Brightbox Gem v2 User Guide

The Brightbox Gem is a set of extensions to the Capistrano deploy recipes that makes it very easy to deploy a Rails application onto a Brightbox.

If you've not used the gem before try out Quick Start Guide

• Installing the Gem
• Using Repositories
• Domains and Domain Aliases
• Shared Areas
• Apt Dependencies
• Gem Dependencies
• Sharing database.yml between releases
• Adding SSL support
• How to do staging
• Deployment Essentials
• Issues and Niggles
• Monit Default Limits
• Static Cache Management
• Bespoke Maintenance Page
• Removing an application completely from your server
• Running Rake Tasks after deployment
• Advanced Gem Settings

This guide covers version 2.3 of the Brightbox gem. Run brightbox -v to see whether you need to upgrade.