README.md

sftp-upload-action

this is a github action script for upload files to server via SFTP protocol.

Inputs

  host: 'example.com',                  # Required.
  port: 22,                             # Optional, Default to 22.
  username: 'user',                     # Required.
  password: 'password',                 # Optional.
  privateKey: '',                       # Optional, your private key(Raw content or key path).
  passphrase: '',                       # Optional.
  compress: false,                      # Optional, compress for ssh connection. Default to false.
  localDir: 'dist',                     # Required, Absolute or relative to cwd.
  remoteDir: '/path/to/dest'            # Required, Absolute path only.
  dryRun: false                         # Optional. Default to false.
  exclude: 'node_modules/,**/*.spec.ts' # Optional. exclude patterns (glob) like .gitignore, use ',' to split, Default to ''.
  forceUpload: false                    # Optional, Force uploading all files, Default to false(upload only newer files).
  removeExtraFilesOnServer: false       # Optional, Remove extra files on server. Default to false.

Example usage

Use password

- name: SFTP uploader
  uses: wangyucode/[email protected]
  with:
    host: 'wycode.cn'
    password: ${{ secrets.password }} 
    localDir: 'dist'
    remoteDir: '/data/nginx/www/wycode.cn/'

Use privateKey

- name: SFTP uploader
  uses: wangyucode/[email protected]
  with:
    host: 'wycode.cn'
    privateKey: ${{ secrets.key }} 
    localDir: 'dist'
    remoteDir: '/data/nginx/www/wycode.cn/'

Example for a complete github action file

name: Upload complete repo (e.g. website) to a SFTP destination

on: [push]

jobs:
  Upload-to-SFTP:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: 🚚 Get latest code                     # Checkout the latest code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: 📂 SFTP uploader                       # Upload to SFTP 
        uses: wangyucode/[email protected]
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}                  # Recommended to put the credentials in github secrets.
          username: ${{ secrets.USER }}
          password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
          compress: true                             # Compression
          forceUpload: true                          # Optional, Force uploading all files, Default to false(upload only newer files).
          localDir: '.'                              # Required, Absolute or relative to cwd.
          remoteDir: '/'                             # Required, Absolute path only.
          exclude: '.git*,.DS_Store'                 # Optional. exclude patterns (glob) like .gitignore, use ',' to split, Default to ''.

Upload newer files

the action will check modifyTime and upload the newer files if forceUpload is false. but you should restore the modified time before uploading. here is an action that can change the modified time: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/git-restore-mtime

Other Options

Crane is a simple, fast, and secure tool written in Rust for downloading and deploying your .tar.gz archive files without the need for server passwords or keys.