Deployment: Connection Tab
Use this tab to choose the way to access the Web server and specify the connection settings. The set of controls depends on the chosen server access type.
Common settings for all server types
Item | Description |
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Visible only for this project | Use this checkbox to enable reuse of this server access configuration or server group in other projects.
For more information about setting up interpreters, refer to Node.js via SSH and Configure remote PHP interpreters. |
Type | In this list, choose the way to access the server. The available options are:
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Web server URL | In this field, specify the URL address that corresponds to the server document directory as specified in the server configuration file. Click in the field to make sure the specified server root URL address is accessible and points at the correct web page. Both HTTP and HTTPS are supported. |
FTP and FTPS settings
Item | Description |
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Host | In this field, specify the host name of the server to upload the files to. |
Port | In this field, specify the port to use. The default value is 21. |
Root path | In this field, specify the folder used as the remote directory root for browsing the remote file system and setting the server path mappings and excluded paths. Do one of the following:
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Autodetect | Click this button to have IntelliJ IDEA detect the user home folder settings on the server and set up the root path accordingly. |
User name | In this field, type your username for authentication to the server. |
Password | In this field, type your password for authentication to the server. |
Login as anonymous | Select this checkbox to enable anonymous access to the server with your email address as password. |
Save password | Select this checkbox to have IntelliJ IDEA remember the specified password. |
Test Connection | Click this button to check that the specified settings ensure successful connection. The button is only enabled when you have specified your user credentials. |
FTP and FTPS advanced settings
In the Advanced area, customize upload/download by specifying additional protocol-specific options for the FTP/FTPS server configurations.
Item | Description | Available for |
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TLS | Choose the method to invoke client security:
| FTPS |
Data channel protection level | From this list, set the protection level for the PROT command:
For more information, refer to the articles on TLS, SSL 2.0, and SSL 3.0. | FTPS |
Reuse SSL session | Select this checkbox to connect to a server that requires SSL session reuse between the control and data connections. | FTPS |
Disable TLS 1.3 | Select to disable TLS 1.3 features and have IntelliJ IDEA fall back to connecting via TLS 1.2. Use this option if you experience issues with establishing a connection to a server or uploading certain files. | FTPS |
Passive mode | Select this checkbox to set the client on your machine to passive mode, when it connects to the server to inform about being in the passive mode, receives the port number to listen to, and established data connection through the port with the received number. This mode is helpful when your machine is behind a firewall. | FTP, FTPS |
Show and process hidden files | When this checkbox is selected:
The name of a hidden file or directory starts with a dot .. | FTP, FTPS |
Use LIST command | Use the options in this area to configure the LIST command usage.
| FTP, FTPS |
Number of connections | In this field, specify the maximum number of connections to be supported simultaneously. | FTP, FTPS |
Send keep alive messages each | In this field, specify how often you want IntelliJ IDEA to send commands to the server to reset the timeout and thus preserve the connection. | FTP, FTPS |
Keep alive command | From this list, choose the commands to be sent to the server to reset the timeout and thus preserve the connection. | FTP, FTPS |
Encoding for client-server communication | In this field, specify the encoding that matches the encoding used by your server. Accept the default value if you are not sure that it supports UTF-8 encoding. | FTP, FTPS |
SFTP settings
Item | Description |
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SSH configuration | From this list, choose one of the created SSH configurations from the list, or click and create a new configuration as described in Create SSH configurations. |
Test Connection | Click this button to check that the specified settings ensure successful connection. The button is only enabled when you have specified your user credentials. |
Root path | In this field, specify the folder used as the remote directory root for browsing the remote file system and setting the server path mappings and excluded paths. Do one of the following:
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Use Rsync for download / upload / sync | Select this checkbox to use Rsync to synchronize your deployment configuration. |
Rsync Settings | Click this link to configure Rsync settings in the dialog that opens:
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SFTP advanced settings
In the Advanced area, customize upload/download by specifying additional protocol-specific options for the SFTP server configurations.
Item | Description |
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Number of connections | In this field, specify the maximum number of connections to be supported simultaneously. |
Send keep alive messages each | In this field, specify how often you want IntelliJ IDEA to send commands to the server to reset the timeout and thus preserve the connection. |
Encoding for client-server communication | In this field, specify the encoding that matches the encoding used by your server. Accept the default value if you are not sure that it supports UTF-8 encoding. |
WebDAV settings
Item | Description |
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Host | In this field, specify the host name of the server to upload the files to. |
Port | In this field, specify the port to use. The default value is 6180. |
User name | In this field, type your username for authentication to the server. |
Password | In this field, type your password for authentication to the server. |
Login as anonymous | Select this checkbox to enable anonymous access to the server. |
Save password | Select this checkbox to have IntelliJ IDEA remember the specified password. |
Test Connection | Click this button to check that the specified settings ensure successful connection. |
Local or mounted folder settings
Item | Description |
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Folder | In this field, specify the absolute path to the server document root as defined in your server configuration file. Besides the document root itself, any other existing folder under the document root can also be specified. The document root is the folder from which the web server serves files to the web server URL. |