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# Minecraft | How to install mods on your Forge server

# How to install mods on your Forge server
> Your server must be running on a Forge version compatible with your mod. Here's a guide: [How to install Forge on your server](https://help.skynode.pro/en/article/minecraft-installing-forge-jg4xda/)

**Step 1.** Download a mod(s) you want from [CurseForge](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods).

> We recommend you using SFTP for uploading mods to your server, here's a guide: [How to manage files using SFTP](https://help.skynode.pro/en/article/panel-how-to-manage-files-using-sftp-1dn4a06/)

**Step 2.** Go to the [panel](https://panel.skynode.pro/) and go on your server you'd like to install the mod(s) on.

**Step 3.** Go to `File manager` in your server panel.

**Step 4.** Look out for a directory called **Mods**, and open it up.

**Step 5.** Put your mod(s) that you downloaded in the directory `/mods`.

**Step 6.** Restart your server.

**Congrats! Now you have mod(s) on your Forge server.**