Gradle SCP ant task

scp.gradle

// We define a new configuration with the name 'sshAntTask'.
// This configuration is used to define our dependencies.
configurations {
    sshAntTask
}

// Define the Maven central repository to look for the dependencies.
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

// Assign dependencies to the sshAntTask configuration.
dependencies {
    sshAntTask 'org.apache.ant:ant-jsch:1.7.1', 'jsch:jsch:0.1.29'
}

task deployJar (dependsOn: 'directories') << {
    description 'Deploying jar file '
    
    // Redefine scp Ant task, with the classpath property set to our newly defined
    // sshAntTask configuration classpath.
    ant.taskdef(name: 'scp', classname: 'org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ssh.Scp',
        classpath: configurations.sshAntTask.asPath)
            
    // Invoke the scp Ant task. (Use gradle -i update to see the output of the Ant task.)
    ant.scp(todir: 'username@hostname:/home/username/jars',            
        trust:'yes',
        //password: '*********', // Use phassphrase entered by the user.
        passphrase:'gradleautomation',
        keyfile: config.server.key,
        verbose: 'true') {
        fileset(dir: 'build/libs') {
            include(name: '**/**')
        }
    }            
}