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[GH-ISSUE #127] Add -autoupdate feature #105

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opened 2026-02-27 01:59:31 +03:00 by kerem · 15 comments

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Originally created by @dgibbs64 on GitHub (Aug 1, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/127

Originally assigned to: @dgibbs64 on GitHub.

-autoupdate can be added to update the servers as soon as an update is released on SteamCMD. It may be worth adding the switch to all servers that support it

Originally created by @dgibbs64 on GitHub (Aug 1, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/127 Originally assigned to: @dgibbs64 on GitHub. -autoupdate can be added to update the servers as soon as an update is released on SteamCMD. It may be worth adding the switch to all servers that support it

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@medic917 commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2014):

Yes!

@medic917 commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2014): Yes!

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2026-02-27 01:59:32 +03:00

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2014):

Feature now added

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2014): Feature now added

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2026-02-27 01:59:32 +03:00

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@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016):

I'm looking into this currently, was this actually added ?

-autoupdate -steam_dir <insert steam path>/ -steamcmd_script updatescript.txt

updatescript.txt

login anonymous
force_install_dir <insert steam path>/<rest of the path to the cs folder>/cs/
app_update 740 validate
exit

I know there is ./csgoserver update, but that is LGSM functionality and not the "native" update process ?

We could then use the srcds itself to update itself with plugins, like executing _restart on the server, which would issue a restart/update instead of a cronjob with ./csgoserver update

@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016): I'm looking into this currently, was this actually added ? `-autoupdate -steam_dir <insert steam path>/ -steamcmd_script updatescript.txt` updatescript.txt ``` login anonymous force_install_dir <insert steam path>/<rest of the path to the cs folder>/cs/ app_update 740 validate exit ``` I know there is ./csgoserver update, but that is LGSM functionality and not the "native" update process ? We could then use the srcds itself to update itself with plugins, like executing `_restart` on the server, which would issue a restart/update instead of a cronjob with `./csgoserver update`

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016):

@iNilo I'm not sure if this autoupdate is still a thing.
I personally like to cronjob it. You can even cronjob it every 30 minutes or every hour or whatever you like as long as it isn't too short.
https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/wiki/Update

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016): @iNilo I'm not sure if this autoupdate is still a thing. I personally like to cronjob it. You can even cronjob it every 30 minutes or every hour or whatever you like as long as it isn't too short. https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/wiki/Update

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@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016):

@UltimateByte very true, so was I but its nicer to do it from within the server process itself.

plugin notices an update
plugin waits for match/round/map to finish and warns players
plugin communicates with other servers and advises players to move to another server (which have updated)
plugin does a hard countdown (30s before shutdown)
plugin kicks the users with a message that the server is shutting down for an update.

Its much nicer for players then just to nuke the server with a cronjob and a mass timeout.

It would be very nice that lgsm generates the lines & the update file. which then can be turned off & on within the config/main script.

the current way (cronjobs) is perfectly fine, however it could be more user friendly using plugins with kick messages and _restart

@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016): @UltimateByte very true, so was I but its nicer to do it from within the server process itself. 1) plugin notices an update 2) plugin waits for match/round/map to finish and warns players 3) plugin communicates with other servers and advises players to move to another server (which have updated) 4) plugin does a hard countdown (30s before shutdown) 5) plugin kicks the users with a message that the server is shutting down for an update. Its much nicer for players then just to nuke the server with a cronjob and a mass timeout. It would be very nice that lgsm generates the lines & the update file. which then can be turned off & on within the config/main script. the current way (cronjobs) is perfectly fine, however it could be more user friendly using plugins with kick messages and _restart

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@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016):

To followup, this is a functional sourcemod plugin that has this functionality (partially)
https://github.com/Sarabveer/SM-Plugins/blob/master/sw_auto_steam_update/scripting/auto_steam_update.sp

@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2016): To followup, this is a functional sourcemod plugin that has this functionality (partially) https://github.com/Sarabveer/SM-Plugins/blob/master/sw_auto_steam_update/scripting/auto_steam_update.sp

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

Mh... It seems quite hard to me to integrate a plugin to LGSM's behavior. However, a similar idea had been proposed
Here: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/674
And especially here: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/pull/890

I'd be happy to work on this 890 thing, with custom text and so on.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): Mh... It seems quite hard to me to integrate a plugin to LGSM's behavior. However, a similar idea had been proposed Here: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/674 And especially here: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/pull/890 I'd be happy to work on this 890 thing, with custom text and so on.

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@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

The plugins are for server administrators, I'd rather see support for the command line (build in) options then for the sourcemod plugins itself.

Making LGSM generate an update script, with appropriate command line addons such as -autoupdate -steam_dir is much more feasible than supporting sourcemod plugins

@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): The plugins are for server administrators, I'd rather see support for the command line (build in) options then for the sourcemod plugins itself. Making LGSM generate an update script, with appropriate command line addons such as `-autoupdate -steam_dir` is much more feasible than supporting sourcemod plugins

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

Well, and then how would you run the script without a cronjob ?
LGSM is already an update script, so i don't really get your idea.
What i see then is more of a console command sent if an update is found an a timer as proposed in #890.
Would be nice to really implement rcon at some point so that even games like rust with no console could benefit from it.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): Well, and then how would you run the script without a cronjob ? LGSM is already an update script, so i don't really get your idea. What i see then is more of a console command sent if an update is found an a timer as proposed in #890. Would be nice to really implement rcon at some point so that even games like rust with no console could benefit from it.

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@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

The idea is that rather than relying on cronjob, use the native builtin functionality of updating csgo servers.

more like ./csgoserver generateupdatescripts
and then inside ./csgoserver
use_external_update_scripts = true.
so whenever we execute "_restart" (from within srcds, with rcon/plugins) it would check for updates

@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): The idea is that rather than relying on cronjob, use the native builtin functionality of updating csgo servers. more like ./csgoserver generateupdatescripts and then inside ./csgoserver use_external_update_scripts = true. so whenever we execute "_restart" (from within srcds, with rcon/plugins) it would check for updates

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

And how exactly srcds would know it should have to use this script ? That's what i don't get.
For me autoupdate would happen at srcds level, so i don't see how it would use an external script, LGSM or not.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): And how exactly srcds would know it should have to use this script ? That's what i don't get. For me autoupdate would happen at srcds level, so i don't see how it would use an external script, LGSM or not.

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@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

its build into the CSGO/TF2/... srcds.

-autoupdate - Attempts to auto-update the server when an update comes out. You MUST use -steam_dir and -steamcmd_script

I found this issue and I thought it was added, (which its not afaik?) nothing more to it?

@iNilo commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): its build into the CSGO/TF2/... srcds. `-autoupdate - Attempts to auto-update the server when an update comes out. You MUST use -steam_dir and -steamcmd_script` I found this issue and I thought it was added, (which its not afaik?) nothing more to it?

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016):

So just just append -autoupdate to start parms then it will update as soon as possible. This is what i thought for the beginning. Then how does this autoupdate starts a script upon updates ? Does it have to have a specific name ? Location ?

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2016): So just just append -autoupdate to start parms then it will update as soon as possible. This is what i thought for the beginning. Then how does this autoupdate starts a script upon updates ? Does it have to have a specific name ? Location ?

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@walliski commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2016):

👍 for adding built in support for autoupdate

When you add the autoupdate to your command line arguments when starting the server you also need to provide steamcmd with a script to run. This script basically tells steamcmd to update a server in a specific folder. However this script is not available by default in LGSM?

Would be good to use autoupdate at least for CS:GO, since it updates automatically when a server is empty, but not else...

@walliski commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2016): :+1: for adding built in support for autoupdate When you add the autoupdate to your command line arguments when starting the server you also need to provide steamcmd with a script to run. This script basically tells steamcmd to update a server in a specific folder. However this script is not available by default in LGSM? Would be good to use autoupdate at least for CS:GO, since it updates automatically when a server is empty, but not else...

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