Capistrano is an open-source tool that allows developers to automate the deployment of web applications to multiple servers with ease. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Capistrano on MXLinux Latest.
Before you start with the installation process, it is recommended to update your system.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Capistrano is written in Ruby, so we need to install a Ruby environment on our system.
sudo apt install ruby-full
Verify the installation using:
ruby --version
Install Capistrano using Ruby's package manager, Gem.
sudo gem install capistrano
Verify the installation using:
cap --version
Once Capistrano is installed, you can use it to manage your projects.
Navigate to your project's root directory and initialize it with Capistrano using:
cap install
This command will create a basic Capistrano directory structure in your project's root directory.
You need to configure Capistrano to deploy your application to a specific environment. Capistrano uses files named after the deployment environment to store specific configuration settings.
Open the config/deploy/production.rb file in your text editor and modify it to match your specific production environment.
server 'your-production-server.com', user: 'deploy', roles: %w{app web db}
Replace your-production-server.com with your application's production server hostname or IP address.
You can now use Capistrano to deploy your application to the configured environment.
cap production deploy
The command above will run Capistrano's deployment script, which will upload your project files to the remote server, install all necessary dependencies, and start the application.
If everything goes as expected, you should now see your application running on the remote server.
In this tutorial, we went through the process of installing Capistrano on MXLinux Latest, initializing a new project, configuring a deployment environment, and deploying our application. Capistrano is a powerful tool that can save developers a lot of time and effort when it comes to deploying and managing web applications.
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