List server requirements (=needed commands, e.g. rsync, readlink) in docs

[rintisch]

While looking for a deployment tool for a TYPO3 website on a shared hosting i came first across deployer and now had a look at Surf. Unfortunately are both not an option in my case as the hoster does not make readlink avaliable due to security reason.

I think it would be nice to see directly which commands are used by the tool (I made a similar post for deployer: deployphp/deployer#4012)

[simonschaufi]

It looks like you have a really bad hoster. Readlink is an essential part of a good deployment tool to know the real path of a symlink in order to allow rollback again. If you can't convince the hoster to provide this tool, the only option I see to deploy is to use rsync directly and if that is also not available, you have to use sftp but that is the worst solution. I would better switch the hoster in this situation

[rintisch]

Thanks for the long response. I have access to multiple other hosters and realized already that all other allow those commands. So yes, I will use another hoster for this project.
With all other stuff I am really satisfied (support, quality, transparency, communication, ...).

The "project" is just a test and it is a shared hosting which is "driven" with Plesk. For other projects I am using a VPS.

The support answered by the way:

readlink is a system tool which poses some risks in a chrooted environment. Among other things because file references in a chrooted environment do not necessarily correspond to those that are actually on the file system.

I am not an expert at all but I will accept it and choose another hoster for the project.

Thanks for your answer. I think we can close this ticket in this case as it does not seem to be a problem for other people. But that's you who decide :)