txAdmin and Resources: How to Run Your FiveM Server

What is txAdmin?

txAdmin is the official web panel for FiveM servers. It gives you a live console, start and stop control for the server and individual resources, a built-in CFG editor, a player database with bans and warnings, scheduled restarts, automatic restart after a crash, and Discord integration.

There is nothing to install. txAdmin has been part of FXServer since 2020 and is already in your server files.

Two ports are involved, and they are often confused:

Port	Protocol	Used for
30120	TCP and UDP	The game server itself - this is where players connect
40120	TCP	The txAdmin panel in your browser

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Step 1 - First startup and your master account

1. Start the server in the Potionhost control panel without +exec server.cfg in the startup parameters. Leaving it out is exactly what starts txAdmin instead of the game server.
2. Open Console. An address and a PIN are printed there.
3. Open the address in your browser - typically http://your-server-ip:40120.
4. Enter the PIN and link your Cfx.re account to the server.
5. Choose a password for the panel.

The PIN is single-use and short-lived, and it only appears in the console. If you lose it, the server has to be restarted to get a new one.

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Step 2 - Set up the server itself

The setup wizard offers two routes:

Recipe deployer - a ready-made recipe that downloads resources and writes server.cfg for you. Templates exist for CFX Default, ESX Legacy and QBCore. Along the way you are asked for database details, server name and license key.

Existing server folder - point txAdmin at a folder you have already built, and at its server.cfg.

Recipes run their steps in order, and one failed step stops the whole deployment. When it fails halfway, the cause is almost always a dead download link or wrong database credentials.

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Step 3 - Get your license key

The server will not start without a valid key.

1. Log in to portal.cfx.re and create a server registration key.
2. Put it in server.cfg:

sv_licenseKey your_key_here

Keys come from portal.cfx.re today. Older guides point at keymaster.fivem.net, which Cfx.re is phasing out. A key belongs to one server - do not reuse it on two servers running at the same time.

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Step 4 - Understand server.cfg

The file lives in your server-data folder, alongside resources. The lines you need to know:

endpoint_add_tcp "0.0.0.0:30120"
endpoint_add_udp "0.0.0.0:30120"

sv_hostname "My server name"
sets sv_projectName "My project"
sets sv_projectDesc "Short description"
sv_maxclients 48
set onesync on
sv_licenseKey your_key_here

#sv_master1 ""

add_ace group.admin command allow
add_ace group.admin command.quit deny
add_principal identifier.fivem:1 group.admin

ensure mapmanager
ensure chat
ensure spawnmanager
ensure sessionmanager

Two things people trip over:

• sv_master1 must stay commented out with the # in front. Remove the hash and your server disappears from the public list.
• sets sv_projectName and sets sv_projectDesc must be filled in, otherwise the server is not listed.

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Step 5 - Add a resource

1. Put the resource folder in resources/ inside your server-data folder.
2. Check that the folder contains an fxmanifest.lua. Without it, it is not a resource.
3. Add a line to server.cfg:

ensure name-of-the-resource

Folders in square brackets are categories, not resources. The structure typically looks like this:

resources/
├── [standalone]/
│   ├── my-resource/
│   └── another-one/
└── [esx]/
    └── es_extended/

You can start a whole category at once with ensure [standalone].

Order matters. The framework core (es_extended or qb-core) and the database layer (oxmysql) have to come before the resources that use them.

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start, ensure and restart

Command	What it does
start name	Starts the resource if it is stopped. Does nothing if it is already running
ensure name	Restarts the resource if it is running - and starts it if it is not
stop name	Stops the resource
restart name	Restarts, only if it is already running
refresh	Rescans the resources folder and discovers new resources

Use ensure. It works from any starting point, which is why it is the recommendation in server.cfg.

If you have just added a new resource, you can bring it up without restarting the server. In the live console:

refresh
ensure name-of-the-resource

refresh on its own starts nothing - it just makes the server aware the folder exists.

Still add the ensure line to server.cfg, or it is gone after the next restart.

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When does the server need a full restart?

Console commands are enough for resources. Everything else needs the server to go down:

• changes to endpoint_add_tcp/udp, onesync, sv_maxclients, sv_licenseKey or sv_enforceGameBuild
• updating the FXServer artifact itself
• changes to the load order of framework resources

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Admins and player identifiers

txAdmin administrators are managed under Admin Manager and stored in txData/admins.json. Permissions are fine-grained - players.kick, players.ban, console.write, control.server and manage.admins, among others.

A txAdmin admin is not automatically an admin in-game. In-game commands are governed by the ACE permissions in server.cfg (add_ace and add_principal). They are two separate systems.

Players are identified in several ways:

Identifier	Comes from	Always present
license	Rockstar Online Services	Yes
steam	Steam	Only if Steam is running
discord	Discord	Only if Discord is linked
fivem	Cfx.re account	Yes
ip	The connection	Yes, but it changes

Use license for bans and whitelists. It is always there and does not change.

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Troubleshooting

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
The panel is unreachable	Port 40120 is not open	Check the port in the control panel
The server starts but nothing loads	Started with +exec server.cfg under txAdmin	Remove the parameter
The server is not in the list	sv_master1 is not commented out	Put the # back
The server is not in the list	sets sv_projectName or sv_projectDesc is missing	Fill in both
The server only appears after a while	Normal propagation delay	Allow up to eight minutes
does not have a resource manifest (fxmanifest.lua)	The manifest is missing, or still named __resource.lua	Add an fxmanifest.lua
Could not find resource	Wrong folder, wrong spelling, or refresh was not run	Run refresh - names are case-sensitive on Linux
The server will not start	sv_licenseKey is still changeme, or the key is in use elsewhere	Get a new key at portal.cfx.re
Config changes do nothing	Convars require a full restart	Restart the server, not just the resource
A resource fails on database calls	oxmysql or the framework core starts too late	Move their ensure lines up
The server is capped at 48 slots	This requires a Cfx.re subscription	See Cfx.re for the current tiers

If your players just need to reach the server, send them How to Join Your FiveM Server.