## Running Composer and NPM scripts with deployment via SCP
This guide covers the building dependencies of a PHP project while compiling assets via a NPM script.
This guide covers the building dependencies of a PHP project while compiling assets via an NPM script.
While is possible to create your own image with custom PHP and Node JS version, for brevity, we will use an existing [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/tetraweb/php/) that contains both PHP and NodeJS installed.
While is possible to create your own image with custom PHP and Node JS versions, for brevity, we will use an existing [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/tetraweb/php/) that contains both PHP and NodeJS installed.
```yaml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ before_script:
-php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
```
This will make sure we will have all required stuff ready to use. Next, we want to run `composer update` to fetch all PHP dependencies and `npm install` to load node packages then run the `npm` script. We need to append them into `before_script` section:
This will make sure we have all requirements ready. Next, we want to run `composer update` to fetch all PHP dependencies and `npm install` to load node packages, then run the `npm` script. We need to append them into `before_script` section:
```yaml
before_script:
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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ All these operations will put all files into a `build` folder, which is ready to
You have multiple options: rsync, scp, sftp and so on. For now, we will use scp. To make this work, you need to add a GitLab Secret Variable (accessible on _gitlab.com/your-project-name/variables_). That variable will be called `STAGING_PRIVATE_KEY` and it's the **private** ssh key of your server.
#### Security tip
Create an user that has access **only** to the folder that need to be updated!
Create a user that has access **only** to the folder that need to be updated!
After you create that variable, you need to make sure that key will be added to the docker container on run:
