you to write code. You install, you configure, you manage. That is the job of a server owner, and this is the map.

This track is for: Anyone who wants to run their own FiveM server: install it, manage it, add scripts and assets, and fix it when it breaks. No coding required.
Time: ~6 minutes to read, then follow the path
You need: A Windows PC or a VPS, a legal copy of GTA V, and patience. Everything else is installed as you go.
You'll learn: What a FiveM server actually is -> the exact path from nothing to a live server -> and where in this track each skill lives.

BEFORE YOU START

What a server owner actually does

A developer writes scripts. A server owner runs the server those scripts sit on. Those are two different jobs, and this is the owner one. As an owner you:

Install the server software and the tools around it.
Add scripts and assets other people made, and configure them.
Set up the database the scripts store their data in.
Manage permissions, jobs, and who can do what.
Read the console when something breaks, and fix it.

You do not need to know Lua. You need to know where files go, what each config value does, and how to read an error. If you ever want to write your own scripts, that is the developer track, and it is a separate path.

What a server owner actually does

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