Deploying

Once you have an environment configured, deploying is a single-click operation from the EE Push dashboard.

Starting a Deployment

1. Navigate to Add-Ons > EE Push
2. On the dashboard, click Deploy Now on the environment card — or go to Environments and click Deploy next to the environment
3. Review the deployment form
4. Click Deploy Now to confirm

Deployment Options

The deploy form offers several options:

What Happens During Deployment

EE Push executes the following steps in order:

1. Pre-flight checks — Verifies disk space, database connectivity, and deployment target configuration
2. Backup — Creates a database dump using mysqldump (unless skipped)
3. Maintenance mode — Sets EE's is_system_on to "n" (if enabled)
4. Deploy — Executes the deployment via the configured target (Webhook, SSH, or Plesk)
5. Health check — Sends an HTTP GET to the health check URL and verifies a 200 response
6. Maintenance mode off — Restores is_system_on to "y"

If any step fails, the deployment is marked as failed and maintenance mode is automatically restored.

Live Progress

After clicking Deploy, the form is replaced with a live progress view showing:

• A progress bar estimating completion
• A real-time log viewer showing deployment output
• Status updates as each step completes

The page polls the server every 2 seconds for status updates. You can safely navigate away — the deployment continues in the background and results are logged.

Approval Workflow

If two-person approval is enabled in Settings, deployments to non-staging environments require a second person to approve before execution begins.

1. Person A clicks Deploy Now — deployment is created with pending status
2. Person B sees the pending deployment and clicks Approve
3. The deployment then executes normally

Deployment Statuses