Updating your Minecraft server
Take a backup before updating, and let your players know the server will be unavailable. Keep everyone's client on the same pack or Minecraft version as the server.
Install an offered update
When CreeperPanel finds an update, the Console shows the current and proposed versions. Select Update Now, check the confirmation and continue when you are ready.
If the instance is running, this action stops it for the update and starts it afterwards. If it was already stopped, start it yourself once installation has finished. Check the Console before inviting everyone back.
If an update takes longer than expected, check the installation progress before trying again.
Choose a specific version
- Stop the instance and open Versions & Modpacks.
- Use Modpacks to find your pack, or Minecraft Versions for Vanilla, a mod loader or server software.
- Search and use the filters to find the right result, then open its card.
- Find the desired build in Versions, using the version filter or Show More Versions if needed.
- Select Ready to install beside that build, read the confirmations and wait for installation to finish.
- Start the instance and check that your world loads correctly.
Changing to a different pack or downgrading can leave the world incompatible with its mods. Some installs explicitly require a clean slate and show a warning that existing server files will be wiped. Keep a backup before accepting that prompt.
Shared packs
For a Modrinth shared instance, CreeperPanel can offer an update when a newer shared version is available to the connected account.
For a customised CurseForge profile, generate a fresh profile code and import it into the intended instance when you want to replace it with the changed profile. Do not assume edits in your launcher have already reached the server.