SSH Watch Upload Webpack Plugin

A plugin that watches your files and uploads the newly compiled assets to an external server via SSH

Install

npm i --save-dev ssh-watch-upload-webpack-plugin

yarn add --dev ssh-watch-upload-webpack-plugin

Usage

The plugin will hook into Webpack and upload emitted assets to a destination server using a basic SSH connection. Add the plugin to your Webpack config like this:

webpack.config.js

const SSHWatchUploadWebpackPlugin = require('ssh-watch-upload-webpack-plugin');
 
module.exports = {
  entry: ...,
  output: ...,
  plugins: [
    ...,
    new SSHWatchUploadWebpackPlugin({
      mode: ...,
      host: ...,
      port: ...,
      username: ...,
      passphrase: ...,
      privateKey: ...,
      uploadPath: ...,
      domain: ...,
      openDomain: ...,
    }),
  ],
};

Once configured, you can run Webpack in watch mode to activate the plugin:

npx webpack -w

yarn webpack -w

Alternatively, you can enable watch mode via the Webpack config:

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
  entry: ...,
  output: ...,
  watch: true, // Enable watch mode
  plugins: [
    ...,
    new SSHWatchUploadWebpackPlugin({...}),
  ],
};

When activated you will see the terminal generating logs:

[SSHWatchUpload] [22:01:48] Connected to server
[SSHWatchUpload] [22:01:49] Watching for changes...

After editing and saving a file while in watch mode you will see upload confirmation logs:

[SSHWatchUpload] [22:30:57] Uploading main.js...
[SSHWatchUpload] [22:30:57] Upload complete: main.js

Options

You can pass a hash of configuration options to ssh-watch-upload-webpack-plugin. Allowed values are as follows:

Name	Type	Default	Description
mode	String	''	Webpack build mode (production | development)
host	String	''	External server SSH domain
port	Number	null	Port used to connect to the external server
username	String	''	Username used to connect to the external server
passphrase	String	''	Passphrase used to connect to the external server
privateKey	String	''	File path of the SHH private key file
uploadPath	String	''	Path on the external server where files should be uploaded
domain	String	''	Public facing domain of the server
openDomain	Boolean	false	Flag to enable the browser to automatically open the domain once connected