Capistrano::Laravel
Deploy Laravel applications with Capistrano v3.*
Installation
If managing your Capistrano deploy as a ruby project, add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.0.0'
gem 'capistrano-laravel'
And then execute:
bundle
Or install it yourself as:
gem install capistrano-laravel
Setting up Capistrano
After installing Capistrano, you can use it to initialize a skeleton configuration. To setup Capistrano, please follow the documentation provided on their website:
http://capistranorb.com/documentation/getting-started/preparing-your-application/
This will generate the following files:
.
โโโ Capfile # Used to manage Capistrano and its dependencies
โโโ config
โย ย โโโ deploy
โย ย โย ย โโโ production.rb # Configuration for production environment
โย ย โย ย โโโ staging.rb # Configuration for staging environment
โย ย โโโ deploy.rb # Common configuration for all environments
โโโ lib
โโโ capistrano
โโโ tasks # Customized Capistrano tasks for your project
Usage
Require the module in your Capfile
:
require 'capistrano/laravel'
Configuration
The gem makes the following configuration variables available (shown with defaults).
# Which roles to consider as laravel roles
set :laravel_roles, :all
# The artisan flags to include on artisan commands by default
set :laravel_artisan_flags, "--env=#{fetch(:stage)}"
# Which roles to use for running migrations
set :laravel_migration_roles, :all
# The artisan flags to include on artisan commands by default when running migrations
set :laravel_migration_artisan_flags, "--force --env=#{fetch(:stage)}"
# The version of laravel being deployed
set :laravel_version, 5.3
# Whether to upload the dotenv file on deploy
set :laravel_upload_dotenv_file_on_deploy, true
# Which dotenv file to transfer to the server
set :laravel_dotenv_file, './.env'
# The user that the server is running under (used for ACLs)
set :laravel_server_user, 'www-data'
# Ensure the dirs in :linked_dirs exist?
set :laravel_ensure_linked_dirs_exist, true
# Link the directores in laravel_linked_dirs?
set :laravel_set_linked_dirs, true
# Linked directories for a standard Laravel 4 application
set :laravel_4_linked_dirs, [
'app/storage'
]
# Linked directories for a standard Laravel 5 application
set :laravel_5_linked_dirs, [
'storage'
]
# Ensure the paths in :file_permissions_paths exist?
set :laravel_ensure_acl_paths_exist, true
# Set ACLs for the paths in laravel_acl_paths?
set :laravel_set_acl_paths, true
# Paths that should have ACLs set for a standard Laravel 4 application
set :laravel_4_acl_paths, [
'app/storage',
'app/storage/public',
'app/storage/cache',
'app/storage/logs',
'app/storage/meta',
'app/storage/sessions',
'app/storage/views'
]
# Paths that should have ACLs set for a standard Laravel 5 application
set :laravel_5_acl_paths, [
'bootstrap/cache',
'storage',
'storage/app',
'storage/app/public',
'storage/framework',
'storage/framework/cache',
'storage/framework/sessions',
'storage/framework/views',
'storage/logs'
]
Tasks
The following tasks are added to your deploy automagically when adding capistrano/laravel to your deploy.
before 'deploy:starting', 'laravel:resolve_linked_dirs'
before 'deploy:starting', 'laravel:resolve_acl_paths'
after 'deploy:starting', 'laravel:ensure_linked_dirs_exist'
before 'deploy:updating', 'laravel:ensure_acl_paths_exist'
before 'deploy:updated', 'deploy:set_permissions:acl'
before 'deploy:updated', 'laravel:upload_dotenv_file'
after 'composer:run', 'laravel:storage_link'
after 'composer:run', 'laravel:optimize'
Task Descriptions
# Determine which folders, if any, to use for linked directories.
invoke 'laravel:resolve_linked_dirs'
# Determine which paths, if any, to have ACL permissions set.
invoke 'laravel:resolve_acl_paths'
# Ensure that linked dirs exist.
invoke 'laravel:ensure_linked_dirs_exist'
# Ensure that ACL paths exist.
invoke 'laravel:ensure_acl_paths_exist'
# Upload dotenv file for release.
invoke 'laravel:upload_dotenv_file'
# Execute a provided artisan command.
# Replace :command_name with the command to execute
invoke 'laravel:artisan[:command_name]'
# Create a cache file for faster configuration loading
invoke 'laravel:config_cache'
# Create a route cache file for faster route registration
invoke 'laravel:route_cache'
# Optimize the framework for better performance.
invoke 'laravel:optimize'
# Create a symbolic link from "public/storage" to "storage/app/public"
invoke 'laravel:storage_link'
# Run the database migrations.
invoke 'laravel:migrate'
# Rollback the last database migration.
invoke 'laravel:migrate_rollback'
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run
rake spec
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive
prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To
release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run
bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push
git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/capistrano/laravel.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.