All symfony tasks (both symfony 1.x and Symfony2) run using the default php binary on the production server. You can change this via:

set :php_bin, "/path/to/php"

All symfony tasks (both symfony 1.x and Symfony2) also run inside the prod environment on production server. You can change this via:

set :symfony_env_prod, "staging"

symfony 1.x

By default, capifony will try to configure your config/databases.yml on every symfony 1.x project deployment (if it’s not present) on production. You can turn this behavior off with:

set :use_orm, false

If you want to use a shared symfony library instead of one bundled inside a symfony 1.x project, define the path to it with:

set :symfony_lib, "/path/to/symfony"

Symfony2

In Symfony2, you can choose the ORM you are using (Doctrine, or Propel). The default ORM is Doctrine.

set :model_manager, "propel"

If your app or web paths in Symfony2 differ from default the default paths, you can specify them with:

set :app_path, "my_app"
set :web_path, "my_web"

If you use AsseticBundle with Symfony2, then you probably want to dump assets on every deploy:

set :dump_assetic_assets, true

If you are working with a continuous process, you may want to automate everything. You can turn off the interactive mode by setting the following parameter to false:

set :interactive_mode, false