[medic917]

Hey guys,
I've been looking for a query autoupdate tool.

Nemrun is the only thing I found in this forum, but I'm using a linux script to run my servers that does not support -autoupdate.

Is there a query script (python or the like) that will shut down the server when the "server needs update" message shows in console? My servers autorestart when they shutdown, without the -autoupdate parameter.

[tigerox]

Use srcupdatecheck included in NemRun with your own shutdown script.

[Powerlord]

nemrun has an option to use a custom shutdown script. I forget which option it is, though.

[medic917]

ya its funny i tried the srcupdatecheck and it runs, i just haven't had the chance to test it out yet since there wasn't an update available when I tried it.

Will it update the server when i run srcupdatecheck and shut the server down? Even if I don't have -autoupdate parameters?

[medic917]

After rereading your comments guys, it seems like srcupdatecheck doesnt automatically shut down the server when ran during the update needed message.

I also need -autoupdate parameters don't I for srcupdatecheck to even work? XD

[Powerlord]

By default, I don't find nemrun (nemrun-steamcmd that is) that useful.

No, for it to really be useful, you have to run it in update daemon mode.

================================================================================
EXAMPLE 2: Two tf2 servers with an update daemon:
================================================================================
   - [nemlog,corefile] Keeps logs in ./runlogs, and corefiles in ./cores, with
     custom timestamps.
   - [cleandownloads] On update, deletes files in downloads folder (sprays)
     older than 10 days
   - [steamdir] Steam is located two directories up
     (we're in mytf2server/orangebox/, with srcds_linux)
   - [srvdir] Relative to steam, the server is in mytf2server
   - [autoupdate] Autoupdate disabled on servers, since update daemon handles
     it.
   - All other options are passed to srcds.
   - [updatedaemon] Update daemon told it is an update daemon, not a server
   - [notifycmd] Update daemon runs ./notifyadmins.sh when an update is found
   - [sharedscreens] Updater is given comma separated list of servers running on
     this directory, so it can reboot them (bob and sam)
   - [updatefirst] Updater is told to reboot servers only after applying the
     update, which could possibly cause issues, but requires less downtime!

 :: Server 1

  screen -d -m -U -S bob taskset -c 2 ./nemrun \\
  -nemlog \"runlogs/bob_%Y%m%d%H%M%S.log\" \\
  -corefile \"cores/bob_%Y%m%d%H%M%S.core\" \\
  \\
  -game tf ...
 
 :: Server 2

  screen -d -m -U -S sam taskset -c 2 ./nemrun \\
  -nemlog \"runlogs/bob_%Y%m%d%H%M%S.log\" \\
  -corefile \"cores/bob_%Y%m%d%H%M%S.core\" \\
  \\
  -game tf ...

 :: Updater
 
  screen -d -m -U -S updater \\
  ./nemrun -nemlog \"runlogs/updater_%Y%m%d%H%M%S.log\" \\
  -cleandownloads 10 -autoupdate -steamdir ../.. -srvdir mytf2server \\
  -sharedscreens bob,sam \
  -notifycmd ./notifyadmins.sh -updatefirst \\
  \\
  -game tf -updatedaemon

Note that you can do this with just one server as well, just update the sharedscreens command to the screen name of the server.

Side note: I don't think the -cleandownloads command currently works, I should probably look into that.