How do I run a rake task from Capistrano?

Question

I already have a deploy.rb that can deploy my app on my production server.

My app contains a custom rake task (a .rake file in the lib/tasks directory).

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Answer 1

Most of it is from above answer with a minor enhancement to run any rake task from capistrano

Run any rake task from capistrano

$ cap rake -s rake_task=$rake_task

# Capfile     
task :rake do
  rake = fetch(:rake, 'rake')
  rails_env = fetch(:rails_env, 'production')

  run "cd '#{current_path}' && #{rake} #{rake_task} RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
end