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The dashboard talks to your game server through a small Lua resource called nexora-dashboard. Without it, the dashboard shows zero live data.

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What you need

  • The nexora-dashboard folder (ships inside the release ZIP, located at /home/fivem/nexora-dashboard/ after you extract).
  • Your FIVEM_API_KEY (printed at the end of the install script, also in /home/fivem/.env).
  • Your dashboard URL (e.g. https://dash.yourdomain.com).
  • Access to your FiveM server’s resources/ folder and server.cfg.

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Step 1: Copy the folder

Drop the nexora-dashboard folder anywhere inside your server’s resources/ directory. Subfolder doesn’t matter ([standalone]/, [hb]/, root, anywhere), FiveM finds it automatically. Keep the folder name exactly nexora-dashboard, fxmanifest.lua references it.

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Step 2: Add convars to server.cfg

The resource is configured entirely via FiveM convars. Add these lines to your server.cfg before the ensure nexora-dashboard line: 
set DASHBOARD_URL "https://dash.yourdomain.com"
set DASHBOARD_API_KEY "paste your FIVEM_API_KEY here"
  • DASHBOARD_URL: your dashboard URL, no trailing slash.
  • DASHBOARD_API_KEY: the FIVEM_API_KEY printed by the install script (also in /home/fivem/.env). Must match exactly.

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Step 3: Ensure the resource

Add this line in server.cfg near your other ensure lines: 
ensure nexora-dashboard
If you use ESX or older QBCore that loads resources in a specific order, put it after your framework (qbx_core, qb-core, es_extended) so it can detect which framework is running.

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Step 4: Restart

From the FiveM live console: 
restart nexora-dashboard
Or restart the whole server. You should see lines like: 
[nexora-dashboard] starting...
[nexora-dashboard] framework detected: qbx
[nexora-dashboard] connected to dashboard
If you see ERROR: DASHBOARD_URL or DASHBOARD_API_KEY convar not set in server.cfg!, double-check Step 2.

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Step 5: Verify in the dashboard

Open the dashboard → Online Players page. Within 5 seconds you should see your online players. If the page is empty:
  • Check the FiveM console for [nexora-dashboard] errors.
  • Make sure DASHBOARD_API_KEY convar exactly matches FIVEM_API_KEY in /home/fivem/.env.
  • Make sure DASHBOARD_URL is reachable from the FiveM server (not blocked by firewall). Test with curl https://yourdomain.com/api/health.

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Updating the resource later

When a new version of the dashboard ships, download the new release ZIP from your Tebex purchase page, extract it, and copy the fresh nexora-dashboard/ folder over the old one on your game server. Your convars in server.cfg stay in place. Then restart nexora-dashboard in the FiveM console.