A Capistrano deployment recipe for Zend Framework applications

Capfile

load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator  
load 'application/configs/deploy'

deploy.rb

set :application, "application-name"
set :repository,  "/path/to/repository"
set :deploy_to, "/path/to/application"
set :deploy_via, "copy"
set :scm, :git
set :scm_checkout, "export"

role :web, "domain"
role :app, "domain"
role :db,  "domain", :primary => true

set :user, "user"
set :use_sudo, false
set :ssh_options, {:forward_agent => true}

namespace :deploy do
  task :update do
    transaction do
      update_code
      symlink
    end
  end

  task :finalize_update do
    transaction do
      run "chmod -R g+w #{releases_path}/#{release_name}"
      
      # Create symbolic links to shared resources
      run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/bootstrap.php #{releases_path}/#{release_name}/application/configs/bootstrap.php"
    end
  end

  task :migrate do
    # Override, we have no migrations
  end
  
  task :start, :roles => :app do
    # Override but do nothing
  end  
  
  task :stop, :roles => :app do
    # Override but do nothing
  end

  task :restart do
    # Override, no need to restart Apache
  end
end

gistfile3.txt

In your shell, run the following command:
cap deploy

This will now deploy your Zend Framework application to the remote server.

For more information and Capistrano installation instructions see the documentation, http://www.capify.org/index.php/Capistrano