how should i create automatic update for my application?

i developed a super lite laravel cms that user will install on their hosting. let say i want to update those cms that i distributed. my idea is:

each cms will run cron job every minute in background that check new version from official repo site.
if new version exist.

2.1 download new version (.zip)

2.2 replace old with new

is this the best way? if its not, can anyone show the best practice on how to roll out new update? halp!

Level 46

Maybe make the CMS a package, lock it's dependencies right down in composer. Then get a cron job to run composer update.

Level 7

@topvillas how to do it on shared hosting..

Level 46

I've got no idea. Have a look at the Wordpress source and see how they manage it.

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