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# FiveM txAdmin Setup Guide - Deploy & Manage Your Server

> Set up txAdmin on your FiveM server hosting at Wasabi Hosting - link your Cfx.re account, deploy QBCore or ESX recipes, and configure restarts.

txAdmin is the web-based management interface that ships with every FXServer (the FiveM server software). It gives you a live console, player management, bans and warns, restart schedules, announcements, and — most importantly for a new server — a **setup wizard** that can deploy a complete framework like QBCore or ESX in minutes. This guide walks you through first-time txAdmin setup on your Wasabi Hosting server.

## First Start: Find Your PIN and URL

When your FiveM server starts for the first time, txAdmin launches before the game server itself and prints its access details to the console.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start the server">
    In the [Wasabi Hosting Game Panel](https://panel.wasabihosting.com), press **Start** and watch the live console.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the txAdmin URL and PIN">
    Within a few seconds the console prints a block similar to:

    ```
    ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │ txAdmin is starting on http://<ip>:40120    │
    │ Use the PIN below to register:              │
    │              [ 1234 ]                       │
    └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
    ```

    Note both the URL and the 4-digit PIN. The PIN is temporary — if it expires, restart the server to generate a new one.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open txAdmin in your browser">
    Visit the URL from the console (txAdmin's default port is `40120`; the exact address shown in your console is always the correct one).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Link your Cfx.re account">
    Enter the PIN, then click **Link with Cfx.re account** and sign in. Your Cfx.re account becomes the **master admin** of this txAdmin instance — it can never be removed by other admins.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Anyone with the URL and a valid PIN can claim your txAdmin instance. Complete the registration right after the first start, and never share the PIN.
</Warning>

## The Setup Wizard

After linking your account, txAdmin runs a one-time setup wizard.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Name your server">
    This is txAdmin's internal profile name — your public server name is set later via `sv_hostname` in [server.cfg](/games/fivem/server-cfg).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a deployment type">
    <Tabs>
      <Tab title="Popular Recipe">
        The easiest path for a new roleplay server. Recipes are curated templates that download and configure a full framework automatically, including:

        * **QBCore** — a ready-to-play QBCore base server
        * **ESX Legacy** — the current ESX framework baseline

        Recipes also set up the database connection for you, so you get a playable city in minutes.
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="Remote URL">
        Deploy from any recipe file hosted online — useful for community-maintained templates such as Qbox.
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="Existing Server Data">
        Already have server files? Point txAdmin at the folder containing your `server.cfg` and resources (upload them first via the [File Manager or SFTP](/server/file-management)), and txAdmin will manage that server without changing it.
      </Tab>
    </Tabs>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter your Cfx.re license key">
    During deployment txAdmin asks for a **server license key**. Generate one for free at the [Keymaster](https://keymaster.fivem.net):

    1. Sign in with your Cfx.re account and click **New server**.
    2. Fill in your server details (use your Wasabi server's IP).
    3. Copy the generated key and paste it into the setup wizard.

    The key ends up as `sv_licenseKey` in your server.cfg.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Finish and start the server">
    Review the summary and let txAdmin deploy. When it finishes, press the big **Start** button in txAdmin — your FiveM server boots and becomes joinable on port `30120`.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Restart Schedules and Announcements

Regular restarts keep long-running FiveM servers healthy by clearing memory leaks from resources.

* **Restart schedule**: in txAdmin go to **Settings → Restart Schedule** and add times (e.g. `06:00` and `18:00`). txAdmin warns players in chat before each restart automatically.
* **Announcements**: use **Settings → Discord** and the announcement options to broadcast scheduled messages in-game, or send one-off announcements from the txAdmin dashboard.

<Tip>
  Schedule restarts for your community's quietest hours, and pair them with a scheduled [backup](/server/backups) in the Game Panel shortly before the restart.
</Tip>

## txAdmin Backups vs. Panel Backups

txAdmin does not back up your files — its "backup" features only cover its own settings and player database. For real protection:

* Use the **Backups** tab in the Wasabi Hosting Game Panel for full-server file backups — see the [backups guide](/server/backups).
* If your framework uses a **MySQL database** (QBCore/ESX do), make sure your backup routine includes the database, since player money, items, and characters live there.

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="server.cfg Explained" icon="gears" href="/games/fivem/server-cfg">
    Fine-tune the configuration txAdmin deployed for you.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add Admins" icon="user-shield" href="/games/fivem/add-admins">
    Add staff members in txAdmin and set up ACE permissions.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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