A Capfile for Node.js deployment

Capfile

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

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# Edit these
set :application, "app_name"
set :node_file, "server.js"
set :host, "app.example.com"
set :repository, "git://github.com/example/example.git"
set :branch, "master"
set :deploy_to, "/var/apps/#{application}"
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set :scm, :git
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
role :app, host
set :user, "deploy"
set :use_sudo, false

namespace :deploy do
  task :start, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    # DO NOTHING! - Upstart will take care of this
  end

  task :stop, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    # DO NOTHING! - Upstart will take care of this
  end

  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    # DO NOTHING! - Monit will take care of this
  end
end