# Best way to automatically update Plex Server? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227 "2017-02-23T00:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reed97123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Reed97123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Reed97123)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/1 "2017-02-23T00:20:36Z")
Currently I am updating Plex Server manually. I notice a new version, download it from the Website onto my Windows 10 machine, copy it over from Windows to my Ubuntu headless server, ssh into the server, install. I did some searching on Google and came up with [github.com/mrworf/plexupdate](https://github.com/mrworf/plexupdate "https://github.com/mrworf/plexupdate") as a way to automate the installation when new versions are available. Is there any better known way to auto-update Plex Server? Why doesn’t Plex use apt-get’s infrastructure to automate the process? ---
**Author:** ![Reed97123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Reed97123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Reed97123)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/2 "2017-02-24T21:18:09Z")
Anyone use plexupdate? Does it work well for you? ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/3 "2017-02-24T21:30:19Z")
The script you referenced is a great tool used by a lot of Plex users. I’d recommend using that REF: [https://github.com/mrworf/plexupdate](https://github.com/mrworf/plexupdate) ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/4 "2017-02-24T21:56:57Z")
I forgot about this earlier… There is now a Plex REPO! `For users running our Plex Media Server on CentOS/Fedora or Ubuntu Linux distributions, it's possible to do so via our official repository. This article covers how to add the repository to CentOS/Fedora and Ubuntu` See: [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/235974187-Enable-repository-updating-for-supported-Linux-server-distributions](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/235974187-Enable-repository-updating-for-supported-Linux-server-distributions) ---
**Author:** ![Reed97123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Reed97123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Reed97123)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/5 "2017-02-24T22:01:53Z")
Wonderful, I hadn’t found that in my searches, so thanks for posting the link! ---
**Author:** ![Reed97123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Reed97123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Reed97123)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/6 "2017-02-24T22:03:47Z")
With both available, which do you prefer? The plexupdater from github does have the advantage of checking to make sure Plex isn’t in use before it updates. On the other hand apt-get is fairly standard and works well. ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/7 "2017-02-24T22:05:51Z")
The repo gets you the current public version, right? Not the Plex Pass version? ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/8 "2017-02-24T22:07:02Z")
> @beckfield said: > The repo gets you the current public version, right? Not the Plex Pass version? That’s true, currently only the Public release ---
**Author:** ![Reed97123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Reed97123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Reed97123)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/9 "2017-02-24T22:40:26Z")
Ah, so I’ll probably go with plexupdater then both for the upgrade check built in and the ability to install the Plex Pass version. ---
**Author:** ![jaxx21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaxx21/32/22797_2.png) [@jaxx21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jaxx21)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/10 "2017-02-25T06:46:08Z")
Other great plugin , PlexPy for see what your user do (is watching)on your plex library ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-automatically-update-plex-server/181227/11 "2020-01-07T22:48:35Z")