Tutorials

If you're looking for a good place to start, try the Absolute Moron's Guide to Capistrano.

 Beginners

  • Github Guide to Deploying with Capistrano

  • Deploying without Source Control

Database Configuration

This, and other interesting solutions came up on this thread in the mailing list.

  • Managing Your database.yml File

Custom Recipes

This method is what makes the railsless deploy gem possible:

  • Packaging Recipes as Gems

Deploying Non-Rails Apps

There is an alternative deploy.rb file available as part of this gem which can be used as a drop-in replacement for the one that ships with Capistrano with all the rails-centric assumptions removed, there may be a time in the future this makes its way into the Capistrano core.

Tomcat / WAR