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basic_capistrano_setup

⚙️ Basic Capistrano Setup​

Capistrano automates deployments over SSH with simple configuration. This example shows a minimal setup for pushing your Rails code to a VPS in the production stage.

# Add these gems to your Gemfile in development group:
group :development do
  gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.16'
  gem 'capistrano-rails', '~> 1.6'
  gem 'capistrano-passenger', '~> 0.2.0'
end

After bundling, install Capistrano:

bundle exec cap install STAGES=production

Edit config/deploy.rb:

lock '~> 3.16.0'
set :application, 'my_rails_app'
set :repo_url, 'git@github.com:username/my_rails_app.git'
set :deploy_to, '/var/www/my_rails_app'
append :linked_dirs, 'log', 'tmp/pids', 'tmp/cache', 'tmp/sockets', 'public/system'

Then deploy:

bundle exec cap production deploy