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FTP Deployment

v1.0-alpha.2 Pre-release

FTP Deployment

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FTP Deployment

Copy all the files and folders via FTP from your Git project to your server in a specific path, delete remote folder before

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: FTP Deployment

              
  uses: airvzxf/ftp-deployment-action@v1.0-alpha.2
Learn more about this action in airvzxf/ftp-deployment-action

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FTP Deployment: Github Action

This GitHub action copy the files via FTP from your Git project to your server in a specific path.

Usage Example

Add this code in .github/workflows/your_action.yml.

More about Github "secrets" in this article: Creating and storing encrypted secrets.

name: CI -> Deploy to My website
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master, Development ]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      # Here is the deployment action
      - name: Upload public_html via FTP
        uses: airvzxf/ftp-deployment-action@v1.0-alpha.1
        with:
          server: ${{ secrets.FTP_SERVER }}
          user: ${{ secrets.FTP_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.FTP_PASSWORD }}
          delete: "true"
          local_dir: "public_html"

Optional, you can get the last version which has the last commits in the action using this: airvzxf/ftp-deployment-action@master

Settings

Option Description Required Default Example
server FTP Server true N/A rovisoft.net
user FTP Username true N/A myself@rovisoft.net
password FTP Password true N/A ExampleOnlyAlphabets
ssl_allow Allow SSL encryption false false N/A
use_feat Determining what extended features the FTP server supports false false N/A
delete Delete all the files inside of the remote directory before the upload process false false N/A
local_dir Local directory false "" "public_html"
remote_dir Remote directory false "" "www/user/home"

NOTES

This Alpha version is for personal usage but in a short future will be robust for any Github developer.

Main features:

  • Copy all the files inside of the specific folder from your Github repository to the specific folder in your server.
  • Option to delete all the files in the specific remote folder before the upload.
  • Use Alpine container means small size and faster creation of the container.
  • Show messages in the console logs for every executed command.

TODOs:

  • Add options for exclude delete files.
  • Add the property/option for the upload the Symlinks.