Hi Lee, To be perfectly frank not very far. I don't know how to incorporate "multistage" in my application. Unless the stages you define correspond to roles defined and the the task gets executed automatically against that role.
Regards On Jan 23, 4:32 pm, Lee Hambley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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=thatjust 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
