Automate Rust, Oxide, and plugin updates

I have searched the forums for a way to automate the above mentioned and everyone said it cant be done at this time. Its possible I am not the first or I did bad research and didn't see that this was already being done. But, a friend and I have spent the last few days working on a powershell script to automate the updating of plugins for our server. I was interested in sharing this with the forums, but I currently intend to run it daily and it actively downloads the files each time as I have not gone into trying to compare versions. I didn't want to release our code if it going to cause harm to your servers or ability to host services if a bunch of people start using this and downloading all their plugins daily or possibly even more often.

I would like to know if the mods/owners feel okay with me releasing the code we found, burrowed, and tweaked to boot our server. This includes running Steamcmd for their updates, downloading Oxide itself, downloading all the plugins, and finally starting the server. If you would like to see the code first I will happily provide it to you first.
-phatboydw

 

I do have one that work for plugins, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to cause an undo harm. So if you guys are okay with that i will attach it to this thread.

 

i would like to see it. or you can pm me the info

 

The below is all the scripts I have to start up the server from the ground up. If you have any questions let me know.

This is my primary RustServerUpdate.bat

Code:

SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
set EXE=RustDedicated.exe
set /a COUNT=0
:WHILELOOP
  FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto FOUND
    D:\ArkServer\SteamCMD\steamcmd +runscript RustServerUpdate.txt
    goto SUCCESS
  :FOUND
    taskkill /IM RustDedicated.exe /t /f
    timeout 10
    set /a COUNT+=1
    if %COUNT% lss 60 goto WHILELOOP
    goto FAIL
:FAIL
  echo %date% %time% Rust Server Failed to Update >> RustServerlog.txt
  goto STOP
:SUCCESS
  echo %date% %time% Rust Server Updated Successfully >> RustServerlog.txt
  goto OXIDE
:OXIDE
  ::Update Base Oxide Files
    bitsadmin /transfer downloadOxide /download /priority normal https://github.com/OxideMod/Snapshots/blob/master/Oxide-Rust.zip?raw=true D:\RustServer\serveroxide\Oxide-Rust.zip
    cd /d D:\RustServer\serveroxide
    "D:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRar.exe" x Oxide-Rust.zip
    :CHECKOXIDE
      if exist Oxide-Rust.zip goto DELOXIDE
      goto COPYOXIDE
    :DELOXIDE
      del Oxide-Rust.zip
      goto CHECKOXIDE
    :COPYOXIDE
    xcopy D:\RustServer\serveroxide D:\RustServer /e /y
    timeout 2
    rd /q /s .
  ::Update Oxide Plugins
    powershell.exe D:\RustServer\rustpluginfetch.ps1
  goto FIN
:FIN
  D:\RustServer\ServerStart.bat
:STOP

Simple Steam Command Script

Code:

login anonymous
force_install_dir D:\RustServer
app_update 258550
quit

The Plugins Update Powershell Script

Code:

$helper=new-object -com WScript.Shell
$root='http://oxidemod.org/plugins/'
$pluginlist = 'D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\plugins.txt'
$fetch = gc $pluginlistFunction Download($Tvar){
    $ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application
    $url='http://oxidemod.org/' + (invoke-WebRequest -uri $root$Tvar | select -expand links | select -expand href | sls -simplematch 'version=')
    $ie.navigate($url)
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
    $helper.AppActivate('View Downloads - Internet Explorer', $true)
    start-sleep  2
    $helper.SendKeys('{ENTER}')
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
    $helper.SendKeys('{ESC}')
    rv url
    rv Tvar
}for ($i=0; $i -lt $fetch.Length; $i++) {
  Download($fetch[$i])
}rv fetch
rv pluginlist
rv root
rv helper
rv iMove-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\RemoverTool.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\RemoverTool.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\DeathNotes.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\DeathNotes.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\playerlocation.lua D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\playerlocation.lua -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\m-Time.lua D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\m-Time.lua -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\admin-door-unlocker.lua D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\admin-door-unlocker.lua -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\VACKicker.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\VACKicker.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\AdminProtection.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\AdminProtection.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\AutoDoorCloser.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\AutoDoorCloser.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\NoDecay.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\NoDecay.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\WeatherController.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\WeatherController.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\PlayersOnline.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\PlayersOnline.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\Crosshair.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\Crosshair.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\StackSizeController.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\StackSizeController.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\CraftingController.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\CraftingController.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\GatherManager.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\GatherManager.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\LimitedLadders.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\LimitedLadders.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\NightLantern.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\NightLantern.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\m-Teleportation.lua D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\m-Teleportation.lua -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\Kits.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\Kits.cs -Force
Move-Item D:\Users\<name>\Downloads\Cornucopia.cs D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\Cornucopia.cs -Force

The plugins text script for the download loop

Code:

death-notes.819
player-location.663
day-night-system.671
admin-door-unlocker.756
vac-kicker.985
admin-protection.869
autodoorcloser.800
weather-controller.1180
players-online.1218
crosshair.1236
stack-size-controller.1185
crafting-controller.695
gather-manager.675
limited-ladders.1051
nightlantern.1182
teleportation-system.660
r-remover-tool.651
kits.668
cornucopia.1264
nodecay.1160

 

seems to be legit, and working, but i was hoping for a script that would update plugins on the go, while server is running. When plugin is updated = download and install..
But thanks for your share.

 

In my little experience it doesn't seem plugins take effect until the server is rebooted. So you would have to reboot your server each time you receive noticed of an update. By doing this daily it will keep your server up to date automatically instead of the current manual downloading of each plugin each time.

 

Isn't that just a simple oxide.reload PLUGIN

 

also if a plugin file changes at runtime oxide will automatically reload that plugin for you

 

From what I have seen, the plugins won't activate without a reboot. So I am not sure why my results of have been different. If that's the case then all you need to figure out on my code is how to read your email for the notifications and see about doing select cases in PS if that's possible. For each trigger result have it run the correlating plugin download. I personally am okay with keeping my system updated daily, I run this particular servers updates at about 4:15AM every morning. I hope this script is able to help other people.

 

Cleaned up The Plugins Update Powershell Script by adding the moving of the file into the for loop and creating a second text file for the filenames. Figured its easier to go this route then add the entire command everytime i want to add a new plugin. Enjoy.

Code:

$helper=new-object -com WScript.Shell
$root='http://oxidemod.org/plugins/'
$fetch = gc 'D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\plugins.txt'
$felch = gc 'D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\filepath.txt'Function Download($Tvar){
    $ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application
    $url='http://oxidemod.org/' + (invoke-WebRequest -uri $root$Tvar | select -expand links | select -expand href | sls -simplematch 'version=')
    $ie.navigate($url)
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
    $helper.AppActivate('View Downloads - Internet Explorer', $true)
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
    $helper.SendKeys('{ENTER}')
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
    $helper.SendKeys('{ESC}')
    rv url
    rv Tvar
}for ($i=0; $i -lt $fetch.Length; $i++) {
  Download($fetch[$i])
  Move-Item D:\Users\[name]\Downloads\$($felch[$i]) D:\RustServer\server\Server1\oxide\plugins\$($felch[$i]) -Force
}rv fetch
rv felch
rv root
rv helper
rv i

filepath.txt

Code:

DeathNotes.cs
playerlocation.lua
m-Time.lua
admin-door-unlocker.lua
VACKicker.cs
AdminProtection.cs
AutoDoorCloser.cs
WeatherController.cs
PlayersOnline.cs
Crosshair.cs
StackSizeController.cs
CraftingController.cs
GatherManager.cs
LimitedLadders.cs
NightLantern.cs
m-Teleportation.lua
RemoverTool.cs
Kits.cs
Cornucopia.cs
NoDecay.cs
InfoPanel.cs
DayVote.lua
Clans.cs
HeliControl.cs
QuickSort.cs
QuickSmelt.cs
RainOfFire.cs
BuildingGrades.cs

 

Code:

  Move-Item C:\Users\[name]\Downloads\$($felch[$i]) C:\Rust_Server\server\st_server\oxide\plugins\$($felch[$i]) -Force

Code:

>> Running (rustpluginfetch.ps1) Script Selection...
>> Platform: V5 64Bit (STA) (Elevated)
ERROR: Cannot index into a null array.
rustpluginfetch.ps1 (22, 41): ERROR: At Line: 22 char: 41
ERROR: +   Move-Item C:\Users\[name]\Downloads\$($felch[$i]) C:\Rust_Server\se ...
ERROR: +                                         ~~~~~~~~~~
ERROR:     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
ERROR:     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray
ERROR:
ERROR: Cannot index into a null array.
rustpluginfetch.ps1 (22, 101): ERROR: At Line: 22 char: 101
ERROR: + ... ]) C:\Rust_Server\server\st_server\oxide\plugins\$($felch[$i]) -Force
ERROR: +                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~
ERROR:     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
ERROR:     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray
ERROR:>> Execution time: 00:00:01
>> Script Ended