Summary
Installing Fabric on a Minecraft server provides a lightweight and flexible modding platform that enhances the game with a various mods without significantly impacting performance. Fabric's modular and efficient design allows for quick updates and compatibility with the latest Minecraft versions, ensuring a smooth gaming experience. Additionally, its active community and extensive library of mods enable server administrators to customize gameplay, adding new features and mechanics to suit their preferences.
| Note | Access to installing Legacy Fabric via the JAR Menu is limited to Premium servers or Budget servers with BisectBoost. Alternatively, Legacy Fabric can be installed manually by following the guide provided below. |
How to Install Fabric on a Minecraft Server (JAR Menu)
1. Log in to the Bisecthosting Games panel.
2. Stop the server.
3. Go to the Minecraft Jar tab.
4. Select Fabric on the left.
5. Next to the desired Fabric Version, click Install.
| Note | Fabric Older contains Fabric versions compatible with the popular BCLib mod. |
6. Press the Install button.
7. Choose what to do with the existing server files and click Next.
8. Start the server. 
How to Install Fabric on a Minecraft Server (Manual)
1. Download Fabric.
2. Launch the Fabric installer and select the Server tab.
3. Choose a Minecraft version.
4. Change the install location to a folder on the desktop.
5. Click Install.
6. Select Download server jar.
7. Once finished, click Done. 
8. Navigate to the folder on the desktop.
9. Rename fabric-server-launch.jar depending on the Minecraft version from step 3:
Minecraft 1.14-1.16.x = custom.jar
Minecraft 1.17.x = customjava16.jarMinecraft 1.18-1.20.4 = customjava17.jarMinecraft 1.20.5+ = customjava21.jar
10. Select all files. Right-click and choose Send to>Compressed (zipped) folder. 
11. Minimize the file to use later in the tutorial.
12. Log in to the Bisecthosting Games panel.
13. Stop the server.
14. Go to the Minecraft Jar tab.
15. Select Custom on the left.
16. Click Install next to the custom jar version from Step 9. 
17. Press the Install button.
18. Choose what to do with the existing server files and click Next.
19. Go to the Files tab.
20. Upload the .zip file from Step 10.
21. Right-click on the .zip file and choose Unarchive.
22. Start the server.
