There is a collection of sysadmin Capistrano 1 scripts called "deprec" http://www.deprec.org/wiki/AboutDeprec This is cool if you're often configuring deployment systems from scratch. But if you have a single machine you need to configure, there is no point in struggling with scripts that edit Apache conf or download and build source code for 3rd party packages.
On Dec 3, 2007 2:14 PM, Mislav Marohnić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding Apache configuration and downloading/compiling ffmpeg: > While it's possible to do such things (you can invoke shell scripts or > even do the logic in Ruby), I wouldn't recommend using Capistrano for system > administration. Since this is a one-time thing, it would be much easier and > faster that you ssh to the webserver and configure Apache/ffmpeg directly. > Capistrano is made for dealing with often repeating tasks regarding > website/app deployment and maintenance. > > > On Dec 3, 2007 9:59 AM, Tenzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am new to capistrano and I am given the job to deploy a RoR > > application using capistrano. > > > > For deploying my Ruby on Rails Applications I need to do the following > > things: > > > > 1. Install Ruby on Rails on the remote server > > 2. Configure the apache server and to work with mongrel server > > 3. Install some video encode/recode softwares like mencoder/ffmgeg and > > flvtool > > > > I have previously deployed the application on a server by manually > > doing all the above tasks my logging into the server using ssh. Now I > > want to be able to deploy my application using Capistrano. For that I > > would like to clear some of my misunderstandings like: > > > > 1. Can everything be done with capistrano alone ? Like starting from > > installing RoR to modifying the configuration files of the apache > > server on the remote server? > > 2. Can I also use Capistrano to download the sourcecodes and compile/ > > install additional softwares like ffmpeg on my remote server? > > > > > > The remote server runs Red Hat Enterprise. > > > > Thanking all in advance ... > > > > Regards > > -a Capistrano newbie... > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
