Deploy files or directory hierarchies to a server using Grunt and ppk file

Grunt Sftp Deployment using ppk file

Add Grunt sftp-deploy plugin using below command

npm install grunt-sftp-deploy

Create the Gruntfile.js

	module.exports = function(grunt) {
	grunt.initConfig({
	//server deployment
	'sftp-deploy': {
	build: {
	auth: {
	host: 'wwww.hostname.com',
	port: 22,
	authKey: 'privateKeyCustom'
	},
	cache: 'sftpCache.json',
	src: "js_files/",
	dest: "/var/www/root2",
	serverSep: '/',
	concurrency: 4,
	progress: true
	}
	},
	});
	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-sftp-deploy');
	};

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Create the .ftppass The below file will contains the server connection details

	{
	"privateKeyCustom": {
	"username": "root",
	"keyLocation": "E:/credentials/keys/serverkey.ppk"
	}
	}

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With any luck, you will get a sweet deployment result like this after enter the below command

$ grunt sftp-deploy:build
>> Logging in with key at E:/credentials/keys/serverkey.ppk
>> Concurrency : 4
transferred=[1/3] elapsed=[0.0s] overall=[33%] eta=[0.0s] [====== ]
>> Directories done.
transferred=[2/3] elapsed=[0.7s] overall=[67%] eta=[0.4s] [============ ]
>> Transferred : 0 Mb
Done, without errors.