Capistrano::Template

A capistrano plugin that aids in rendering templates.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'capistrano-template'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install capistrano-template

Usage

Best explained with an example deploy.rb file.

require 'capistrano/template'

set :application, "example"
# ...

task :configure_apache, :roles => :web do
  put(template.render('vhost.conf'), "/etc/apache2/sites-available/#{application}.conf")
end

Supported Functions

All supported functions live under the template namespace.

render(template_name)

ERBs the given template and returns the result.

Configuration Variables

template_path

The location to search for templates. Relative to the current working directory of the cap command. Defaults to config/deploy/templates.

template_bindings

An array of bindings that represent the search path for variables when rendering templates. An extension point to allow external sources for data. Defaults to [Bindings::CapistranoBinding.new(self)]

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request