Feature Request: Git Auto Deployment for Hosting Accounts (GitHub Integration)

[stefanpejcic]

Hello OpenPanel Team,

I'm using OpenPanel Enterprise and would like to request a built-in Git auto-deployment feature for hosting accounts.

My goal is to connect a GitHub repository to a website so that whenever I push changes to the main branch, I can deploy the latest code directly from OpenPanel without relying on external CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions.

The workflow I'm looking for is:

Connect a GitHub repository (public or private)

Store repository configuration securely

Deploy to the website's document root automatically

Support first-time clone and subsequent pull/update operations

Automatically handle application restart/reload for supported runtimes (PHP, Node.js, Python, etc.) using OpenPanel's existing mechanisms

While trying to implement this, I noticed that hosting accounts are not available as Linux login users inside the OpenPanel container, so using su is not possible. It also seems that website files are managed through OpenPanel's internal storage structure rather than a traditional user home directory.

Could you please advise:

Is there an official or recommended way to implement Git deployment for hosting accounts?
Does OpenCLI already provide commands or APIs for deploying, restarting, or reloading websites after a Git update?
Are there any plans to add native Git auto-deployment to OpenPanel?

I believe this would be a valuable feature for developers and hosting providers using OpenPanel.

[stefanpejcic]

in 2.0.2 added an option to set git repo url when creating/managing nodejs&python apps