Hi Gerhardus, Where are you upto so far? - Lee
2009/1/23 Gerhardus Geldenhuis <[email protected]> > > Hi am reading through the archives at the moment and am missing some > good examples of how to actually use multistage. > > I realized that I have no idea what to do further other defining my > stages. > > Regards > > On Jan 23, 3:12 pm, Gerhardus Geldenhuis > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I have been doing some reading about how to implement multistaging but > > I am not sure which route I should be following. I would really > > appreciate some advice/thoughts. > > > > I have found Multistage: > http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2007/7/23/capistrano-multistage > > > > and another possible methodhttp://www.egtheblog.com/?p=that just sets a > env variable and then > > sets your server list based on this variable. This is the method I > > like most at the moment... > > > > We have demo, development, production and load testing environments. > > The method of deploying new applications does not differ between > > environment, except for the different parameters that download the > > applications. I also want to implement sequential implementation in > > production at a later stage. We have a number of different > > applications but all of them use the same deployment technique. > > > > I am unsure how I should be mapping this out with roles etc on my > > tasks, I want all roles to be able to run task A but I don't want task > > A to run for all roles when I don't specify the environment. > > > > I guess multistage could be used here and defining stages in the > > following way: > > Demo-AppA > > Demo-AppB > > Prod-AppA > > Prod-AppB > > etc... > > > > I like the fact that multstage will prompt you if you don't specify a > > environment which makes a lot safer for me. > > > > Generally applications run on a dedicated server but there will be > > some server sharing between applications. > > > > I would appreciate any thoughts, tips, caveats or source examples. > > This email is also serving as a way for me to formalize my thoughts a > > bit more. > > > > Regards > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
