6. Setting up the Server Resource Pack

A step by step guide written by 1K2C3M. Thanks for the contributions!

Uploading the Resource Pack

If the resource pack isn't compressed into a ZIP file you must do this first. In order to create a ZIP file select all of the files for the resource pack (Not the parent folder) then right-click. In doing so, it'll pull up a menu with many options one of them being send to which you must then hover your mouse over. Another menu with options will then appear with one of the options being Compressed (zipped) folder which will create the ZIP file.
Once you have created the ZIP file for your resource pack upload the ZIP file anywhere to create a direct download link. I recommend you use your personal dropbox to upload the resource pack as it's a simple way to create a direct download link.

A Dropbox direct link will look something similar like this:
```
https://www.dropbox.com/s/abcd1234efgh789/YourResourcePackName.zip?dl=0
```
You need to change the dl=0 at the back into dl=1.
```
https://www.dropbox.com/s/abcd1234efgh789/YourResourcePackName.zip?dl=1
```

Once you have the direct download link ready for your resource pack find a file named server.properties located in the main directory for your server. Find the line resource-pack= in the file and paste the direct download link after the = sign (No space is needed in between the = and the direct download link).
You need to get the SHA1 file checksum (hash) of your resource pack ZIP file using online tool such as this one. Paste the hash string you get to the resource-pack-sha1= field which also located in server.properties file. This is important as the checksum value is an indication to tell the server if the client resource pack is similar to the one we setup in the server.