Gulp task to SSH into production server and retrieve mysqldump

gulpfile.js

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Run: 'gulp download-db' to get latest SQL dump from production //
// File will be put under the 'dumps' folder                      //
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Load stuff
'use strict'
var gulp = require('gulp')
var GulpSSH = require('gulp-ssh')
var fs = require('fs');
// Function to get home path
function getUserHome() {
  return process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE;
}
var homepath = getUserHome();

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// SETTINGS (change if needed)       //
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var config = {

  // SSH connection
  host: '1.2.3.4',
  port: 22,
  username: 'ubuntu',
  //password: '1337p4ssw0rd', // Uncomment if needed
  privateKey: fs.readFileSync( homepath + '/certs/somecert.pem'), // Uncomment if needed

  // MySQL connection
  db_host: 'localhost',
  db_name: 'clients_db',
  db_username: 'root',
  db_password: 'dbp4ssw0rd',

}

////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Core script, don't need to touch from here //
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// Set up SSH connector
var gulpSSH = new GulpSSH({
  ignoreErrors: true,
  sshConfig: config
})

// Run the mysqldump
gulp.task('download-db', function(){
  return gulpSSH
    // runs the mysql dump
    .exec(['mysqldump -u '+config.db_username+' -p\''+config.db_password+'\' -h '+config.db_host+' '+config.db_name+''], {filePath: 'dump.sql'})
    // pipes output into local folder
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dumps'))
})

// Run search/replace "optional"