Capistrano snippet to secure deployment environment

capistrano_protect.rb

set :stages, %w(testing staging production)
set :default_stage, "testing"

require 'capistrano/ext/multistage'

task :protect do 
  # http://www.htaccesstools.com/htaccess-authentication/
  run "echo 'username:$apr1$gT8Ap...$3f8RadFS7xottW8AYVX5b0' >> #{File.join(current_path, '.htpasswd')}"
  
  run "echo 'AuthType Basic' >> #{File.join(current_path, '.htaccess')}"
  run "echo 'AuthName \"Restricted\"' >> #{File.join(current_path, '.htaccess')}"
  run "echo 'AuthUserFile /absolute/path/to/.htpasswd' >> #{File.join(current_path, '.htaccess')}"
  run "echo 'Require valid-user' >> #{File.join(current_path, '.htaccess')}"
end

task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
  if [:testing, :staging].include? stage
    deploy.protect
  end
end