Laravel SharedSync

SharedSync is a Laravel package designed for deploying applications to shared hosting environments where only FTP or SFTP access is available. It builds the project locally and performs incremental uploads to the remote server.

This package is aimed at Laravel developers who want to deploy their applications to shared hosting environments that only support FTP or SFTP (A notable example is OVH's shared hosting basic plan)

Features

• Build project locally before deployment (Composer, NPM, Artisan cache).
• Incremental deployment using a manifest file (.deploy-manifest.json).
• Supports both FTP and SFTP.
• Configurable ignore rules (supports .deployignore).
• Dry-run mode to see changes before uploading.
• Selective deployment using the --only flag.
• Post-deployment remote health checks (storage permissions, symlinks, etc.).

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 10.0+
• FTP or SFTP access to your hosting provider.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require cslash/laravel-sharedsync

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=sharedsync-config

Configuration

Edit config/sharedsync.php with your server details. You can also use environment variables.

Example .env configuration:

SHAREDSYNC_DRIVER=ftp

FTP_HOST=ftp.example.com
FTP_USER=user@example.com
FTP_PASS=secret
FTP_ROOT=/public_html
FTP_PASSIVE=true
FTP_SSL=false

SFTP_HOST=sftp.example.com
SFTP_USER=user
SFTP_PASS=secret
SFTP_ROOT=/var/www/html
SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY=/path/to/id_rsa
SHAREDSYNC_URL=https://example.com

Example config/sharedsync.php:

'driver' => env('SHAREDSYNC_DRIVER', 'ftp'),

'ftp' => [
    'host' => env('FTP_HOST'),
    'username' => env('FTP_USER'),
    'password' => env('FTP_PASS'),
    'port' => env('FTP_PORT', 21),
    'root' => env('FTP_ROOT', '/'),
    'passive' => env('FTP_PASSIVE', true),
    'ssl' => env('FTP_SSL', false),
],

'sftp' => [
    'host' => env('SFTP_HOST'),
    'username' => env('SFTP_USER'),
    'password' => env('SFTP_PASS'),
    'port' => env('SFTP_PORT', 22),
    'root' => env('SFTP_ROOT', '/'),
    'privateKey' => env('SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY'),
],

'url' => env('SHAREDSYNC_URL'),

Important Note on Local Build

The composer build step runs composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader in an isolated temporary directory. This ensures that your local development environment's vendor folder remains untouched and the current Artisan process is not affected by the removal of dev-dependencies.

This allows you to safely enable the composer build step in your configuration.

Usage

Basic Deployment

php artisan sharedsync:deploy

Test Connection

Test the connection to your remote server:

php artisan sharedsync:test

List Remote Files

List files on the remote server:

php artisan sharedsync:ls

Or list a specific directory:

php artisan sharedsync:ls path/to/directory

Show Deployment Diff

List files that will be uploaded or updated:

php artisan sharedsync:diff

Dry Run

See which files will be uploaded or deleted without actually performing the actions:

php artisan sharedsync:deploy --dry-run

Force Deployment

Ignore the manifest and upload all files:

php artisan sharedsync:deploy --force

Selective Deployment

Only upload files from specific directories:

php artisan sharedsync:deploy --only=app,config,resources/views

Remote Health Checks

Run health checks on the remote server to ensure permissions are correct and necessary symlinks exist:

php artisan sharedsync:check

These checks are also automatically performed at the end of every successful deployment.

How It Works

1. Build: Creates an isolated temporary directory, copies the project (excluding vendor, node_modules, .git), and runs composer install --no-dev, npm install, npm run build.
2. Scan: Recursively scans the build directory, applying ignore rules.
3. Compare: Compares the scanned files against the last deployment manifest.
4. Upload: Connects via FTP/SFTP and uploads new or modified files from the build directory.
5. Delete: Removes files from the remote server that no longer exist in the build directory (if enabled).
6. Manifest: Updates the local .deploy-manifest.json file.
7. Remote Checks: Connects to the remote /sharedsync endpoint (secured with a temporary token) to verify storage permissions and ensure the public/storage symlink exists.
8. Cleanup: Deletes the temporary build directory and the remote security token.

License

The MIT License (MIT).