im trying to make a modded server and its not working

[neon pond]

so me and my brother cant figure out port forwarding and decided to just use a server, but when we tried to use mods the server starts and immediately crashes, i checked the console and keep seeing [insert mod] is missing mods.toml file. what even is a toml file?!

[restive fractal]

follow this

https://www.bisecthosting.com/clients/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/48/How-to-install-a-custom-modpack-on-your-Minecraft-server.html

start over

[neon pond]

Oh, wish I knew about this, thx ill see if it fixes

[restive fractal]

i've made articles and videos on this to prove the article works.

[neon pond]

Damn even proof, also love your pronoun section of your bio 🙏

[restive fractal]

right.

i made a lot of dragon based mod packs so my community identify me as a giant mystical chicken known as a dragon.

[neon pond]

peak

[neon pond]

Its not letting me log in with the sftp thing

Im supposed to use the password is used to make my account right?

[red lake]

The password you received in the email with the server details (aka control panel/games panel password).

[dark mist]

Incorrect,
You don't use your account password, i wish you could :(
You get a email apon purchasing one of your Mine-Craft servers same with any other server of course. (as Ceridwen said.)
Also you don't need to use winSCP for your installation, you can click upload but you can just use whatever is best for you or you know how to use one

[neon pond]

Oh holy shite I did get an email, It didn't tell me i got an email thanks for letting me know

[neon pond]

Winscp is the one im using 👍

[dark mist]

Welp, if you wanna stop there, create a new server. It doesn't matter if you change the world-name. Just don't change the seed. The upload button can be found in the "Files" tab, right next to SFTP. SFTP contains your info for winSCP of course.

[neon pond]

?

[dark mist]

You can do whatever you want really, I'm just saying what you should've done lul.

[neon pond]

Oh lol

[dark mist]

Sorry, to clarify if you want to still use winSCP thats fine. I am just saying uploading is just a bit simpler,

although.. Many people use the BisectHosting tutorials, which is very fine itselve!

[neon pond]

Its what im using

[dark mist]

ok

Glad I could help you today! (And Cerdwin is probably, too.) Have a great day! ^^

[neon pond]

You too

The issue didnt fix, it keeps going Starting... offline, starting... offline

[red lake]

Check the Console to see what it says

[restive fractal]

i bet's client sided mods on the server.

!llogs @neon pond

[pine token]

Please send some logs over so we can help resolve your issue. To access logs on your Minecraft server, please navigate to your server panel's File Manager and take the following path:

1. Open the Server's File Manager
2. Navigate inside the 'logs' folder
3. Click on "latest.log" to download it and send the file over Discord to this channel.

[neon pond]

Maybe idk

Checking

[restive fractal]

the log will tell us, follow the bots instructions

[neon pond]

did i do a dumb?

[restive fractal]

you're new to this, there is no dumb yet, when I screw up that's a dumb, you're in the oopsie phase of life

[neon pond]

thats inspiring, im gonna quote you to people

[restive fractal]

feel free to quote it.

i need disciples.

[restive fractal]

on top of the log it says the problem. you see servers don't have gpus, so they can't render graphics to player. so anything that calls a gpu directly will crash a server, we call those client sided mods. ie they work on the machine that is not the server that has the gpu.

[28Jan2026 18:01:34.359] [modloading-worker-0/ERROR] [net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer/LOADING]: Failed to create mod instance. ModID: enhanced_boss_bars, class com.nakuring.enhanced_boss_bars.EnhancedBossBars
java.lang.RuntimeException: Attempted to load class net/minecraft/client/Minecraft for invalid dist DEDICATED_SERVER
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.RuntimeDistCleaner.processClassWithFlags(RuntimeDistCleaner.java:57) ~[fmlloader-1.20.1-47.4.13.jar%2369!/:1.0]
    at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins(LaunchPluginHandler.java:88) ~[modlauncher-10.0.9.jar%2355!/:?]

it's enhanced boss bars

remove it from the server

and then restart

[neon pond]

ohhhh, danka, ill let you know if that fixes it

imma refer to you as jesus because of how much of a savior you are to me

thank you jesus 🙏

[restive fractal]

SHHH, the other rabbis might hear you and kick me out of the synagogue

[west plover]

The Synagogue is rapidly approaching your location

[restive fractal]

I know, Nibiru right?

[west plover]

I would clock in just late enough to the party to miss the fix - at least Kree stepped in

And exactly Kree

[restive fractal]

i'm on fleek today

yep going to do that in about 2 weeks, pedicure and a hand waxing (heat therapy)

[neon pond]

i missed something lol

have a good day ig lol

[restive fractal]

Santa forget to show my MTG card. 🙁

[neon pond]

w mtg

[restive fractal]

magic the gathering

[restive fractal]

this

[neon pond]

ik, i love the game

recently made me a dragon token deck