Deploying a FiveM server in Ubuntu on aarch64

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Greetings forum members. As of you all probably know that the FiveM server files are compiled and meant to be used on an x86_64 machine. So there is no way to run FiveM server on an aarch64 machine natively, so I am going to show you how to deploy a FiveM server using an Emulator called FEX-Emu.

Machine Test Environment:

My test environment is a virtual machine running on Oracle Cloud with 4 OCPU (vCPU), 24GB RAM, and a 150GB SSD.

Steps to run a barebone FiveM server:
Begin with the initial setup as outlined on the Server Manual Page, excluding step 7. Don’t forget to change the license key and game version.

Open the required ports for FiveM:

sudo iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 30120 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 30120 -j ACCEPT
sudo netfilter-persistent save

Important: You may also need to open those ports on your server provider.

Install necessary packages for the emulator:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install software-properties-common curl git iproute2 libssl-dev squashfuse fuse squashfs-tools tzdata tar wget zip build-essential unzip gdb gettext
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fex-emu/fex && sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install fex-emu-armv8.0 fex-emu-binfmt32 fex-emu-binfmt64
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/668077130 ... _arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.19_arm64.deb && sudo rm libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.19_arm64.deb

Set up the RootFS for the emulator:

FEXRootFSFetcher
Type 1 and press Enter for everything, as this will download approximately 1GB of data.

Start the FiveM server:

cd $HOME/FXServer/server-data && FEXInterpreter $HOME/FXServer/server/alpine/opt/cfx-server/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 --library-path "$HOME/FXServer/server/alpine/usr/lib/v8/:$HOME/FXServer/server/alpine/lib/:$HOME/FXServer/server/alpine/usr/lib/" -- $HOME/FXServer/server/alpine/opt/cfx-server/FXServer +exec $HOME/FXServer/server-data/server.cfg
After a successful startup, you can use:

cd $HOME/FXServer/server-data && $HOME/FXServer/server/run.sh +exec $HOME/FXServer/server-data/server.cfg
Important: Execute the command from within the $HOME/FXServer/server-data directory.

Note: To keep the server active even after leaving the console, quit the command above, use tmux, and then run the command again.

Steps to run a txAdmin server:
Note: You also need to set up a database, so make sure to do this before proceeding.

Open needed ports:

sudo iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 30120 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 30120 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 40120 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 40120 -j ACCEPT
sudo netfilter-persistent save
Important: You may also need to open those ports on your server provider.

Install necessary packages for the emulator:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install software-properties-common curl git iproute2 libssl-dev squashfuse fuse squashfs-tools tzdata tar wget zip build-essential unzip gdb gettext
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fex-emu/fex && sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install fex-emu-armv8.0 fex-emu-binfmt32 fex-emu-binfmt64
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/668077130 ... _arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.19_arm64.deb && sudo rm libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.19_arm64.deb
Set up the RootFS for the emulator:

FEXRootFSFetcher
Type 1 and press Enter for everything, as this will download approximately 1GB of data.

Begin by running steps from 1 to 3 in the server manual.

Start the server using:

FEXInterpreter ~/FXServer/server/run.sh
Complete the txAdmin setup according to what you see on the screen.

After completing everything, you should be able to run the server using:

~/FXServer/server/run.sh
Note: To keep the server active even after leaving the console, quit the command above, use tmux, and then run the command again.

Testing Your Connection:
Visit http://yourserverip:30120/info.json and check if the page loads successfully.

Or instead of all of this work, use the Pterodactyl egg in your Pterodactyl panel:
FiveM aarch64 egg for Pterodactyl.

Conclusion:
By following this guide, you can successfully run a FiveM server on an aarch64 Ubuntu machine using the FEX-Emu emulator.