diff --git a/docs/dash.sh b/docs/dash.sh
index b93ab4b..170352b 100755
--- a/docs/dash.sh
+++ b/docs/dash.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-DASH_DIR="/home/ubuntu/src/dash"
-REPO_DIR="${DASH_DIR}/dashback"
-
 # Ensure private Docker network exists and sql_server is connected
 docker network create dash_net 2>/dev/null || true
 docker network connect dash_net sql_server 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -10,15 +7,17 @@ docker rm -f dashback 2>/dev/null
 
 docker run -d \
   --name dashback \
-  --restart unless-stopped \
+  --log-opt max-size=10m \
+  --log-opt max-file=3 \
+  --restart always \
   --network dash_net \
   --read-only \
-  --tmpfs /tmp:rw,exec,nosuid,size=512m \
+  --tmpfs /tmp:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=512m \
   --tmpfs /run:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=16m \
   -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \
-  -p 127.0.0.1:4208:4208 \
+  -p 127.0.0.1:4211:4211 \
   -e HOST=0.0.0.0 \
-  -e PORT=4208 \
+  -e PORT=4211 \
   -e HTTPS_PORT=0 \
   -e MSSQL_SERVER=sql_server \
   -e HEALTH_MONITOR_ENABLED=false \
@@ -35,5 +34,7 @@ docker run -d \
   -e MSSQL_PORT=1433 \
   -e MSSQL_ENCRYPT=false \
   -e MSSQL_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE=false \
-  -v "${REPO_DIR}/data:/app/data:rw" \
+  -v "/home/ubuntu/src/docker/dashback_data:/app/data:rw" \
+  -v "/home/ubuntu/src/docker/dashback/dist:/app/dist:ro" \
+  -v "/home/ubuntu/src/docker/dashback/dist/dashback_current:/app/dist/dashback:ro" \
   dashback:latest
diff --git a/docs/dashdemo.sh b/docs/dashdemo.sh
index a89ef09..5ecbbdf 100755
--- a/docs/dashdemo.sh
+++ b/docs/dashdemo.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ docker rm -f dashdemo 2>/dev/null
 
 docker run -d \
   --name dashdemo \
-  --restart unless-stopped \
+  --log-opt max-size=10m \
+  --log-opt max-file=3 \
+  --restart always \
   --read-only \
-  --tmpfs /tmp:rw,exec,nosuid,size=512m \
+  --tmpfs /tmp:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=512m \
   --tmpfs /run:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=16m \
   -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \
   -p 127.0.0.1:4209:4209 \
@@ -20,4 +22,6 @@ docker run -d \
   -e JWT_SECRET=dfhjkswezui32476sdjkhvbn347865 \
   -e IMPLICIT_CREATE=true \
   -v "/home/ubuntu/dashdemo:/app/data:rw" \
+  -v "/home/ubuntu/src/docker/dashback/dist:/app/dist:ro" \
+  -v "/home/ubuntu/src/docker/dashback/dist/dashback_current:/app/dist/dashback:ro" \
   dashback:latest
diff --git a/docs/mssql.sh b/docs/mssql.sh
index 7deded0..9568896 100755
--- a/docs/mssql.sh
+++ b/docs/mssql.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 docker run -d \
   --name sql_server \
-  --restart unless-stopped \
+  --restart always \
   -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" \
   -e "MSSQL_PID=Standard" \
   -e "MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=420Green" \
   -e "MSSQL_COLLATION=Latin1_General_CI_AS" \
   -p 127.0.0.1:1433:1433 \
+  -p 192.168.122.1:1433:1433 \
   -v /home/ubuntu/mssql_data:/var/opt/mssql \
   -v /home/ubuntu/shared_backups:/shared \
   mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2025-latest
diff --git a/docs/update.sh b/docs/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6fc03e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+echo "=== 1. Pulling latest changes in all repositories ==="
+for dir in "$ROOT_DIR"/*/; do
+  if [ -d "${dir}.git" ]; then
+    repo_name="$(basename "$dir")"
+    echo "-> git pull in ${repo_name}"
+    git -C "$dir" pull
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "=== 2. Running npm ci in dashfront, dashdbschema, and dashback ==="
+for pkg in dashfront dashdbschema dashback; do
+  echo "-> npm ci in ${pkg}"
+  npm --prefix "${ROOT_DIR}/${pkg}" ci
+done
+
+echo "=== 3. Building dashfront ==="
+npm --prefix "${ROOT_DIR}/dashfront" run build
+
+echo "=== 4. Building SEA in dashback ==="
+npm --prefix "${ROOT_DIR}/dashback" run sea
+
+DOCKER_DIST_DIR="/home/ubuntu/src/docker/dashback/dist"
+mkdir -p "$DOCKER_DIST_DIR"
+TIMESTAMP="$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
+NEW_SEA="${DOCKER_DIST_DIR}/dashback_${TIMESTAMP}"
+CURRENT_SEA="${DOCKER_DIST_DIR}/dashback_current"
+PREV_SEA="$(readlink -f "$CURRENT_SEA" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+
+echo "-> Copying SEA to ${NEW_SEA} and linking ${CURRENT_SEA}..."
+touch "${DOCKER_DIST_DIR}/dashback"
+cp "${ROOT_DIR}/dashback/dist/dashback" "$NEW_SEA"
+chmod +x "$NEW_SEA"
+ln -sfn "$NEW_SEA" "$CURRENT_SEA"
+
+echo "=== 5. Running self-test on dashback_current in test container ==="
+exec 3>&1
+set +e
+SELFTEST_OUTPUT=$(docker run --rm \
+  --read-only \
+  --tmpfs /tmp:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=512m \
+  --tmpfs /run:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=16m \
+  --tmpfs /app/data:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=64m \
+  -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
+  -v "${DOCKER_DIST_DIR}:/app/dist:ro" \
+  -v "${CURRENT_SEA}:/app/dist/dashback:ro" \
+  dashback:latest \
+  ./dist/dashback --selftest 2>&1 | tee /dev/fd/3; exit "${PIPESTATUS[0]}")
+SELFTEST_EXIT=$?
+set -e
+exec 3>&-
+
+if [ "$SELFTEST_EXIT" -ne 0 ] || ! grep -q "Self-test PASSED" <<< "$SELFTEST_OUTPUT"; then
+  echo "ERROR: Self-test did not confirm 'Self-test PASSED'. Aborting container restart." >&2
+  if [ -n "$PREV_SEA" ] && [ -f "$PREV_SEA" ]; then
+    echo "-> Restoring ${CURRENT_SEA} to ${PREV_SEA}..." >&2
+    ln -sfn "$PREV_SEA" "$CURRENT_SEA"
+  fi
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "=== 6. Restarting dashback containers ==="
+CONTAINERS=$(docker ps -q --filter "ancestor=dashback:latest")
+if [ -n "$CONTAINERS" ]; then
+  echo "-> Restarting dashback containers ($(docker ps --filter "ancestor=dashback:latest" --format '{{.Names}}' | paste -sd ', ' -))..."
+  docker restart $CONTAINERS
+fi
+
+echo "=== Update complete! ==="
+