Show log file from remote server

Create simple capistrano task for showing current log file from remote server so simple. Add next lines to Capfile or config/deploy.rb (if you are using rails)

1 desc
2 task :show_log do
3   run "tail -f #{current_path}/log/#{rails_env}.log"
4 end

Run this task:

  # cap show_log

And you see log file in real time.

So it is universal method work for multistage capistrano extension too.

  # cap production show_log