Questions tagged [vlad-deployer]

Vlad the Deployer is a web application deployment tool for Ruby. Use this tag for questions on using and configuring Vlad the Deployer.

Vlad the Deployer is a tool for automating the deployment of Ruby web applications.

Please do not use this tag for questions on the Vector of Locally Aggregated Descriptors (VLAD, ) or the Drupal development platform named Vlad.

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git archive vs cp -R

If I have a clone of a git repository as a cached copy on a remote server for capistrano/vlad style deployment, is it better to do A) git archive --format=tar origin/master | (cd #{destination} && tar xf -) or B) cp -R cached-copy #{destination}…
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Vlad the Deployer - Usage Patterns?

I'm starting to use vlad for new deployments and am wondering what's the best way to set it up so I can use the same tasks for my local development and remote production servers? I thought about defining everything as remote tasks then having…
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Vlad the Deployer: Troubles Migrating

I'm configuring Vlad The Deployer for deploying my app and Im getting a weird error and Im unable to find an answer. The issues is the following, after I migration it goes to get latest "release" of my app and it goes to get a release that doesnt…
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Permission denied while deploying

I am getting the following error while deploying. Deploy command: bundle exec rake current vlad:deploy Error: bash: script/delayed_delta: Permission denied rake aborted! execution failed with status 126: ssh deploy@something.com source…
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Rails 3 and vlad the deployer

i couldn't find anywhere if vlad it's compatible with Rails 3, but i tried to deploy a new rails 3 app that we're developing and always returns the same error: Error loading vlad: no such file to load -- vladrake aborted! Don't know how to build…
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vlad the deployer - deploying with different users?

We're using vlad the deployer for deploying rails apps to production and test servers. All our servers are Ubuntu servers. We have a problem related with linux permissions. Vlad uses ssh to put files on any server, be it production or test. My…
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git clone through ssh returns Permission denied (publickey,password)

I have production_server and git_repo_server, git_repo_server .ssh/authorized keys have production user id_rsa.pub. When I ssh to production_server and make git clone - it works fine, don't ask any password. When I try to clone git repo to…
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vlad the deployer vlad:start_app with passenger issue

I'm trying to deploy a rails app using vlad the deployer. I'm using nginx and passenger. I have an issue with the vlad:start_app task. When I deploy I get the following issue touch: cannot touch…
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vlad the deployer: why do I need a scm folder?

I'm learning to use vlad the deployer and I've got a question. Since I'm still learning I don't know what is pertinent to the question and what isn't, so please bear with me if I'm a little verbose. I've got 2 environments for a new application…
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Deploying Sinatra app to Passenger 4.0.0.rc6 by vlad. On production server it keeps requiring :development group in Gemfile

On production server Passenger(4.0.0.rc6 + nginx) keeps requiring the :development group in Gemfile. After manually commenting them out from Gemfile the app runs fine. Otherwise, Passenger would fail on starting the app because of the missing gems.…
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Ruby on rails deployment with Vlad on windows

I am having a problem with Vlad on windows. After calling rake vlad:deploy I am getting the following: uninitialized constant Fcntl::F_SETFD After googling for a while I figured out that there is problem with open4 gem that is not suitable for…
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Deploying via SSH with Vlad

I have a private Github repo and am trying to set-up Vlad to deploy it to my server. I am getting Host key verification failed when I rake vlad:update - as I haven't defined any shh keys or entered any passwords. I'm not really sure where to start.…
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how do I deploy my site from my gitolite repo on the same server?

I am using Sinatra, Vlad the Deployer, and Gitolite trying to deploy a test site to my server. My gitolite installation is working fine as far as managing/creating repos, push and cloning etc., but when I try to deploy via Vlad to my server, I keep…
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accessing files stored on server from Sinatra app

I have a rackspace cloud server that I am hosting a Sinatra app on. I have a public directory in my app where I store my current styles, scripts, etc. I have additional files though that i dont want to be updating and transferring in with every…
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multi-environment deployment with Vlad and nginx

I'd like to be able to deploy staging and production environments with Vlad the Deployer. I've created a separate task for each environment, since each environment is prepared differently. Now I am trying to organize nginx configurations. Should I…
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