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rvm-capistrano
Description
RVM / Capistrano Integration Gem
Compatibility
rvm-capistrano
1.3.0
with Autolibs requires at least RVM1.19.0
.capistrano
3.0.0
is a rewrite and does not work with this gem, uservm1/capistrano3
it will be extended to match this gem functionality.
Installation
RVM / Capistrano integration is available as a separate gem
$ gem install rvm-capistrano
Or, if the capistrano gem is already in your Gemfile
, then add rvm-capistrano:
$ echo "gem 'rvm-capistrano'" >> Gemfile
$ bundle install
Modules
Since version 1.4.0
rvm-capistrano
is divided into separate
modules which allow selecting which parts of it should be included.
rvm/capistrano
:
base
- minimal code, does not change behaviors, only provides definitions like:rvm_shell
selector
- extendsbase
to automaticallyset :default_shell
selector_mixed
- alternative version ofselector
allowing to select which servers should be RVM awareinfo_list
- adds tasksrvm:info
,rvm:list
andrvm:info_list
install_rvm
- adds taskrvm:install_rvm
- it also updates rvm if already installedinstall_ruby
- adds taskrvm:install_ruby
create_gemset
- adds taskrvm:create_gemset
empty_gemset
- adds taskrvm:empty_gemset
install_pkgs
- adds taskrvm:install_pkgs
- deprecated (you should tryautolibs
first)gem_install_uninstall
- adds tasksrvm:install_gem
/rvm:uninstall_gem
gemset_import_export
- adds tasksrvm:import_gemset
/rvm:export_gemset
alias_and_wrapp
- adds tasksrvm:create_alias
/rvm:create_wrappers
/rvm:show_alias_path
By default rvm/capistrano
loads: selector
, info_list
, install_rvm
, install_ruby
, create_gemset
.
Warning: selector
and selector_mixed
are to be used separately they can not be used both at the same time.
Requiring
Minimal code to load this gem is:
require "rvm/capistrano"
Usually it's placed in config/deploy.rb
.
Example
The following code will:
- detect
ruby@gemset
used for deployment - install RVM and Ruby on
cap deploy:setup
Example:
require "rvm/capistrano"
set :rvm_ruby_string, :local # use the same ruby as used locally for deployment
set :rvm_autolibs_flag, "read-only" # more info: rvm help autolibs
before 'deploy:setup', 'rvm:install_rvm' # install/update RVM
before 'deploy:setup', 'rvm:install_ruby' # install Ruby and create gemset, OR:
# before 'deploy:setup', 'rvm:create_gemset' # only create gemset
Disabling bundle --deployment
when using gemsets
Using gemsets is safer from bundle --deployment
which is default, to disable it use:
set :bundle_dir, ''
set :bundle_flags, '--system --quiet'
RVM + Ruby on every deploy
Update RVM and make sure Ruby is installed on every deploy:
require "rvm/capistrano"
set :rvm_ruby_string, :local # use the same ruby as used locally for deployment
before 'deploy', 'rvm:install_rvm' # install/update RVM
before 'deploy', 'rvm:install_ruby' # install Ruby and create gemset (both if missing)
Create application alias and wrappers
For server scripts and configuration the easiest is to use wrappers from aliased path.
require "rvm/capistrano/alias_and_wrapp"
before 'deploy', 'rvm:create_alias'
before 'deploy', 'rvm:create_wrappers'
To see the path to be used in scripts use:
cap rvm:show_alias_path
It will show either that the path does not exist yet:
*** [err :: niczsoft.com] ls: cannot access /home/ad/.rvm//wrappers/ad/*: No such file or directory
or in case it exist it will list all available wrappers:
...
** [out :: niczsoft.com] /home/ad/.rvm//wrappers/ad/ruby
...
This will allow to use clean scripts where proper RVM settings are automatically loaded
from the aliased wrappers. For example configuring
PassengerRuby
with /home/ad/.rvm//wrappers/ad/ruby
, this way there is no need for changing scripts
when the application ruby changes. In the same spirit you can use wrapper for bundle
in cron or init.d scripts with /home/ad/.rvm//wrappers/ad/bundle exec [command]
-
it will automatically load proper configuration for the application, no need for any tricks.
To use the ruby version currently active locally
set :rvm_ruby_string, :local
To restrict rvm to only :app
servers
Warning, when using :rvm_require_role
parallel
is used to select shell per server instead of :default_shell
set :rvm_require_role, :app
require "rvm/capistrano/selector_mixed"
It is important to set :rvm_require_role
before require "rvm/capistrano/selector_mixed"
.
To restrict rvm to only some servers
set :rvm_require_role, :rvm
require "rvm/capistrano/selector_mixed"
role :rvm, "web1", "web2"
role :app, "web1", "web2", "web3"
To control rvm shell manually
require "rvm/capistrano/base"
set :default_shell, :bash
task :example do
run "echo 'in rvm'", :shell => fetch(:rvm_shell)
end
Disable rvm shell for single command
task :example do
run "echo 'not in rvm'", :shell => :bash
end
Show info on remote rvm and list rubies
cap rvm:info_list
Options
-
:rvm_ruby_string
- which ruby should be loaded -
release_path
- load ruby defined in#{release_path}
- Capistrano variable pointing where code is checked out -
latest_release
- load ruby defined in#{release_path}
, if it exists, or#{current_path}
-
local
- detect local machine running ruby usingGEM_HOME
-
<ruby-version>
- specify ruby version to use -
:rvm_type
- how to detect rvm, default:user
-
:user
- RVM installed in$HOME
, user installation (default) -
:system
- RVM installed in/usr/local
, multiuser installation -
(some other values permitted for backwards compatability only)
-
:rvm_user
- arguments to pass torvm user
, to enable mixed mode (e.g. system rubies and user gemsets). Based on whether rvm_user includes :gemsets it also helps determine the correct path for importing/exporting gemsets, and similarly, whether to use sudo for gemset creation/deletion and other operations. -
:rvm_autolibs_flag
- control autolibs, read morervm help autolibs
-
:disable
- fully disable autolibs, limit automated tasks -
:read
- autolibs only in read only mode, do not change anything in system -
:fail
- autolibs only in read only mode, fail if changes are required -
:enable
- let RVM install what is needed for ruby, requiredset :use_sudo, true
-
:rvm_path
- force$rvm_path
, only overwrite if standard paths can not be used -
:rvm_bin_path
- force$rvm_bin_path
, only overwrite if standard paths can not be used -
:rvm_gemset_path
- storage for gem lists files for exporting/importing, by default$rvm_path/gemsets
-
:rvm_install_with_sudo
- when set totrue
forces RVM installation withsudo
even:use_sudo
is set tofalse
-
:rvm_install_type
- version of RVM to install, by defaultstable
-
stable
- stable version of RVM -
head
- head version of RVM (development) -
latest-1.18
- latest version of RVM 1.18.x -
1.18.4
- selected version -
:rvm_install_shell
- shell to be used forrvm
operations, by defaultbash
, most likely you do not need to change it -
:rvm_install_ruby
- a command used to install ruby, by defaultinstall
, most likely you do not need to change it -
:rvm_install_ruby_threads
- number of threads to use for ruby compilation, rvm by default uses all CPU cores -
:rvm_install_ruby_params
- parameters for ruby, example--patch railsexpress
-
:rvm_install_pkgs
- array of packages to install withcap rvm:install_pkgs
-
:rvm_add_to_group
- user name to add torvm
group when RVM is installed with:rvm_type
:system
, by default it's the user name that runs deploy -
:rvm_require_role
- allows using RVM for only one role, useful when database is separated, it has to be defined beforerequire 'rvm/capistrano'
-
:app
- use RVM only on servers defined for role:app
-
:rvm
- use RVM only on servers defined for role:rvm
- where not all:app
servers support RVM -
<role>
- any other role that is defining servers supporting RVM
Tasks
$ cap -T rvm
cap rvm:create_gemset # Create gemset
cap rvm:export_gemset # Export the current RVM ruby gemset contents to a file.
cap rvm:import_gemset # Import file contents to the current RVM ruby gemset.
cap rvm:info # Show rvm info
cap rvm:info_list # Show info and list rubies
cap rvm:list # List rvm rubies
cap rvm:install_ruby # Install RVM ruby to the server, create gemset ...
cap rvm:install_rvm # Install/update RVM of the given choice to the server.
cap rvm:install_pkgs # Install RVM packages to the server.
cap rvm:install_gem GEM=my_gem # Install gem {my_gem} on the server using selected ruby.
# Use `ENV['GEM'] = "bundler"` in script to specify gems.
cap rvm:uninstall_gem GEM=my_gem # Uninstall gem {my_gem} from the server selected ruby.
cap rvm:create_alias # create #{application} alias
cap rvm:create_wrappers # create wrappers for gem executables
cap rvm:show_alias_path # show path to aliased path with wrappers
Development
SM Framework extension for gem development:
$ curl -L https://get.smf.sh | sh
$ sm ext install gem mpapis/sm_gem
$ sm gem --help