Just a quick question for ppl that deploy websites through FTP: how are y'all deploying your sites?

Which tools do you use?

Years ago, I used WinSCP. Now I use git for everything I can, if git is not an option, regular scp works just fine.

@rennokki

The question should be a different one: Why whould you use FTP?

Are there still valid (!) reasons for using FTP?

Note: SFTP is something entirely different than FTP or FTPS.

FTP shouldn't be used nowadays....

Don't you dare to use FTP for anything nowadays except for public files without authentication.

I use ssh. I log into the server and edit the files live, committing and pushing when the update is correct.

Gonna be SSH/rsync master race here and suggest a more secure method of deployment.

Filezilla ftw 😂

@IntrusionCM @PrivateGER @SortOfTested

I asked not because I want to use it. I deploy with Github -> Actions -> EBCLI for most of the apps.

I asked because it seems like a good period of time since I last heard about FTP usage for deploying apps and I wonder if it is still in use for some of you. ^^

@rennokki

FTP - nuke IT from the orbit.

Nuff said.

@IntrusionCM thanks

At the place for which I work part time now you have to use a VPN + vs code over ssh to access the site's code.

Git.

Docker.

I build docker images for homepages in a gitlab pipeline, login via ssh (also in the pipeline) and do the magic with docker-compose.

@R3ym4nn this.

private docker registry for code.

winscp/scp for small files.

secure rsync over ssh for large files.

last time i did this, i just used windows explorer.

open any folder, click into the address bar, type in the ftp address, good to go.

Team here is right that FTP itself should be retired, but the underlying need — "grab/drop a file on a remote box without a whole CI pipeline" — doesn't fully go away even once you're on git+ssh for real deploys. I got tired of spinning up SFTP or fighting permissions for the occasional one-off file, so I built a tiny self-hosted file manager: clone it, run it with Node, working file explorer with upload/download/zip in your browser in seconds. Not a deployment tool, just a scalpel for the "I need this one file over there" cases. https://github.com/p32929/...