PHP Deployment with Capistrano PHPBelgium Event – 21/10/2008

About me Jeroen Serpieters PHP Consultant (ZCE) Ausy Belgium, Zend Partner in the Belux www.ausy.be

Jeroen Serpieters

PHP Consultant (ZCE)

Ausy Belgium, Zend Partner in the Belux

www.ausy.be

Goal of this presentation Show an automated way of deployment Convince you of using an automated deployment process Convince you of using Capistrano ;-)

Show an automated way of deployment

Convince you of using an automated deployment process

Convince you of using Capistrano ;-)

Capistrano

What? Open Source tool to deploy web applications Specifically aimed at RoR deployment But, just as well an all round automation tool

Open Source tool to deploy web applications

Specifically aimed at RoR deployment

But, just as well an all round automation tool

What can it do for you? Set up your web application environment Deploy your code Deploy your database Manage your releases

Set up your web application environment

Deploy your code

Deploy your database

Manage your releases

Why? Human beings tend to be error-prone Computers don’t Save valuable time

Human beings tend to be error-prone

Computers don’t

Save valuable time

How?

...or...

Prerequisites for the servers SSH Access POSIX shell Identical passwords for all servers or PKI

SSH Access

POSIX shell

Identical passwords for all servers or PKI

Getting started!

Terminology Recipe Task Namespace Role

Recipe

Task

Namespace

Role

Installation Install Ruby on your client Install Ruby Gems Install Capistrano cap capify

Install Ruby on your client

Install Ruby Gems

Install Capistrano

cap

capify

“ Capifying” Use capify inside your project ./Capfile ./config/deploy.rb

Use capify inside your project

./Capfile

./config/deploy.rb

Prepare the server Only on the first deployment Set up the default file structure

Only on the first deployment

Set up the default file structure

Initial deployment tree

After deployment

Demo

Round Up Advantages Less work Less error prone deployment Disadvantages Deployment client

Advantages

Less work

Less error prone deployment

Disadvantages

Deployment client

Q & A

Resources The Absolute Moron’s Guide to Capistrano http://www.softiesonrails.com/ Deploying Rails Applications http://pragprog.com/ My Blog :-) http:// blog.lunitechs.be/

The Absolute Moron’s Guide to Capistrano

http://www.softiesonrails.com/

Deploying Rails Applications

http://pragprog.com/

My Blog :-)

http:// blog.lunitechs.be/

Thanks!