A preliminary capistrano deploy script for discourse. To be used together with https://github.com/sud0n1m/discourse-chef

Capfile

load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator
load 'deploy/assets'
Dir['vendor/plugins/*/recipes/*.rb'].each { |plugin| load(plugin) }
load 'config/deploy'

deploy.rb

require "bundler/capistrano"

# Application Settings
set :application, "discourse"
set :deploy_to, "/web/#{application}"

# Repo Settings
# Cloned to a private copy of discourse
set :repository, "ssh://git@github.com/xxxxxxxx/discourse.git"
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
set :branch, fetch(:branch, "master")
set :scm, :git
ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true

# General Settings
set :use_sudo, false
set :deploy_type, :deploy
default_run_options[:pty] = true

# Server Settings
set :user, "deploy"
set :rails_env, :production

role :app, "yourserver.com"
role :db, "yourserver.com"
role :web, "yourserver.com", :primary => true

# Hooks
after "deploy:setup" do
  run "cd #{current_path} && bundle install"
end

# Seed the database



# Bluepill related tasks
after "deploy:update", "bluepill:quit", "bluepill:start"

namespace :bluepill do
  desc "Stop processes that bluepill is monitoring and quit bluepill"
  task :quit, :roles => [:app] do
    sudo "bluepill stop"
    sudo "bluepill quit"
  end

  desc "Load bluepill configuration and start it"
  task :start, :roles => [:app] do
    sudo "bluepill load /web/discourse/current/config/discourse.pill"
  end

  desc "Prints bluepills monitored processes statuses"
  task :status, :roles => [:app] do
    sudo "bluepill status"
  end

  desc "Stops bluepill from running services"
  task :stop, :roles => [:app] do
    sudo "bluepill stop"
  end
end

namespace :db do 
  desc "seed the database for the first time"
  task :seed, :roles => [:db] do
    sudo "cd #{current_path} && bundle exec rake db:migrate"
    sudo "cd #{current_path} && bundle exec rake db:seed_fu"
  end
end

See the companion chef scripts for bootstrapping your Ubuntu 12.10 server: https://github.com/sud0n1m/discourse-chef