Deploy to FTP(S) server from Drone CI

Usage

You have to set the username and password for your FTP server in the FTP_USERNAME and FTP_PASSWORD secret.

Required settings

environment:
    FTP_USERNAME:
      from_secret: username
    FTP_PASSWORD:
      from_secret: password
    PLUGIN_HOSTNAME: example.com:21

Optional settings

environment:
    PLUGIN_DEST_DIR: /path/to/dest (default /)
    PLUGIN_SRC_DIR: /path/to/dest (default ./)
    PLUGIN_SECURE: true | false (default true)
    PLUGIN_VERIFY: false
    PLUGIN_EXCLUDE: (egrep like pattern matching)
    PLUGIN_INCLUDE: (egrep like pattern matching)
    PLUGIN_CHMOD: true | false (default true)
    PLUGIN_CLEAN_DIR: true | false (default false)
    PLUGIN_ONLY_NEWER: true | false (default false)
    PLUGIN_AUTO_CONFIRM: true | false (default false)
    PLUGIN_SSH_ACCEPT_RSA: true | false (default false)
    PLUGIN_PRE_ACTION: string (default empty)
    PLUGIN_POST_ACTION: string (default empty)
    PLUGIN_DEBUG: true | false (default false)

Pre/Post Action

Pre/Post Action can be used to move files/folders out of the way or execute additional commands on the server before and after the deployment process.
The PLUGIN_PRE_ACTION is executed before the PLUGIN_CLEAN_DIR (if set).
The PLUGIN_POST_ACTION is executed after the ftp "mirror" operation.

Multiple Actions can be set, they need to be divided by a semicolon ; .

Example:

There is another project's folder ("project2") in a subfolder in the destination directory. We need to move this folder to a temporary location and restore it after the upload completed.

PLUGIN_CLEAN_DIR: true
PLUGIN_PRE_ACTION: mv /dest/project2 /temp/project2;
PLUGIN_POST_ACTION: mv /temp/project2 /dest/project2;

Transfer only newer files

The setting PLUGIN_ONLY_NEWER: true (only transfer newer files) does not mix well with the PLUGIN_CLEAN_DIR: true (clean destination directory before transfer).

When setting PLUGIN_ONLY_NEWER: true parameter to true, make sure to exclude any files/folders that are not present in the source directory, but should be kept on the server.

Example:

Source folder does not contain an .env file, it exists on the remote server and should be kept.
Also, we do not want to transfer the source's .git folder and .gitignore file:
Set PLUGIN_ONLY_NEWER: true and PLUGIN_EXCLUDE: ^\.git/$,^\.gitignore$,^\.env$ environment variables.

Full file example

kind: pipeline
name: default

steps:
- name: master_build
  image: cschlosser/drone-ftps
  environment:
    FTP_USERNAME:
      from_secret: username
    FTP_PASSWORD:
      from_secret: password
    PLUGIN_HOSTNAME: example.com:21

    PLUGIN_SECURE: false
    PLUGIN_VERIFY: false
    PLUGIN_EXCLUDE: ^\.git/$
  when:
    branch:
    - master
    event:
    - push

- name: develop_build
  image: cschlosser/drone-ftps
  environment:
    FTP_USERNAME:
      from_secret: username
    FTP_PASSWORD:
      from_secret: password
    PLUGIN_HOSTNAME: example.com:21
    PLUGIN_DEST_DIR: /develop
    PLUGIN_SECURE: false
    PLUGIN_VERIFY: false
    PLUGIN_EXCLUDE: ^\.git/$
  when:
    branch:
    - develop
    event:
    - push