Capistrano without SCM

I am unable to get Capistrano to deploy from our Subversion repository as it’s on a local IP, with no VPN access or access from the outside world and I’m also not in a position to open up the SVN box to the outside world.

So how does Capistrano get access to the source code?

Turns out it’s not that hard, you just need to know the tricks. So open up your /config/deploy.rb file and add/modify the following lines:

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set :scm, :none
set :respository, "."
set :deploy_via, :copy

Using Capistrano

Here’s my notes for getting Capistrano up and running. You need only run these steps the first time:

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sudo gem install Capistrano
cd /your/project/directory
capify .

copy deploy.rb (listed below) over project/config/deploy.rb

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cap deploy:setup
cap deploy:cold

Subsequent Capistrano usage needs only:

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cap deploy

deploy.rb

Below is the deploy.rb I’ve used (many thanks to aussiegeek on twitter). You might not require the first line default_run_options[:pty] = true I had to add it for use on Ubuntu 9.10.

Also I’m using Phusion Passenger.

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default_run_options[:pty] = true
 
set :application, 'projectName'
set :deploy_to, '/server/path/'
set :user, 'username'
set :use_sudo, false
 
role :web, "server.com"
role :db, "server.com", :primary => true
role :app, "server.com"
 
set :scm, :none
set :repository, "."
set :deploy_via, :copy
 
namespace :deploy do
  task :start, :roles => :app do
  end
 
  task :stop, :roles => :app do
  end
 
  task :restart, :roles => :app do
    run "touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt"
  end
end

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