Syncing a Website With Github

[Wayde Shepard]

Is it possible to sync files from a live server to github?

[Alen]

Do you have SSH access to your server?

This is my workflow with Digital Ocean server and Git (GitHub)

• Commit changes locally
• Push them to Github
• SSH into my server
• Run git pull

You can also set up automatic deploy.

[Wayde Shepard]

Im with Ipage, and they don’t allow ssh access for security reasons.

[Alen]

but the last step should not be. When your production environment changes, it should always have been deliberate and intentional.

This 100%.

[Wayde Shepard]

…Which is marketing lingo for “we are too dumb and you ought to be hosting somewhere else.” You can get a VPS instance for as little, or even less, than most shared hosting plans (e.g., digitalocean starts at $5/mo).

Got that correct, thanks for the advice. I’ll be making the switch to digital ocean pretty soon. Thanks for all the help everyone! :)

[Wayde Shepard]

To be clear, I was using digitalocean as an example. I’m not promoting them specifically; you should do your due diligence and choose what is best for you.

I am a happy customer, though. : )

They have exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks again.

[Robby]

I use http://capistranorb.com/

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