gistfile1.txt

desc "creates database & database user"

task :create_database do
  set :root_password, Capistrano::CLI.password_prompt("MySQL root password: ")
  set :db_user, Capistrano::CLI.ui.ask("Application database user: ")
  set :db_pass, Capistrano::CLI.password_prompt("Password: ")
  set :db_name, Capistrano::CLI.ui.ask("Database name: ")
    
  run "mysql --user=root --password=#{root_password} -e \"CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS #{db_name}\""
  run "mysql --user=root --password=#{root_password} -e \"GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON #{db_name}.* TO '#{db_user}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '#{db_pass}' WITH GRANT OPTION\""

end

what's the problem with running rake db:create:all ?

You can't run db:create:all if the code isn't already deployed. The problem I'm running into is I'm deploying to a fresh Vagrant box but it's dying because the DB isn't already created. However when the deploy fails the code is rolled back so there's no way for me to manually do "rake db:create:all".

Capistrano 3 version:

namespace :deploy do

  desc "Create database and database user"
  task :create_mysql_database do
    ask :db_root_password, ''
    ask :db_name, fetch(:application)
    ask :db_user, 'deploy'
    ask :db_pass, ''

    on primary fetch(:migration_role) do
      execute "mysql --user=root --password=#{fetch(:db_root_password)} -e \"CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS #{fetch(:db_name)}\""
      execute "mysql --user=root --password=#{fetch(:db_root_password)} -e \"GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON #{fetch(:db_name)}.* TO '#{fetch(:db_user)}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '#{fetch(:db_pass)}' WITH GRANT OPTION\""
    end
  end

end