Deploy Laravel 5.1 with Capistrano 3.4

Set up Capistrano

echo "gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.4.0'" > Gemfile
bundle install
bundle update
cap install

After Capistrano is all set up, configure /config/deploy.rb and /config/deploy/production.rb using the files in this repository as an example.

Deploy Tips

• Create a user to deploy with
• Set apache vhost document root to /current
• Upload .env file to /shared and use :linked_files and :linked_dirs to symlink the app files
• Don't forget to run php artisan key:generate

Deploy Instructions

To deploy the develop branch

• bundle exec cap development deploy

To deploy a specific branch

• BRANCH=branch_name bundle exec cap development deploy