Vlad the Deployer is a tool for automating deployment tasks in Ruby on Rails applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Vlad the Deployer on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following:
Vlad the Deployer requires several dependencies to function correctly. You can install them using the following command:
pkg install sudo ruby27-gems rsync
First, create a new user called vlad and add it to the wheel group:
adduser
pw groupmod wheel -m vlad
Then, switch to the vlad user and install Vlad the Deployer:
su - vlad
gem install vlad
After installing Vlad the Deployer, you need to configure it to work with your Ruby on Rails application. Here's how to do it:
Create a new file called config/deploy.rb in your Rails application directory.
Copy the following code into it, replacing your_application_name with the name of your application:
set :application, "your_application_name"
set :repository, "git@github.com:your_username/your_application_name.git"
role :web, "your_server_address"
role :app, "your_server_address"
role :db, "your_server_address", :primary => true
set :user, "vlad"
set :deploy_to, "/home/vlad/your_application_name"
This configuration tells Vlad the Deployer to deploy your application to the /home/vlad/your_application_name directory on your server.
Once you have configured Vlad the Deployer, you can deploy your application using the following command:
vlad deploy
This command will deploy your application to the server specified in your configuration file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Vlad the Deployer on FreeBSD Latest.
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