Beginner mistakes

Here we have a list with all beginner mistakes our customers are making.

Your server will not start

My FiveM server does not startYour server starts and stops again straight away, or the console reports the process in a crashed state with an exit code.My FiveM server does not start anymore after I uploaded my server filesMoving a server over from another host, or from your own PC, and now nothing starts?

Database errors

Access denied for user to database "essentialmode"Importing an SQL file and MySQL answers with Access denied for user to database "essentialmode"?I can't log in to my database (Access denied)Access denied means MySQL received a username, password, host or database name that does not match.FiveM error ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:3306Your console fills up with this line, and every script that touches the database fails: