Automate deleting files on your ftp server using this GitHub action.
Useful for cleaning up logs/tempfiles or removing files that are autogenerated with a new name for each build. For example precache-manifest.*.js in a ReactJS build.
This action is inspired by https://github.com/sebastianpopp/ftp-action which is used to automate the ftp copy process.
The example below uses GitHub secrets to generate the parameters you don't want to have visible in your repo: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets
name: Deploy via ftp
on: push
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repo
uses: actions/checkout@v2
# ... INSTALL / RESTORE / BUILD ...
- name: Clean ReactJS precache-manifest and logs
uses: StephanThierry/ftp-delete-action@/v2.1
with:
host: ${{ secrets.FTP_SERVER }}
user: ${{ secrets.FTP_USERNAME }}
password: ${{ secrets.FTP_PASSWORD }}
remoteFiles: "precache-manifest.*.js;logs/*.log"
remoteDirectories: "/App_Data/TEMP"
workingDir: "/public_html"
ignoreSSL: "1"
# ... THE REST OF YOUR DEPLOYMENT ...
| Input parameter | Description | Required | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| host | FTP server name | Yes | ftp.domain.com |
| user | FTP username | Yes | ftpUser |
| password | FTP password | Yes | secureFtpPassword |
| remoteFiles | Files to delete separated by ";" | Yes | precache-manifest.*.js;logs/*.log |
| remoteDirectories | Directories to delete separated by ";" | No | /App_Data/TEMP |
| workingDir | Working directory (Use "." if you want the server default and not "/") | No, default=/ |
/public_html |
| ignoreSSL | Ignore invalid TLS/SSL certificate (1=ignore) | No, default=0 | 1 |
| options | Additional command-line options for lftp | No | See: https://lftp.yar.ru/lftp-man.html |