If you're talking about a Rails app, the recommended way is, don't. It'd be like trying to deploy an ASP.NET app on Linux. It might be possible (thanks to Apache and mod_mono), but you'd have to have a damned good reason.
If you're not talking about a Rails app... In general, unless something has changed, I believe the recommended way to deploy an app on Windows is "FTP the files." But it's been a few years since I've had to deal with Windows, so maybe something has changed. On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:32 PM, John Kaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow thanks Jamis. I didn't realize that was the case. Well it's > possible I can get my hands on a *nix server which would be nice. > After all I've read I really like to use Capistrano. > > Other than that does anyone have suggestions on what's the recommended > way to deploy on Windows? > > On Jul 18, 11:31 am, Jamis Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Note that Capistrano cannot deploy _to_ windows, only _from_ windows. > > That said, perhaps some have managed to get a windows deployment to > > work with Capistrano, using cygwin to run sshd or something, but such > > is definitely not a "supported" environment. > > > > - Jamis > > > > On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:16 AM, John Kaz wrote: > > > > > > > > > So I'm still very new to Capistrano and I am about to start deploying > > > an app to a server running Windows XP x64 ( I know weird right?) > > > > > Before that I am going to play around deploying with Cap 2.x on a test > > > run of the app to a regular old Windows XP on a test machine I've go > > > setup with Apache 2.0 and probably Mongrel. > > > > > I about read some problems people had with x64 so I wanted to get some > > > advice from the pros can it even be done and if it can will it be such > > > a nightmare that i should just go ahead and look for other options > > > (different method, different server) > > > > > Thanks all. > > > > > one more note: on top of all that I'll probably be using Perforce for > > > my scm > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
