Rails - Oct 2006 - Dreamhost/Capistrano confusion

Hi,

I am having trouble getting a Rails app deployed on Dreamhost via 
Capistrano. I am using the information from the Dreamhost wiki at 
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Ruby_on_Rails, and the ''shovel 
dreamhost'' script from nubyonrails.com/pages/shovel_dreamhost. One of
my
problems is that the  wiki seems to suggest to create the app on the 
production server, do the dreamhost-specific configuration and then just 
copy over the ''app'' folder (and a couple more) from
development. However
the capistrano script seems to export the entire folder from subversion. 
(BTW I froze the app to edge rails - does this make a difference?).

I was wondering whether any of the list members has found a workflow for 
developing apps locally and deploying them on Dreamhost that actually 
works.

Thanks!
Ingo

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Ingo Weiss wrote:
> I was wondering whether any of the list members has found a workflow for
> developing apps locally and deploying them on Dreamhost that actually
> works.
Hi Ingo,

This should cover everything you need to set up. I use separate live
and staging environments, so I''ve included those settings in case you
find it helpful.

1. Make your deploy.rb and other files on your local development
machine and commit them to Svn.

2. Use DH panel to set your hosted directory to app_name/current/public

3. Empty out the "app_name" directory where you will be deploying to.
then run cap setup so it creates the current/shared/releases
directories and symlinks in there.

4. Run cap deploy.

Here''s what I have in my config files:

## config/deploy.rb

set :application, "your_app"
set :user, ''your_user''
set :svn_username, "your_svn_username"
set(:svn_password) { Capistrano::CLI.password_prompt }  # (don''t know
if CLI.password is necessary)
set :repository, "http://svn.your_domain.com/trunk"
set :use_sudo, false
set :checkout, "export"

# for ssh key-based passwordless connection (optional)

ssh_options[:keys]
%w(''/Users/your_local_dev_machine_user/.ssh/id_dsa'')

# for separate staging / live environments (optional)

case ENV[''TO'']
  when ''production'' :
    set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/#{application}"
    set :rails_env, :production
  else
    set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/stage.#{application}"
    set :rails_env, :staging
end

# roles

role :app, application
role :web, application, :no_release => true
role :db,  application, :primary => true, :no_release => true

# tasks

desc "Restart the FCGI processes on the app server as a regular user."
task :restart, :roles => :app do
  run "#{current_path}/script/process/reaper -d dispatch.fcgi"
end

# for this you should symlink whatever directories you want kept in
current between deployments which aren''t stored in SVN.

desc "Link shared files to carry them forward to current deployment"
task :before_symlink do
  run "rmdir #{current_release}/public/uploads"
  run "ln -nfs #{deploy_to}/#{shared_dir}/uploads" \
    " #{current_release}/public/"
end



## config/environment.rb

# Set environment based on deployment directory name (optional)
# (I use a directory name without .com for local development)

case
File.expand_path(''../../..'',Dir.pwd).gsub(/.*\//,'''')
  when        ''your_app.com'' :
ENV[''RAILS_ENV''] = ''production''
  when  ''stage.your_app.com'' :
ENV[''RAILS_ENV''] = ''staging''
end


## config/environments/staging.rb

# create this file as needed for logging/error reporting settings for
your staging environment. (optional)


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