Transport#transfer() now uses the privateKey path defined in briefing.

README.md

@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ proper briefing you can't do remote flights which require at
 least one destination. Each destination consists of one ore more hosts.
 
 Values in the hosts section are passed directly to the `connect()`
-method of [mscdex/ssh2](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2#connection-methods).
+method of [mscdex/ssh2](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2#connection-methods)
+with one exception: `privateKey` needs to be passed as a string
+containing the path to the keyfile instead of the key itself.
 
 ```javascript
 plan.briefing({

lib/flightplan.js

@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ Flightplan.prototype = {
 	 * least one destination. Each destination consists of one ore more hosts.
 	 *
 	 * Values in the hosts section are passed directly to the `connect()`
-	 * method of [mscdex/ssh2](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2#connection-methods).
+	 * method of [mscdex/ssh2](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2#connection-methods)
+	 * with one exception: `privateKey` needs to be passed as a string
+	 * containing the path to the keyfile instead of the key itself.
 	 *
 	 * ```javascript
 	 * plan.briefing({

lib/transport/shell.js

@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ ShellTransport.prototype.__transfer = function(files, remoteDir, options) {
 		var future = new Future();
 
 		Fiber(function() {
-			var cmd = util.format('(echo "%s") | rsync --files-from - %s --rsh="ssh -p%s" ./ %s@%s:%s'
-							, files, rsyncFlags, config.port || 22, config.username, config.host, remoteDir);
+			var sshFlags = (config.privateKey ? ' -i ' + config.privateKey : '');
+			var cmd = util.format('(echo "%s") | rsync --files-from - %s --rsh="ssh -p%s%s" ./ %s@%s:%s'
+													, files, rsyncFlags, config.port || 22, sshFlags
+													, config.username, config.host, remoteDir);
 			_results.push(this.exec(cmd, options));
 			return future.return();
 		}.bind(this)).run();

lib/transport/ssh.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var util = require('util')
+	, fs = require('fs')
 	, Fiber = require('fibers')
 	, Connection = require('ssh2')
 	, Transport = require('./transport');
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ function SSHTransport(flight, target) {
 
 	var options = util._extend({}, this.target); // clone
 	delete options.exec;
-	this.connection.connect(this.target);
+	if(options.privateKey) {
+		options.privateKey = fs.readFileSync(options.privateKey, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+	}
+	this.connection.connect(options);
 
 	return Fiber.yield();
 }

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "flightplan",
   "description": "Library for streamlining application deployment or systems administration tasks",
-  "version": "0.1.8",
+  "version": "0.1.9",
   "author": "Patrick Stadler <[email protected]>",
   "keywords": [
     "deploy",