Capistrano Drupal(6) Deployment Recipe

deploy.rb

#
# Capistrano recipe for deploying Drupal7 using git and ssh.
#
# Part of the explanations in the comments taken from:
# http://help.github.com/deploy-with-capistrano/
#

set :default_environment, {
  # This is the $PATH for the deploymant shell. using uberpsace's recent php
  # and added ~/bin for drush.
  'PATH' => "$HOME/bin/:/package/host/localhost/php-5/bin/:$PATH:"
}

set :domain      , "vortrieb.net"
set :user        , "vortrieb"
set :application , "Vortrieb.net Website"
set :repository  , "git@github.com:Vortrieb/Vortrieb.net.git"

# This is where the currentshared and releases folder will be created.
set :deploy_to   , "/var/www/virtual/#{user}/"

# delete all but the last n releases.
set :keep_releases , 4

set :use_sudo      , false
set :scm           , :git
set :branch        , "master"
set :scm_verbose   , true

# Remote caching will keep a local git repo on the server you’re deploying to
# and simply run a fetch from that rather than an entire clone. This is
# probably the best option as it will only fetch the changes since the last.
# In most cases you want to use this option, otherwise each deploy will do
# a full repository clone every time.
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache

# If you’re using git submodules you must tell cap to fetch them.
set :git_enable_submodules, 1

# we're using private keys, so capistrano should use 'em too.
ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true

# Must be set for the password prompt from git to work
default_run_options[:pty] = true

# we only need one role
role :website, domain, :primary => true

# register the callbacks
after 'deploy:setup'   , 'drupal:setup'
after 'deploy:symlink' , 'drupal:symlink'
after 'deploy'         , 'drupal:clear_cache'

# override default tasks that wont apply to drupal/php
namespace :deploy do
  task :set_permissions do
    # noop
  end

  task :restart do
   # noop
  end

  task :start do
   # noop
  end
end

namespace :drupal do
  # create shared files-directory
  task :setup do
     run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/files"
  end

  # symlink shared directories
  task :symlink do
    run "ln -s #{shared_path}/files #{latest_release}/sites/default/files"
  end

  # CLEAR ALL THE CACHES! 
  # expect drush to be in $PATH
  task :clear_cache do
    run "cd #{latest_release} && drush cc all"
  end
end

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