Originally posted by ARK update v244.3:

* Windows & Linux Dedicated Servers now support automatic mod download/installation/updating! Just add "-automanagedmods" to your launch commandline and it will do so before the server launches (note for Maps this will not work unless you're specifying the Workshop ID to load a Mod Map). On Linux Servers, you need to run this script (included with the ARK dedicated server files) once to install SteamCMD: \SteamCMDInstall.sh

You can also specify a manual list of extra Steam Workshop Mods/Maps/TC ID's to download/install/update in your Game.ini via (with the commandline as normal to actually use them in-game), example:

[ModInstaller]
ModIDS=680481868
ModIDS=682394267
ModIDS=714672786

Saving/backuping server means, in "[Server folder]\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks" folder there are several files. Map_Name.ark file is ur current world file. Map_Name_date_time.ark file is the latest auto backup file. So now here you need to backup ur Map_Name.ark file. Update the mod as said above. Restart server. If anything goes wrong updating and you lose ur stuff ingame, retry updating and restart your server but this time replace ur world save file before restarting.

Thank you for that Simiyet. I am looking into if my server host has -automanagemods in the command line. Have you heard or seen any issues with this latest update on clustered servers?

Oh I missed this post, but well, seems no issues so far.