Once installed, App Store Connect automatically receives runtime software updates.

By default, App Store Connect receives updates from its stable channel. You can also use a pre-release channel to get access to preview features.

The easiest way to configure the the channel you want to use is by downloading the App Store Connect command line administration tool (ipdc-update) onto your App Store Connect machine.

You can view the available feeds by running the following command:

ipdc-update channel list

Your current channel will be highlighted (this will be “Stable” by default). You can select a different channel as follows:

ipdc-update channel set <NAME>

For example:

ipdc-update channel set Beta

Note that changing the channel requires the App Store Connect service to be restarted. The administration tool will offer to restart the service for you.

By default, App Store Connect automatically updates when new software packages are available. This results in short periods of downtime.

Updates are usually published on Fridays during UK business hours, but pre-release packages and security updates may be published at other times. If this is not convenient, you can use the command line administration tool to set your update schedule:

ipdc-update automatic-updates schedule set <SCHEDULE>

Replace <SCHEDULE> with your preferred CRON schedule. For example, to check for updates at 8am on the first Tuesday of every month:

ipdc-update automatic-updates schedule set "0 0 8 ? 1/1 TUE#1 *"

Make sure that you enclose the schedule in quotes. You can use tools such as CronMaker to create your preferred schedule definition.

We don't recommend disabling automatic updates altogether, but you can elect to install updates manually using the command line administration tool as follows:

ipdc-update automatic-updates disable

When automatic updates are disabled, you must find and install updates manually. You can view the available packages in your current release channel as follows:

ipdc-update package list

The command will list the available packages and will highlight if a newer package is available. You can update to the latest package as follows:

ipdc-update package install --latest

You can also update to a specific package version:

ipdc-update package install <VERSION>

To re-enable automatic updates, run the following command:

ipdc-update automatic-updates enable