add cookbook for deployment tools

cookbook/deployment-tools.rst

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+.. index::
+   single: Deployment Tools
+
+How to deploy a symfony2 application
+====================================
+
+There are several ways you can deploy a symfony2 application:
+
+* One way is moving the files manually or via ftp if you don't use versioning
+  (e.g. git).
+
+* If you use versioning you could still move things manually cloning or fetching
+  your repository from the final server folder location. However it is advised
+  you make use of better tools especially in the case where you have access
+  capabilities such as enough permissions in a virtual private server or similar system.
+
+* Some projects are really large so they make use of more established tools for
+  deploying not only the files but really deploy a OS or package distribution
+  containing the sf2 project inside.
+
+* Another important thing to keep in mind is the handling of dependencies.
+  One can use composer to fetch dependencies or include them all together with the
+  repository. Some tools would handle this for you and even perhaps avoid fetching
+  dependencies when a simple copy would do.
+
+* Remember deployment process includes all the setup and configuring, warming up caches,
+  cleaning cache, all configuring environment required, setting of permissions, run of
+  cron jobs, etc. All these before, during and after the deployment should be kept in
+  mind to properly deploy a working symfony2 application.
+
+Deployment of large applications require care. The use of staging, testing, QA,
+continuous integration, database migrations and capability to roll back in case of failure
+is strongly advised. There are simple and more complex tools and one can make
+the deployment as easy or sophisticated. Here we present only a few popular on the map:
+
+The Tools
+---------
+
+`Capifony`_:
+
+    This tool is a deployment recipe on top of capistrano for symfony2 project
+
+`Magallanes`_:
+
+    This tool is probably the one top php deployment tool capistrano-like for deploying any kind of php project
+
+`sf2debpkg`_:
+
+    This tool helps you build a native debian package for your symfony project
+
+Bundles:
+
+    There are `listings`_ of bundles for deployment you can search and use
+
+Basic scripting:
+
+    You can of course use shell, `ant`_, or other build tool to script the deploying of your project
+
+Deployment services:
+
+    Some services require a single file in project's git repository like `pagodabox`_ to handle all deployment
+
+
+.. tip::
+
+    Consult your symfony community at IRC channel #symfony2 for more fresh ideas or common problems.
+
+.. _`Capifony`: https://capifony.org/
+.. _`sf2debpkg`: https://github.com/liip/sf2debpkg
+.. _`ant`: http://blog.sznapka.pl/deploying-symfony2-applications-with-ant
+.. _`pagodabox`: https://github.com/jmather/pagoda-symfony-sonata-distribution/blob/master/Boxfile
+.. _`Magallanes`: https://github.com/andres-montanez/Magallanes
+.. _`listings`: http://knpbundles.com/search?q=deploy