Run rake task from Capistrano if it exists

Question

I need to a create a Capistrano pre-deploy step that runs a custom rake task.

in deploy.rb:

before 'deploy:starting', 'db:rollback_staging'

namespace :db do
  desc 'Rollback staging db only if PR already deployed requires rollback'
  task :rollback_staging do
    on roles(:master) do
      within current_path.to_s do
        with rails_env: 'staging' do
          execute :rake, 'release:rollback_staging'
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

The problem is that when deploying this code the rake task is not yet present on the server and therefore deploy fails with:

rake stdout: rake aborted!

Don't know how to build task 'release:rollback_staging' (See the list of available tasks with `rake --tasks`)

If there a way to check if the rake task exists from Capistrano? smth like:

with rails_env: 'staging' do
  execute :rake, 'release:rollback_staging' if rake_exists? 'release:rollback_staging'
end

Konstantin Rudy · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-10T07:41:55.897

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I ended up just ignoring not 0 exit code from a rake task using raise_on_non_zero_exit: false:

with rails_env: 'staging' do
  execute :rake, 'release:rollback_staging', raise_on_non_zero_exit: false
end

edited Dec 10 '19 at 07:41

answered Sep 18 '19 at 09:20

Konstantin Rudy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 10:25

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Would this work? Saw this pattern in https://github.com/AgileConsultingLLC/capistrano3-delayed-job

if Rake::Task.task_defined?('release:rollback_staging')

answered Dec 17 '20 at 10:25

Kenneth Teh

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Run rake task from Capistrano if it exists

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