node-autodeploy

Associate branches of a Git project with remote servers. Auto-sync your repository to the remote server over SSH. Useful for developers working with servers they have minimal control over.

Installation

Install the package in your project:

npm install --save-dev @johnwatkins0/node-autodeploy

.deploy-servers.js

Create a server config file, .deploy-servers.js in the project root. It should export a settings object like the example below:

module.exports = {
  master: {
    active: false,
    server: 'server-hostname',
    destPath: '/path/on/the/server/',
    username: 'username',
    srcPath: `${__dirname}/`
  },
  staging: {
    active: true,
    server: 'server-hostname',
    destPath: '/path/on/the/server/',
    username: 'username',
    srcPath: `${__dirname}/`
    port: 22
  }
};

Each object key should be identical to the name of the Git branch you want to associate with the server. In the example above, the staging deployment will run if the current Git branch is staging.

Settings

Key	Type	Description	Optional?
active	bool	If set to false, the deployment will never run.	required
server	string	The server hostname.	required
destPath	string	The absolute path to the project's destination on the server	required
username	string	A user with permissions to write to the destination directory on the server.	required
srcPath	string	The absolute path to the source directory.	required
port	number	The port number through which to sink to the remove server.	not required

.deploy-settings.js

Create a settings config file, .deploy-settings.js in the project root. This provides another JavaSript settings object to determine the behavior of the rsync command run by the script.

Key	Type	Description
exclude	array	An array of glob strings representing files and folders that shouldn't be synced to the server.

Example:

module.exports = {
  exclude: [
    '.deploy*',
    '*.json',
    'src',
    '.git*',
    'package.json',
    'tests',
    '.eslintrc',
    'node_modules/'
  ],
};

Deploying

With the two settings files in place, execute the following in the project's root:

node node_modules/node-autodeploy

Or use the provided binary:

node node_modules/.bin/autodeploy

Or use an NPM script:

{
  "scripts": {
    "deploy": "autodeploy"
  }
}