Halfday

This gem adds some recipes for Capistrano.

Warning: It is not recommended to use this gem as is since you need your server to be configured in a very specific way. Extract what you need or fork it to make it compliant with your setup.

Add this line to your applicationns Gemfile:

gem 'halfday', require: false

Add those lines to your application’s Capfile:

set :application, 'YOUR APPLICATION NAME'
set :repository, 'YOUR GIT REPOSITORY'

require 'halfday'

You still need to define every environments in config/deploy/.

# config/deploy/staging.rb

role :app, 'HOSTNAME', primary: true
role :web, 'HOSTNAME', primary: true
role :db,  'HOSTNAME', primary: true

set :default_tag, '0.2.4' # Branch or Tag

For now, all those recipes will be used on deployment if their Gem is included in your Gemfile.

You can manually skip a recipe by setting the ignored_recipes config variable:

set :ignored_recipes, [:nginx]

On deployment, you’ll be ask to specify the branch or tag you want to deploy. If you hit Enter, the default_tag will be used. You can also enter HEAD to use the branch you’re currently on.

$ cap staging deploy

  * 2013-06-20 14:02:53 executing `staging'
  * 2013-06-20 14:02:53 executing `deploy'
  * 2013-06-20 14:02:53 executing `deploy:update'
 ** transaction: start
  * 2013-06-20 14:02:53 executing `deploy:update_code'

Tag or branch to deploy: [0.2.4]

Dotenv is included as well in those recipes, if included in your project, it will automatically symlink /opt/app/shared/.env into /opt/app/current on deployment.

cap foreman:restart      # Restart your app
cap foreman:start        # Start your app
cap foreman:stop         # Stop your app
cap foreman:export       # Export upstart script to /etc/init/

cap git:clean            # Remove .git
cap git:init_submodules  # Initialize Git submodule

If you’re using RVM on your server, it’ll automatically use the Ruby version written in your .ruby-version file.

If your project includes Whenever, the crontab will be updated automatically in a callback.

cap yard:generate        # Generate your doc and make it available
                         # in http://.../doc

• Add a more flexible way to manage which recipes should be applied.
• Add Rails generator for the Capfile.
• Remove dependancy from Rails.
• More recipes, always.

Halfday is © 2013 Mirego and may be freely distributed under the New BSD license. See the LICENSE.md file.

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