FTP SFTP Deploy
Deploy your project over FTP, FTPS and SFTP right from VS Code: upload files and folders to their place on the server, browse and edit the server, compare with the server, upload on save. Passwords never sit in a file: they are kept in VS Code secret storage.
Features
- Upload / Download / Compare with server / Delete from server from the Explorer, the editor and editor tabs (files and folders, multi-selection). Every file keeps its relative path on the server.
- Remote Server view (activity bar → Deploy): browse each profile's server, open a remote file and save it straight to the server, create files and folders, rename, download, compare with the local file, delete (always with a confirmation).
- Upload on save (
uploadOnSave).
- Several profiles per project (prod, staging…): the active one is shown in the status bar, click it to switch.
- Migration from the SFTP extension (Natizyskunk / liximomo): one project or all your projects at once, passwords included, with an offer to delete the old
sftp.json files (they usually contain passwords in plain text).
- Progress notifications with cancellation, detailed logs (Show deployment logs).
- Works great with Changed Files Explorer: one click deploys every git changed file, and removes deleted files from the server.
Configuration
Run FTP SFTP Deploy: Create deployment configuration. It creates .vscode/deploy.json (with auto-completion and validation):
{
"defaultProfile": "prod",
"uploadOnSave": false,
"ignore": [".git", ".vscode", ".DS_Store", "node_modules", "*.log"],
"profiles": {
"prod": { "protocol": "ftp", "host": "ftp.example.com", "username": "user", "remotePath": "/public_html" },
"staging": { "protocol": "sftp", "host": "203.0.113.10", "username": "deploy", "remotePath": "/var/www/site",
"privateKeyPath": "~/.ssh/id_ed25519", "uploadOnSave": true }
}
}
| Key |
Description |
protocol |
ftp, ftps or sftp |
host, port, username |
Connection. The password is asked once, then stored in secret storage (shared by every project using the same account). |
remotePath |
Remote folder matching the project root |
secure, rejectUnauthorized |
FTPS: "implicit" for implicit TLS; false to accept a self-signed certificate |
privateKeyPath, agent |
SFTP: private key or SSH agent instead of a password |
ignore |
Excluded patterns. Without /: any path segment (node_modules, *.log); otherwise the relative path (config/secret.php, dist/**) |
uploadOnSave, timeout |
Per profile or for all profiles |
Coming from the SFTP extension?
- When a folder has a
.vscode/sftp.json and no deploy.json, you are offered to migrate it.
- Import configuration from sftp.json migrates the open folder.
- Migrate all SFTP configurations in a folder… searches every
.vscode/sftp.json under a folder (e.g. ~/dev), lets you pick projects, and migrates them all.
Profiles (profiles / defaultProfile), FTPS, SSH keys, ignore, uploadOnSave and connectTimeout are converted. context is not supported (a warning tells you).
Commands
Upload to server · Download from server · Compare with server · Delete from server · Switch deployment profile · Create / Open deployment configuration · Import configuration from sftp.json · Migrate all SFTP configurations in a folder · Forget a saved password · Show deployment logs
Languages
English, French (automatic, following VS Code's display language).
Français
Déploiement FTP, FTPS et SFTP depuis VS Code : upload de fichiers et de dossiers à leur emplacement sur le serveur, parcours et édition du serveur, comparaison, upload à l'enregistrement. Les mots de passe restent dans le coffre sécurisé de VS Code, jamais dans un fichier. La configuration se trouve dans .vscode/deploy.json. La migration depuis l'extension SFTP (un projet ou tous vos projets d'un coup) reprend les mots de passe et propose de supprimer les anciens sftp.json. L'interface s'affiche en français si VS Code est en français.
