deploy.yml

name: Deploy to DigitalOcean Droplet

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main # or any other branch

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository # This step is required to access the repository files
        uses: actions/checkout@v4 # This action checks out your repository files to the runner

      - name: Copy repository files to the droplet # This step copies the repository files to the droplet
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@master # This action copies files to a remote server over SSH
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.DROPLET_IP }} # Your droplet IP address
          username: root # or your droplet username
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Your SSH private key
          passphrase: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSPHRASE }} # Your SSH passphrase
          port: 22 # or your SSH port if changed
          source: "." # Copies the whole repo, specify subdirectories or files if needed
          target: "/var/www/html" # Target directory on your droplet