How can I update the server on steamcmd ?

[tacgnol]

How can the server automaticly update itself, or check for update once a day in steamcmd on ubuntu server ?

[tehg]

You could make a cron job that runs daily, stops the DST server, then runs the SteamCMD command to update:

 

steamcmd +login ID Password +force_install_dir path +app_update 343050 +exit

[tacgnol]

so if I use the anonymous user, it would be something like this ... :

 

 

screen -X -S DST quit && steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/steam/steamapps/DST

+app_update 343050 +exit && cd /home/steam/steamapps/DST/bin/ && screen -S "DST Server" ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer

 

am I right ?

[raiser]

Are you having problems updating it? I am getting an error "App 343050 state is 0x206 after update job" and the server is not updating at all.

[tacgnol]

the wiki has been updated with the proper way to update the server :

 

http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Don%E2%80%99t_Starve_Together_Dedicated_Servers#Updating

[tacgnol]

I did a small script that you can add to your cron job.

first create the file :

nano /home/steam/steamcmd/update.sh

then paste this using SHIFT+INSERT

#!/bin/shecho "Killing DST session(s) ..."screen -ls | grep DST | cut -d. -f1 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs killecho "Session killed, will now update DST..."cd /home/steam/steamcmd/ && ./steamcmd.sh +@ShutdownOnFailedCommand 1 +@NoPromptForPassword 1 +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/steam/steamapps/DST +app_update 343050 validate +quitecho "Update completed, will now start the server..."cd /home/steam/steamapps/DST/bin/ && screen -dmS "DST Server" ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer -threaded_physics -threaded_renderecho "Server successfully started!" 

then CTRL-O + CTRL+X to save & quit.

 

 

 

I have set the script to run at midnight everyday... if someone have a better idea to update the game as soon an update is released, please share

[KogaBee]

Tacnogol replace that mess of cut and grep with

 

screen -ls | awk 'BEGIN{RS="."}/dontstarve/{print $1}' | xargs kill