Deploy Profiles

Checklists for build → upload → database on hosting, with dry-run and danger confirms.

One place to orchestrate build → upload → database for shared hosting. Deploy Profiles sit on top of Clients, FTP Manager, and database dumps instead of replacing them.

Requirements and scope

  • Pro / Teams only (Free users keep using FTP Manager and dumps manually).
  • Targets hosting via FTP/FTPS/SFTP; SSH/VPS is a later phase.
  • Profiles live per project and reuse existing hosting credentials from Clients / FTP Manager.

Profiles and steps

  • A profile stores:
    • Target project and hosting credential
    • Remote root path
    • Exclude patterns for files and folders
    • A checklist of steps with toggles:
      • Local commands (composer / npm / artisan, etc.)
      • File transfer (upload or mirror)
      • Database actions (dump only or dump + import)
  • Disabled steps are never executed.

Presets help you start quickly:

  • Laravel: composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader, optional npm run build, safe file sync, DB dump.
  • WordPress: file sync with wp-config.php protected by default, optional DB import.
  • Bitrix: file sync with cache/backup folders excluded, DB dump.
  • Blank: an empty checklist you can design yourself.

Dry‑run and dangerous operations

  • Dry‑run never writes to the remote filesystem or database; it only plans what would happen:
    • counts of files and bytes
    • which steps are considered dangerous
  • The plan and any later runs are logged under the project.
  • Dangerous actions (mirror with deletes, DB import) always require an extra confirmation in the app and a special flag in the CLI.

Typical workflow

  1. Open the Deploy section or Deploy… from a project card.
  2. Pick a project and click New profile, choosing a preset (Laravel / WordPress / Bitrix / Blank).
  3. Check the hosting credential and remote path.
  4. Review the steps, enable or disable what you need.
  5. Run Dry‑run to see the plan and dangerous summary.
  6. When the plan looks correct, run Run selected, confirm dangerous steps if requested, and watch the log.

See also Projects, FTP Manager, Clients, Backups and snapshots.

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