You should follow one of the four examples below to setup the deploy extension in config.rb. # To deploy the build directory to a remote host via rsync: activate :deploy do |deploy| deploy.method = :rsync # host and path *must* be set deploy.host = "www.example.com" deploy.path = "/srv/www/site" # user is optional (no default) deploy.user = "tvaughan" # port is optional (default is 22) deploy.port = 5309 # clean is optional (default is false) deploy.clean = true # flags is optional (default is -avze) deploy.flags = "-rltgoDvzO --no-p --del -e" end # To deploy to a remote branch via git (e.g. gh-pages on github): activate :deploy do |deploy| deploy.method = :git # remote is optional (default is "origin") # run `git remote -v` to see a list of possible remotes deploy.remote = "some-other-remote-name" # branch is optional (default is "gh-pages") # run `git branch -a` to see a list of possible branches deploy.branch = "some-other-branch-name" # strategy is optional (default is :force_push) deploy.strategy = :submodule end # To deploy the build directory to a remote host via ftp: activate :deploy do |deploy| deploy.method = :ftp # host, user, passwword and path *must* be set deploy.host = "ftp.example.com" deploy.path = "/srv/www/site" deploy.user = "tvaughan" deploy.password = "secret" end # To deploy the build directory to a remote host via sftp: activate :deploy do |deploy| deploy.method = :sftp # host, user, passwword and path *must* be set deploy.host = "sftp.example.com" deploy.path = "/srv/www/site" # user is optional (no default) deploy.user = "tvaughan" # password is optional (no default) deploy.password = "secret" end