How do I update my server?

Steamcmd

• Official SteamCMD documentation
• Windows SteamCMD exe

Linux

1. Open steamcmd via the steamcmd command in CLI, or run the shell script if manually installed.
2. Run login anonymous to access the game servers.
   
3. Run force_install_dir <path> and replace <path> with the path location where you installed the SCP:SL server.
4. Finally run app_update 996560 validate

Windows

1. Navigate to the steamcmd folder used for originally installing the server and open steamcmd.exe
2. Run login anonymous to access the game servers.
   
3. Run force_install_dir <path> and replace <path> with the path location where you installed the SCP:SL server.
4. Finally run app_update 996560 validate
   

Pterodactyl/Egg

• Some Eggs support the ability to auto update when starting the server, if this does not happen, you will have to reinstall the server, navigate to the servers instance -> Settings -> Reinstall Server button. This may cause data loss depending on the egg.
  

Steam GUI Dedicated Server Tool

• If you installed the Dedicated Server Tool via Steam application like any steam game, the server will automatically update via steam, or have a pending update.

Notes

• You can validate if the server was updated by running buildinfo in LocalAdmin, and checking if the server is on the latest version.

• If your server is not updating and is stuck on the old version use app_update 996560 -beta public validate in placement of app_update 996560 validate