capistrano.txt

                                   Capisrano

Summary:
   - define servers + repos in deploy.rb
   - cap deploy (ssh to server, clone app or pull)

Details:

cd /location/from/where/you/want/to/deploy

capify .
       └→ Capfile
       └→ config/deploy.rb - deployment recipes # <=> project name click in Webistrano (Project configuration)

          require 'capistrano/ext/multistage' # for production.rb...
          set :stages, ["staging", "production"]
          set :default_stage, "staging"

          set :application, "fancy_shoes"
          set :repository, "git@account.git.beanstalkapp.com:/account/repository.git"
          ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
          set :user, "server-user-name"
          set :deploy_via, :remote_cache # use clone once to the server then use git pulls

          namespace :deploy do
            # default
            # task :restart, :roles => :web do
            #   run "touch #{ current_path }/tmp/restart.txt"
            # end

            desc "Restarting all daemons!"
            task :restart_daemons, :roles => :app do
              sudo "monit restart all -g daemons"
            end
          end

          after "deploy", "deploy:restart_daemons"
          # after "deploy", "deploy:restart" # built into Capistrano so not explicitly needed

          config/production.rb
          set :branch, 'master'

          config/staging.rb
          set :branch, 'staging'
          server "my_fancy_server.com", :app, :web, :db, :primary => true # 3 roles for that server
          set :deploy_to, "/var/www/fancy_shoes"
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cap deploy:setup # look for equivalent link in Webistrano
       └→ ssh to server (deploy_to) and create a special directory structure

cap deploy:check

cap production deploy
cap deploy # default