SFTP Mode is used early within the site development workflow. Also, you don’t have to commit to the repo if things go dreadfully wrong! This 'pre-commit testing” on the platform is great and it cuts down development overhead time. Being on a Pantheon site, the limbo code can be tested within the overall platform with the content, database, file assets, Varnish, Solr, and Redis but before committing to GIT. The code in limbo IS on a site on the Pantheon environment. Why is 'code limbo' a good thing for Drupal development? I call it the “grey area” of Pantheon because the uploaded CODE via SFTP mode isn’t yet checked into GIT until you commit it. But this is some special sauce that Josh and David could explain so much better and without speculation.Īll you need to know that in SFTP Mode, the code directory on Pantheon is writable. I think on the backend they switch the websevers to point to a writable directory instead of the GIT managed branch. When SFTP Mode is enabled, the code directory is made writable so pre-committed code can exist ON a Pantheon environment BEFORE it is committed to the Pantheon git repo. SFTP Mode allows you to upload CODE to the Pantheon platform for testing without committing to the GIT repo. Thank you for your patience with the silly cloud development pun.

I plan to use the article, in conjunction with Pantheon’s Getting Started documentation, to jump-start folks on the platform without repeating the same SFTP conversations. This is a collection of questions, explanations, and insights surfaced through the applied use of SFTP Mode in our projects. Each person has experienced a unique learning curve with SFTP Mode and their respective development workflow, even the GIT veterans! It is just a new thing to grock in a development workflow process. In that time, I’ve ramped up a gaggle of developers, freelancers, designers, clients, and community buddies on the Pantheon platform.Įvery single person I’ve on boarded to the Pantheon development process has asked 'WTF is SFTP Mode?'. The sites range from simple to complex and have been managed by a single developer or a team with multiple contributors.

We use Pantheon for many (or all?) of our client sites and for community projects. One of the coolest, but probably the least understood features of Pantheon’s cloud based Drupal platform is “ SFTP Mode”. This article is all about SFTP Mode and why it is so useful.

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