Download the server from the downloads page of the GTA Connected website.
Download this resource via git clone or directly from GitHub with the green zip download button.
Add this resource as-is into a resource folder of your choice inside the resources directory of your server.
Add the resource to the server config. You should also disable a lot of the cvars in the config too. I only have traffic, civilians, planes, and bigmap enabled.
Download the required modules and add them to your server config. See list of modules below.
Import the database to your MySQL server, and edit database.json in the resource's config folder with the info to connect to the database.
Edit svr_main table, and set the svr_game and svr_port to your server's info. Game ID numbers are here
(Optional) Edit the email SMTP connection info. Without this, the email features will be disabled.
Start the server and connect. Register your account, make a character, and disconnect.
Edit your account in the database (get your account ID from the acct_main table and then edit the four entries in acct_svr for your account, changing acct_svr_staff_flags to negative 1 (-1) ... you must not be connected to the server when doing this
You now have full admin. Enjoy the resource!

Modules

master/main - The current release. Never commit to this branch directly
nightly - The next upcoming release. All feature/fix/change branches are merged into this one
feature/fix/change - This is where the stuff currently being working on goes into.

Always use camelCase, even for event names.
Use a util function where possible. Keep raw logic in command/event/network handlers to a minimum.
Keep opening curly brackets in-line. Don't linebreak before an opening curly brackets.
Use sentence case instead of adjacent uppercase letters in class/member names. (i.e. Id instead of ID)
Use generic, non-specific class member names wherever possible. (i.e. databaseId instead of accountId)
All communications from server <-> client are handled in each side's netevents.js script files via utils
All server and client events are handled in each side's event.js script files, sometimes with utils.

Always use lowercase names for tables and fields
Try to shorten prefix names to four characters or less (i.e. acct=account, veh=vehicle)
Add an underscore between each word
Append _main to any tables that store primary data (i.e. acct_main, ban_main, etc)
Prefix field names with the table name, except for _main tables (i.e. acct_id, job_loc_id)
Tables use primary key on their ID column
Tables use both secondary keys & cascading foreign key links to any ID that points to another table
Prefix table names with func_ if they are a custom function or procedure

The resource is designed to load the script files first, then initialize after that's done.
The resource is designed to run on multiple servers. Each server needs a row in svr_main table with matching port and game ID
The IDEAS.md file is not a to-do list. It's just a random file to throw ideas into when they come to mind.
Bitwise values are used for several different aspects, mostly related to permissions.
Bitwise value of -1 is always used as "all flags" for that set. For admin permissions, -1 is god-tier admin level