phio

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PocketHost customer CLI (packages/phio). Use when changing InstanceFileAccess, FTPS, deploy flows, or when validating that server changes still work with phio dev/deploy and SamKirkland FTP-Deploy-Action.

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phio — PocketHost customer CLI

packages/phio/ is the customer CLI in this monorepo. pnpm workspace package; Node >=18 + tsx. Run via pnpm --filter phio dev -- … or pnpm exec phio ….

Long-term: may rename packages/pockethost → pockethost-server and publish CLI as pockethost. Until then, treat phio as the compatibility contract for customer deploy tooling.

Commands

Command	Purpose
`phio login` / `logout` / `info` (`whoami`)	Mothership auth; `info` shows config + deploy key (syncs key when logged in)
`phio list`	List instances
`phio link <instance>`	Save default instance to `.phioconfig` (migrates legacy `package.json` / `pockethost.json`)
`phio dev [instance]`	Chokidar watch → SFTP sync on change
`phio deploy [instance]`	One-shot SFTP sync
`phio sftp [instance]`	Interactive SFTP session (system `sftp` client; `--print` for command only)
`phio logs [instance]`	SSE tail via `https://{subdomain}.pockethost.io/logs`

Env overrides: PHIO_USERNAME, PHIO_PASSWORD, PHIO_INSTANCE_NAME, PHIO_MOTHERSHIP_URL, PHIO_HOME.

Documentation (required for user-facing changes)

Update both in the same PR:

packages/phio/README.md
packages/dashboard/src/routes/(static)/docs/phio/+page.md

See .cursor/rules/phio.mdc. Blog posts are optional announcements, not a substitute.

Deploy key (SFTP prep)

On phio login, phio info / whoami, and before each dev/deploy sync, ensureDeployKey() (src/lib/deployKey.ts):

Generates or loads an Ed25519 keypair under PHIO_HOME (default ~/.config/phio/):
- phio_deploy_ed25519 (private, OpenSSH format; legacy PKCS#8 is migrated on use)
- phio_deploy_ed25519.pub (public, OpenSSH line)
Verifies Account → Keys has a key labeled Phio whose public key matches the local .pub.
Creates the remote ssh_keys record on first run (all_instances: true).

Mismatch (remote Phio key ≠ local .pub) throws with a link to /account/keys. Delete local key files to regenerate.

Deploy path (SFTP)

dev and deploy use the vendored Kirkland sync engine at vendor/ftp-deploy/ (from benallfree/ftp-deploy @ 132389e), with SFTP transport (protocol: sftp, ssh2-sftp-client):

Server: ftp.pockethost.io (SFTP, port 2222)
Username: PocketHost account email
Auth: Ed25519 deploy key (ensureDeployKey() → private-key-path)
Remote dir: {subdomain}/ (instance root)
Includes: pb_*, package.json, bun.lock(b), patches/**
Excludes: pb_data/**

Server-side: findSshKeyByPublicKey() in packages/pockethost/src/services/InstanceFileAccess/sshKeyAuth.ts + scoped InstanceVfs (same VFS as legacy FTPS).

Legacy FTPS (__auth__ cookie on port 21) is still supported by the vendored engine via protocol: ftps but phio no longer uses it.

Deploy sync state file

ftp-deploy writes .ftp-deploy-sync-state.json at the instance root (/{subdomain}/.ftp-deploy-sync-state.json). Same file is used by SamKirkland/FTP-Deploy-Action in CI.

InstanceVfs does not restrict instance-root files or folders. pb_data still requires power-off. phio deploy and FTP-Deploy-Action sync freely at /{subdomain}/.

Compatibility checklist

When changing any of these server areas, verify phio still works:

Server area	phio touchpoint
`InstanceFileAccess/` (`InstanceVfs`, `guards.ts`)	`phio dev` / `deploy` via SFTP `InstanceVfs`
`InstanceFileAccess/sshKeyAuth.ts`	Ed25519 deploy key (`Phio` label)
`sftp` / `InstanceVfs.cwd`	REALPATH updates cwd for relative deploy paths
Mothership `instances` collection	`list`, `link`, instance resolution
Instance logs SSE endpoint	`phio logs`
FTPS sunset / removal	phio migrated to SFTP; FTPS removal unblocked after docs/CI

Quick smoke test (local)

pnpm dev:cli serve (mothership + edge + SFTP)
In a project with .phioconfig: pnpm --filter phio dev -- deploy <subdomain> -v
Confirm sync completes and .ftp-deploy-sync-state.json is written at instance root

Related server code

Shared VFS: packages/pockethost/src/services/InstanceFileAccess/
SFTP adapter: packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/SftpCommand/
Legacy FTPS adapter: packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/EdgeCommand/FtpCommand/FtpService/PhFs.ts