I instantly refresh my browser after deploying to make sure nothing went wrong. This gets tiring so I added some code to hit the site and print results after the deployment task has been run. The Net:HTTP code is taken verbatim from the pickaxe Net:HTTP reference. task :after_deploy, :roles => :app do sanity_check end desc "Use Net:HTTP to pull up the live site" task :sanity_check do Net::HTTP.start(''www.yoursite.com'') do |http| response = http.get(''/'') puts "Code = #{response.code}" puts "Message = #{response.message}" response.each do |key,val| printf "%-14s = %-40.40s\n", key, val end p response.body[400,500] end end --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---