Learn exactly how to quickly update your Minecraft server to the latest version in under 5 minutes. This step-by-step tutorial covers the entire process: turning off the server, creating a safe backup, renaming the old JAR file, installing the new server file from the official Mojang website, and restarting everything safely.
While demonstrated on a Linux server using command-line examples, the video makes efforts to explain how the theoretical process is nearly identical for Windows users (just with different commands and more clicks!).