How do you install RedM on your server? A step-by-step tutorial
Par Benjamin Dayan · PDG
· Lecture 6 min
Contents
Installing RedM rarely fails because of a hard step, almost always because of a step done in the wrong order. The artifact before the key, VORP before its database, a resource before its dependency: and the server stays dark. This tutorial therefore follows the exact sequence, from the download to the first successful connect.
Step 1: Lay down the CitizenFX server artifact
RedM runs on the CitizenFX server artifacts (the "server" builds shared with FiveM). Grab a recent artifact marked as recommended, extract it into a clean folder, and create a resources/ folder next to it to hold your scripts.
Step 2: Generate the cfx.re key
On the cfx.re Keymaster portal, create a free server key. It goes into server.cfg via the sv_licenseKey line. Without a valid key, the process simply refuses to start: it's CitizenFX's entry check.
Step 3: Go through txAdmin
Launch the artifact in txAdmin mode. This web interface guides you to build a first server.cfg, start and stop the server, and read the logs live. It's your control station for everything that follows.
Step 4: Deploy VORP and its database
The western RP core is VORP. Install oxmysql, fill in the connection to a MySQL database, then deploy the VORP core and its base resources (characters, inventory, economy). Each resource is declared with ensure, and the order follows the dependencies.
The classic RedM trap: forgetting oxmysql or an invalid MySQL connection. VORP depends entirely on it, and an unreachable database brings down the whole server, not just one resource.
Step 5: Open the door and test
- Confirm port
30120in UDP and TCP on the firewall side. - Check in the txAdmin console that VORP loads without a SQL error.
- Join the server from RedM and create a character to validate the full chain.
Jumping straight to step 4
On a Fly-Serv RedM server, steps 1 to 3 are already done: artifact and txAdmin pre-installed. All that's left is the cfx.re key and the VORP deployment from FlyPanel. If you're starting from scratch, first read How to create a RedM server, then open your server from 1,99 €/month.
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- How do you configure a RedM server? The server.cfg fileThe RedM server.cfg line by line: cfx.re license, RDR2 gamebuild, port 30120 endpoints, order of the VORP ensures and ace permissions. Enough to avoid the errors that block startup.
- How do you create a RedM server? The complete 2026 guideFrom your cfx.re Keymaster account to the first player walking into your saloon: the roadmap to create a RedM RP server (RDR2) without getting lost in the technical weeds.