This guide explains how to install the HTNetwork vMenu Starter Package on a cloud server host.

Because the package installs through HTN Panel, you first need to install and set it up on your own PC, then manually upload the server files to your hosting provider using FTP/SFTP.

Step 1: Install the package on your own PC first

Before uploading anything to your cloud host, you need to install the vMenu Starter Package locally through HTN Panel.

Follow this video first:

Once the package has been installed on your PC, HTN Panel will create the full FiveM server files locally.

You will then use those files to move the server over to your cloud hosting provider.

Step 2: Download an FTP/SFTP app

To upload the files to your cloud server, you will need an FTP/SFTP app.

We recommend using one of these:

WinSCP:
https://winscp.net/

FileZilla:
https://filezilla-project.org/

Your hosting provider should give you FTP/SFTP login details. These usually include:

• Host / server address
• Username
• Password
• Port

If you cannot find these details, check your host’s game panel or contact their support.

Step 3: Connect to your cloud server

Open your FTP/SFTP app and connect using the details provided by your host.

Once connected, locate your FiveM server files.

You should see folders and files such as:

• resources
• server.cfg
• cache
• txData
• other FiveM server files

The exact layout can be slightly different depending on your host.

Step 4: Open your local HTN Panel server files

On your own PC, open the server files that HTN Panel installed.

You need to find the local FiveM server folder, then open the:

resources

folder.

Inside this folder, you will see all the folders installed by the vMenu Starter Package.

These are the files you need to upload to your cloud server.

Step 5: Delete your host’s existing resources

Before uploading the package resources, go to your cloud server’s:

resources

folder.

Delete the existing contents inside your host’s resources folder first.

This helps avoid old files, duplicate resources, or conflicts with the vMenu Starter Package.

Do not delete the actual resources folder itself — only delete the folders/files inside it.

Step 6: Upload the new resources

Now copy all folders inside your local HTN Panel resources folder across to your cloud server’s resources folder.

You need to upload the folders from your PC into the server’s:

resources

folder on your host.

Depending on your internet speed and host, this may take a while.

Make sure the upload fully completes before continuing.

Step 7: Update your server.cfg

Next, open the local server.cfg file from the server HTN Panel installed on your PC.

You then need to open your cloud server’s server.cfg file as well.

Copy across:

• all ensure lines from the HTN Panel-installed server.cfg
• any extra configuration lines that your hosting provider’s server.cfg does not already have
• any vMenu-related permissions/config lines
• any required resource start lines

The most important part is making sure all package resources are being started correctly.

For example, the HTN Panel server.cfg may include lines like:

ensure mapmanager
ensure chat
ensure spawnmanager
ensure sessionmanager
ensure basic-gamemode
ensure hardcap
ensure vMenu

Your actual list may be different, so copy the lines from the server.cfg that HTN Panel generated on your own PC.

Do not blindly replace your host’s entire server.cfg unless you know what you are doing, as your host may already have important settings inside it, such as:

endpoint_add_tcp
endpoint_add_udp
sv_licenseKey
sv_hostname
sets tags
sv_maxclients

Instead, copy over the missing package/resource lines carefully.

Step 8: Check your server.cfg for important host settings

Before saving, make sure your cloud server’s server.cfg still includes your host’s required settings.

Do not remove important lines such as:

endpoint_add_tcp
endpoint_add_udp
sv_licenseKey
sv_maxclients

Your host may also require specific port or startup settings. Keep those in place unless your host tells you otherwise.

Step 9: Restart your FiveM server

Once the files have uploaded and your server.cfg has been updated, restart your FiveM server from your hosting provider’s panel.

After restarting, join your server and check that the package has loaded correctly.

Troubleshooting

Resources are not starting

Check your server.cfg and make sure the correct ensure lines have been copied across.

Also make sure the folder names inside the resources folder match the names in the ensure lines.

For example:

ensure vMenu

requires the folder to be named:

vMenu

vMenu does not open

Make sure the vMenu resource has been uploaded and ensured in your server.cfg.

Also check that the vMenu permissions/config lines from the HTN Panel-generated server.cfg have been copied over.

Files are missing after upload

FTP uploads can sometimes fail or skip files.

Reconnect using WinSCP or FileZilla and compare your local resources folder with the cloud server’s resources folder.

If anything is missing, upload it again.

Server crashes or does not start

Check your host’s console/logs. This is usually caused by:

• missing resources
• incorrect ensure lines
• broken folder names
• deleting required host files
• replacing the wrong part of server.cfg

Summary

To install the vMenu Starter Package on a cloud server host:

1. Install the package on your own PC using HTN Panel.
2. Follow the setup video: https://youtu.be/Ya-sc_-IBX8
3. Connect to your cloud host using FTP/SFTP.
4. Delete the old contents inside your host’s resources folder.
5. Upload all folders from the HTN Panel-installed resources folder.
6. Open the HTN Panel-generated server.cfg.
7. Copy over all required ensure lines and any extra missing config lines.
8. Keep your host’s required server settings.
9. Restart the server.

Your vMenu Starter Package should then be running on your cloud-hosted FiveM server.