Capistrano Deployment Guide

Overview

Capistrano is a traditional server deployment tool that connects via SSH, pulls code from Git, and manages application restarts.

Server Setup

Install dependencies including Ruby, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and set up systemd services for the application and background jobs.

Configuration

Configure config/deploy.rb with repository URL, deploy path, and linked files/directories.

Commands

• cap production deploy:check - Check connectivity
• cap production deploy - Deploy
• cap production deploy:rollback - Rollback

Web Server

Configure Nginx or Apache to proxy requests to the Rails application with SSL via Let's Encrypt.