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Installing Cobalt Essentials

  1. Log in to your Vyper Hosting panel.
  2. Select your BeamMP server and click Mods.
  3. Set the dropdown to Server and search for Cobalt Essentials.
  4. Click Install.
  5. Restart your server from the Console tab.

CE will generate its default config files in Resources/Server/CobaltEssentials/ on first run.

Verifying the Installation

Section titled “Verifying the Installation”

After restart, check the Console tab for:

[Cobalt] CobaltEssentials Initiated
[Cobalt] CobaltDB Initiated

If you see Lua errors instead, confirm the folder structure is correct:

  • DirectoryResources/
    • DirectoryServer/
      • DirectoryCobaltEssentials/
        • DirectoryCobaltDB/
          • commands.json
          • config.json
          • permissions.json
          • playerData.json
          • playerPermissions.json
          • vehicles.json
        • Directoryextensions/
          • …
        • Directorylua/
          • …
        • CobaltDB.lua
        • CobaltEssentialsLoader.lua

First-Time Setup

Section titled “First-Time Setup”

Set Yourself as Owner

Section titled “Set Yourself as Owner”

  1. In your panel, go to Files → Resources → Server → CobaltEssentials → CobaltDB.

  2. Open permissions.json.

  3. Add your BeamMP username to the owner array:

    {
      "owner": ["YourBeamMPUsername"],
      "admin": [],
      "moderator": [],
      "whitelisted": []
    }

  4. Save and restart the server.

Configure the MOTD

Section titled “Configure the MOTD”

Open CobaltDB/config.json and edit the motd field to show a message to players on join:

{
  "motd": "Welcome to the server! Type /rules for the rules."
}

Save the file and restart the server.

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”
Commands Full reference for all CE chat and console commands.
Permissions Set up roles and assign your admin team.
Extensions Add extra features to CE like race managers and chat filters.