I am using the shovel deploy.rb from http://nubyonrails.com/pages/shovel I have SwitchTower-ized my app, copied the shovel deploy.rb file and put my settings in it. But when I run "rake remote_exec ACTION=setup_lighty" from the local app root it has no effect. It should prompt for a password for at least throw an error? I just get returned to the DOS prompt. If I do "rake remote_exec ACTION=random_text" it does exactly the same so I''m thinking the issue is with remote_exec and not my deploy.rb file? Any suggestions... Cheers K. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 12/16/05, Kris Leech <krisleech-BSIDdvZawMx9qp0gCGiW7Q@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I am using the shovel deploy.rb from http://nubyonrails.com/pages/shovel > I have SwitchTower-ized my app, copied the shovel deploy.rb file and put > my settings in it. > > But when I run "rake remote_exec ACTION=setup_lighty" from the local app > root it has no effect. It should prompt for a password for at least > throw an error? I just get returned to the DOS prompt. > > If I do "rake remote_exec ACTION=random_text" it does exactly the same > so I''m thinking the issue is with remote_exec and not my deploy.rb file? > > Any suggestions... > > Cheers K. > > > > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >I thought switchtower was not useable in windows due to rpc and non-posix issues ? -- ------------------------------ Joyeux Noël ------------------------------ Peter Fitzgibbons _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
On Dec 16, 2005, at 8:40 AM, Peter Fitzgibbons wrote:>> On 12/16/05, Kris Leech <krisleech-BSIDdvZawMx9qp0gCGiW7Q@public.gmane.org> wrote: I am >> using the shovel deploy.rb from http://nubyonrails.com/pages/shovel >> I have SwitchTower-ized my app, copied the shovel deploy.rb file >> and put >> my settings in it. >> >> But when I run "rake remote_exec ACTION=setup_lighty" from the >> local app >> root it has no effect. It should prompt for a password for at least >> throw an error? I just get returned to the DOS prompt. >> >> If I do "rake remote_exec ACTION=random_text" it does exactly the >> same >> so I''m thinking the issue is with remote_exec and not my deploy.rb >> file? >> >> Any suggestions... >> > I thought switchtower was not useable in windows due to rpc and non- > posix issues ? > > -- > ------------------------------ > Joyeux Noël > ------------------------------ > Peter FitzgibbonsYou can''t use switchtower to deploy TO a windows box, but it should work fine deploying FROM a windows box. In the past, others have had this problem because Windows doesn''t understand that the switchtower executable is executable. Can the OP look to see where switchtower was installed? Possibly try running the following from the DOS prompt: switchtower --help If you get a "command not found" error, then it is likely that the switchtower executable is either not in your path, or the switchtower.cmd file is missing. - Jamis
Thanks, I am deploying to Textdrive from Windows, so should be OK with regards to posix. Typing switchtower --help works... I get the help stuff. I have used switchtower --apply-to . to get the orignal deploy.rb anyway so im guessing Windows knows where it is and will execute it. Is remote_exec part of SwitchTower? Jamis Buck wrote:> You can''t use switchtower to deploy TO a windows box, but it should > work fine deploying FROM a windows box.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On Dec 16, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Kris Leech wrote:> Thanks, I am deploying to Textdrive from Windows, so should be OK with > regards to posix. > > Typing switchtower --help works... I get the help stuff. > > I have used switchtower --apply-to . to get the orignal deploy.rb > anyway > so im guessing Windows knows where it is and will execute it. > > Is remote_exec part of SwitchTower?No, remote_exec is a rake task that invokes switchtower (you can see it in lib/tasks/switchtower.rake). If that remote_exec task isn''t working, but switchtower is, you can always use switchtower directly: switchtower -vvvv -r config/deploy -a setup_lighty (-vvvv means "be very verbose", -r gives the path to the recipe file, and -a is which action to invoke. You can give -a multiple times to invoke multiple actions.) Regarding the remote_exec rake task... If switchtower is in your path and is executable, then I''m not sure what''s going on--I haven''t used Windows in ages. :( Any switchtower-savvy Windows users around that can help troubleshoot this one? - Jamis
I am running switchtower from Windows to TextDrive with no problems.
I ran into this problem as well. In my case, I had to add the
''.cmd''
to the end of the switchtower commands in the
lib/tasks/switchtower.rake file.
For instance, change:
system "switchtower -vvvv -r config/deploy #{actions}"
To:
system "switchtower.cmd -vvvv -r config/deploy #{actions}"
And although you didn''t ask, you will need to define your own restart
task for TextDrive (this is for lighttpd).
First create a script on your host to restart lighttpd. In my case, I
called it lighttpdctl and placed it in a scripts directory off my home
directory of my TextDrive account. Here is the snippet I used for the
script:
http://textsnippets.com/posts/show/241
Then you will need to define a restart task in your config/deploy.rb.
Here is mine:
desc "Restart the web server"
task :restart, :roles => :app do
run "/home/your_account/scripts/lighttpdctl restart"
end
Good Luck,
Tom
On 12/16/05, Jamis Buck <jamis-uHoyYlH2B+GakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> On Dec 16, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Kris Leech wrote:
>
> > Thanks, I am deploying to Textdrive from Windows, so should be OK with
> > regards to posix.
> >
> > Typing switchtower --help works... I get the help stuff.
> >
> > I have used switchtower --apply-to . to get the orignal deploy.rb
> > anyway
> > so im guessing Windows knows where it is and will execute it.
> >
> > Is remote_exec part of SwitchTower?
>
> No, remote_exec is a rake task that invokes switchtower (you can see
> it in lib/tasks/switchtower.rake).
>
> If that remote_exec task isn''t working, but switchtower is, you
can
> always use switchtower directly:
>
> switchtower -vvvv -r config/deploy -a setup_lighty
>
> (-vvvv means "be very verbose", -r gives the path to the recipe
file,
> and -a is which action to invoke. You can give -a multiple times to
> invoke multiple actions.)
>
> Regarding the remote_exec rake task... If switchtower is in your path
> and is executable, then I''m not sure what''s going on--I
haven''t used
> Windows in ages. :( Any switchtower-savvy Windows users around that
> can help troubleshoot this one?
>
> - Jamis
>
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Thanks Tom, that worked a treat. I just need to tweek the shovel delpoy.rb as I want each Rails app in a folder named after the Project not URL. Shovel makes folders like /sites/domain.com/ but I want /sites/AppName/ Tom Davies wrote:> And although you didn''t ask, you will need to define your own restart > task for TextDrive (this is for lighttpd).It appears lighttpdctl is created for you. Thanks again, K. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.