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Outcome

The element_sdk resource and one product resource start cleanly on your server, with no warnings for either.

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Prerequisites

  • A server that meets the server requirements, including any framework the product needs.
  • The element_sdk archive and the product archive, downloaded from the CFX portal.
  • Write access to resources and server.cfg.

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Steps

Extract the SDK

Extract the product beside it

Both directories must contain fxmanifest.lua at their top level. Archives often unpack into a folder of their own, leaving element_map/element_map/fxmanifest.lua. If that happens, move the inner directory up one level and delete the empty outer one. A resource nested one level too deep is invisible to the server.
The [element] folder is a convention that groups Element Labs resources together. Any location under resources works; the brackets tell FiveM to look inside for resources rather than to treat the folder as one.

Add both to server.cfg

The SDK goes first, and both go after the framework, inventory and database resources the product uses:

Restart the server

A full restart, not a refresh. The product reads its configuration and matches your other resources at start.

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Verification

The console reports a clean start for both resources, with no [ERROR] or [WARN ] line naming either of them.
Two lines mean the installation is not finished:
  • A [Dependencies] error. The SDK is missing, stopped, or a version the product does not accept. See SDK version requirements.
  • A line reporting that no supported adapter was detected. A resource the product needs is not running. See Supported server resources.
If the product does not appear at all, work through A product does not start.

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Next steps

  • Some products need one further step to reach your other resources. See Product integrations. The product’s own installation page says whether yours does.
  • Change the product’s behaviour through the files in its configs directory, described on that product’s configuration pages. The rules that apply to all of them are in Configuration files.
  • Keep a copy of everything you edit before you update. See Update a product or the SDK.