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Automatic Updates

Configuring Automatic Updates with Cron

To be able to use automatic Updates with this Server the following environment variables have to be set to true:

  • RCON_ENABLED
  • UPDATE_ON_BOOT
Waarschuwing

If docker restart is not set to policy always or unless-stopped then the server will shutdown and will need to be manually restarted.

The example docker run command and docker compose file in the Quicksetup already use the needed policy

VariableInfoDefault ValuesAllowed Values
AUTO_UPDATE_CRON_EXPRESSIONSetting affects frequency of automatic updates.0 * * * *Needs a Cron-Expression - See Configuring Automatic Backups with Cron
AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLEDEnables automatic updatesfalsetrue/false
AUTO_UPDATE_WARN_MINUTESHow long to wait to update the server, after the player were informed. (This will be ignored, if no Players are connected)30!0
tip

This image uses Supercronic for crons see supercronic or Crontab Generator.

Set AUTO_UPDATE_CRON_EXPRESSION to change the default schedule.