I am struggling with a test deployment and I need to make a remote symlink.
What I have tried:
<symlink target="${ftp.destination.dir}" link="/public_html/test2"/>
It gave me an IOException and I realized it tried to create it locally.
A quick hack solution I am testing is to create a php file which makes the symlink that will be called within the current job:
<http-request url="http://mySecretJobLink/symlink.php" verbose="true" method="POST">
<postparameter name="target" value="${ftp.destination.dir}" />
<postparameter name="link" value="/public_html/test_symlink" />
</http-request>
My question: Is there a way to create a symlink on a remote server but without a SSH account (FTP/SFTP upload)?
P.S: In conclusion I can't use SSHTask <ssh username="john" password="smith"
host="webserver" command="ls" />
The FTP protocol does not support symlinks, only "real" files.