rvm-capistrano

RVM / Capistrano Integration Gem

• rvm-capistrano 1.3.0 with Autolibs requires at least RVM 1.19.0.
• capistrano 3.0.0 is a rewrite and does not work with this gem, use rvm1/capistrano3 it will be extended to match this gem functionality.

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

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 - extends base to automatically set :default_shell
• selector_mixed - alternative version of selector allowing to select which servers should be RVM aware
• info_list - adds tasks rvm:info, rvm:list and rvm:info_list
• install_rvm - adds task rvm:install_rvm - it also updates rvm if already installed
• install_ruby - adds task rvm:install_ruby
• create_gemset - adds task rvm:create_gemset
• empty_gemset - adds task rvm:empty_gemset
• install_pkgs - adds task rvm:install_pkgs - deprecated (you should try autolibs first)
• gem_install_uninstall - adds tasks rvm:install_gem / rvm:uninstall_gem
• gemset_import_export - adds tasks rvm:import_gemset / rvm:export_gemset
• alias_and_wrapp - adds tasks rvm: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.

Minimal code to load this gem is:

require "rvm/capistrano"

Usually it's placed in config/deploy.rb.

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

Using gemsets is safer from bundle --deployment which is default, to disable it use:

set :bundle_dir, ''
set :bundle_flags, '--system --quiet'

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)

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.

set :rvm_ruby_string, :local

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".

set :rvm_require_role, :rvm
require "rvm/capistrano/selector_mixed"
role :rvm, "web1", "web2"
role :app, "web1", "web2", "web3"

require "rvm/capistrano/base"
set :default_shell, :bash
task :example do
  run "echo 'in rvm'", :shell => fetch(:rvm_shell)
end

task :example do
  run "echo 'not in rvm'", :shell => :bash
end

cap rvm:info_list

• :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 using GEM_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 to rvm 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 more rvm 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, required set :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 to true forces RVM installation with sudo even :use_sudo is set to false

• :rvm_install_type - version of RVM to install, by default stable

• 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 for rvm operations, by default bash, most likely you do not need to change it

• :rvm_install_ruby - a command used to install ruby, by default install, 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 with cap rvm:install_pkgs

• :rvm_add_to_group - user name to add to rvm 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 before require '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

$ 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

SM Framework extension for gem development:

$ curl -L https://get.smf.sh | sh
$ sm ext install gem mpapis/sm_gem
$ sm gem --help