deploy.rb

set :application, "example.com"

server "209.61.142.41", :app, :web, :db, :primary => true
set :deploy_to, "/srv/www/#{application}"
set :user, "root"

default_run_options[:pty] = true

set :repository,  "ssh://git@bitbucket.org/mattfordham/capistrano.git"
set :scm, :git
set :branch, "master"

set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
set :copy_strategy, :checkout
set :keep_releases, 5

# Deployment process
after "deploy", "deploy:create_symlinks", "deploy:set_permissions"

# Custom deployment tasks
namespace :deploy do

  desc "This is here to override the original :restart"
  task :restart, :roles => :app do
    # do nothing but override the default
  end

  desc "Create symlinks to shared data such as config files and uploaded images"
  task :create_symlinks, :roles => :app do
    run "ln -s #{deploy_to}/#{shared_dir}/images #{current_release}/images" 
    run "ln -s #{deploy_to}/#{shared_dir}/database.php #{current_release}/system/expressionengine/config/database.php" 
  end

  desc "Set the correct permissions for the config files and cache folder"
  task :set_permissions, :roles => :app do
    run "chmod 666 #{current_release}/index.php"
    run "chmod 777 #{current_release}/system/expressionengine/cache/"
    run "chmod 666 #{current_release}/system/expressionengine/config/config.php"
    run "chmod 666 #{current_release}/system/expressionengine/config/database.php"
    run "chmod 777 #{current_release}/system/expressionengine/templates/"
  end
  
end