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Custom Capistrano
Tasks
def mongrel_cluster(command)
"mongrel_rails cluster::#{command} -C #{current_path}/config/mongrel_cluster.yml"
end
%w(restart stop start).each do |command|
task command.to_sym, :roles => :app do
run mongrel_cluster(command)
end
end
desc "Run pre-symlink tasks"
task :before_symlink, :roles => :web do
copy_shared
backup_db
run_tests
end
desc "Clear out old code trees. Only keep 5 latest releases around"
task :after_deploy do
cleanup
sleep 5
ping_servers
end
desc "Copy in server specific configuration files"
task :copy_shared do
run