Capistrano Deployment

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• Contents

  1. Capistrano Deployment
  2. Introduction
  3. V2 Deployment Git Tree
  4. Capistrano Customization
     1. Capistrano Custom Command Line Parameters
     2. Capistrano Custom Tasks
  5. VM Setup and Provisioning
  6. Application Deployment
     1. Specific Instance Deployment
     2. Generic Instance Deployment
  7. Example Deployments
     1. Example: Specific Development Instance
     2. Example: Specific Production Instance
     3. Example: Generic Production Instance

Introduction

This page describes how Capistrano is used for:

1. The V2 deployment git tree used to store and manage V2 and MAPS deployment configurations
2. Capistrano customization
3. VM setup and provisioning
4. Application deployment
5. Example deployments

V2 Deployment Git Tree

Capistrano Customization

Capistrano Custom Command Line Parameters

• Parameter Name	Example Value	Description
  app	maps	MAPS application
  	v2p0	V2 application
  	vagrant	Virtual machine setup/provisioning
  site	proto	Prototype instance of V2 and MAPS
  	v2	V2 virtual machine for vagrant provision
  instance	zg-3.softxs.ch	Example MAPS instance: v2.softxs.ch/maps
  	zg-3.softxs.ch	Example v2p0 instance: v2.softxs.ch/v2p0
  	zg-3.softxs.ch-tn	Example v2p0 instance: v2.softxs.ch/v2p0-tn
  	vor.softxs.ch-4010	Example v2p0 instance: localhost:4010 on AH laptop
  	generic	Generic instance, must set vh and vm
  vh	1	Virtual host specified
  vm	192.168.4.9	Internal IP address of virtual host

Capistrano Custom Tasks

• Task Name	Description
  Top-Level Tasks
  setup_env	Setup the application, site and instance settings for the installation
  show_env	Display installation settings
  setup_app_symlink	Setup application symlink, automatically called after deploy:setup
  upload_database_yml	Install database.yml file
  Deployment Tasks
  deploy:populate	Pupulate application database (rake db:populate)
  deploy:provision	Provision VM for application.
  deploy:restart	Restart application (by touching tmp/restart.txt)
  deploy:seed_fu	Seed the application database (rake db:seed_fu)
  deploy:seed_fu_without_access_control	Seed V2 application database (rake db:seed_fu_without_access_control...
  VM Provisioning Tasks
  vagrant:setup	Setup Vagrant VM (create VM home dir and install Vagrant file)
  vagrant:start	Start Vagrant VM (vagrant up)
  vagrant:status	Display status of Vagrant VM
  vagrant:stop	Stop Vagrant VM (vagrant halt)

VM Setup and Provisioning

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Application Deployment

Specific Instance Deployment

Generic Instance Deployment

Example Deployments

Example: Specific Development Instance

1. Install git tree by hand
2. Using webbrick as web server
3. Capistrano to install site/instance specific files
4. Can optionally run bundle and rake tasks

Example: Specific Production Instance

1. Install git tree by hand
2. Using pre-configured APache virtual host as web server
3. Capistrano to install everything
   1. Setup of target environment: Mix of hand and automated steps
   2. Local git checkout and installation on server
   3. RRun bindle and rake tasks

Example: Generic Production Instance

1. Creating VM on virtual host
2. Provisioning VM on virtual host
   1. Including creation of Apache virtual host
3. Application installation

Note that DMS (re-)configuration is not included, this must be prepared separately, typically using Puppet. See:

• V2PuppetDeployment