Deploying to Combell with DeployHQ

Deploying to your Wordpress site hosted with Combell Cloud is very simple with DeployHQ. Firstly, you'll need to set up your DeployHQ project, then connect to your Combell server.

Setting up your project

Head to the Projects screen in DeployHQ, then click the New Project button to get started. You'll be prompted to enter a name for your project, then select where your repository is hosted. Next, click Create project and you'll be taken to a screen where you can log in with your repository hosting account to authorise access and then choose your repository.

Setting up your Combell server

Once you've configured your repository, you'll need to connect to your Combell server. Head to Servers & Groups, and click the New Server button at the top of the screen. If you've just added your repository, you will have been taken to this page automatically.

Start by entering a name, and choosing SSH/SFTP as the protocol: Strattic

Next, enter your Combell server's hostname, your username and port (typically 22) and password. To find your SSH credentials:

Log into your Combell Control Panel
Navigate to "Hosting" section
Select your specific hosting package
Go to "SSH Access" or "Advanced" settings
Generate or view SSH credentials

Important Combell SSH Access Notes:

SSH access is available on most hosting plans
Steps to enable SSH:
- Log into Combell customer control panel
- Go to Web Hosting management
- Activate SSH access
- Set up SSH key or password
Two-factor authentication recommended

Typical Combell Hostname Formats:

Shared Hosting: ssh.yourdomain.be
Cloud Hosting: yourdomain.comcloud.be

Here, if you wish, you can also use an SSH key instead of a password, which is set up by taking the SSH key in your DeployHQ server configuration page, and pasting it in your Combell server, in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. SSH RSA key

Connection Troubleshooting:

Verify SSH is activated in your hosting plan
Confirm correct hostname
Ensure you're using the correct username
Check IP whitelist settings
Validate credentials in Combell control panel

Once this is done, you can enter a deployment path (where you want files to be placed on the server).

Typical Combell Wordpress Path:

Shared Hosting: /home/username/www/
WordPress Specific: /home/username/www/wordpress/
Web Root: /home/username/www/htdocs/

Next, within Deployment options, you can choose to automatically deploy your server and, if you're only deploying files from a certain directory in your repository, enter a Deployment subdirectory. Pressable - deployment options

In this case, as you probably just want to deploy your Wordpress theme folder, you'll enter the path to the theme. If you only keep the theme in version control, you can leave it blank.

Click Create Server to finish, then you can proceed to start your first deployment.

Run your first deployment

By default, DeployHQ will upload the whole repository to your server on the first deployment, because there is no previously deployed commit to compare to.

If your files are already on Combell though and up to date with the latest commit, you can follow this guide to skip that first deployment:

Don't deploy your whole repository on the first deployment

Otherwise, just follow this guide to start your first deployment, then after the first deployment, only files that have changed will be uploaded in future.

Running your first deployment

That's it! You've now set up and run your first deployment to your Combell server and your future changes will be uploaded for you automatically, or at the simple click of a button.

Deploying to Combell with DeployHQ

Setting up your project

Setting up your Combell server

Run your first deployment

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