[Vuejs]-Error deploying vuejs app to ubuntu server with gitlab runner

why scp fails

Check is your dist directory exists and has smth inside: - ls dist (you will see output of the command in "job console" in gitlab)

I think that directory is empty then need check build_app job

how to run job only on merge requests?

add only: - merge_requests for job read more

deploy:
  stage: deploy
  script: ./deploy
  only:
    - merge_requests

misc

I suggest use rsync instead of scp it’s employs a special delta transfer algorithm and a few optimizations to make the operation faster.