CircleCI build and deploy via Rsync SSH in two steps

config.yml

version: 2.1

executors:
  my-executor:
    docker:
      - image: circleci/node:8
    working_directory: /tmp

jobs:
  build:
    executor: my-executor

    working_directory: ~/r

    steps:
      - checkout

      # Download and cache dependencies
      - restore_cache:
          keys:
          - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
          # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
          - v1-dependencies-

      - run: npm install

      - save_cache:
          paths:
            - node_modules
          key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}

      # run tests!
      - run: npm test
      - run: npm run build --prod
      - persist_to_workspace:
          root: "~"
          paths:
            - r/build
  deploy:
    executor: my-executor
    steps:
      - attach_workspace:
          at: ./build
      - run: mkdir ~/.ssh
      - run: ssh-keyscan $SSH_HOST >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
      - run: sudo apt install rsync
      - run:
          name: Deploy Over SSH
          command: |
            rsync -avz -e "ssh" --progress build $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:build
#            scp -r build/* $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:build
      - run: ssh $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST 'chmod -R 755 ~/build'

workflows:
  version: 2.1
  build-and-deploy:
    jobs:
      - build
      - deploy:
          requires:
            - build
          filters:
            branches:
              only: master