A few updates that might be worth considering?

Capfile

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Load DSL and Setup Up Stages
+
+set :bundle_cmd, "/usr/local/rbenv/shims/bundle"
+
 require 'capistrano/setup'
 
 # Includes default deployment tasks

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ This is a sample configuration for deploying Ruby on Rails applications with Cap
 
 See
 <http://www.talkingquickly.co.uk/2014/01/deploying-rails-apps-to-a-vps-with-capistrano-v3/>
-for a tutorial on usage.
+for a tutorial on usage. 
+
 
 Or for more details, this is also the example configuration used in the
 book Reliably Deploying Rails Applications available on Leanpub:
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@ book Reliably Deploying Rails Applications available on Leanpub:
 
 You should have the following in your Gemfile:
 
-    gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.1.0'
+    gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.2.1'
 
     # rails specific capistrano funcitons
-    gem 'capistrano-rails', '~> 1.1.0'
+    gem 'capistrano-rails', '~> 1.1.1'
 
     # integrate bundler with capistrano
     gem 'capistrano-bundler'
@@ -32,3 +33,12 @@ You should have the following in your Gemfile:
     # Use Unicorn as our app server
     gem 'unicorn'
 
+## Additions
+
+I have added Sphinx to this. So add to gemfile:
+
+		gem 'thinking-sphinx', '~> 3.1.0'
+		gem 'mysql2'
+
+gordonbisnor fork is also referencing the following article: <http://blog.isnorcreative.com/2014/09/02/rails-deploy-to-new-vps.html/> and the forked Rails server template: <https://github.com/gordonbisnor/rails-server-template>
+

config/deploy.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'thinking_sphinx/capistrano'
+
 set :application, 'app_name'
 set :deploy_user, 'deploy'
 
@@ -7,15 +9,15 @@
 
 # setup rbenv.
 set :rbenv_type, :system
-set :rbenv_ruby, '2.1.1'
+set :rbenv_ruby, '2.1.2'
 set :rbenv_prefix, "RBENV_ROOT=#{fetch(:rbenv_path)} RBENV_VERSION=#{fetch(:rbenv_ruby)} #{fetch(:rbenv_path)}/bin/rbenv exec"
 set :rbenv_map_bins, %w{rake gem bundle ruby rails}
 
 # how many old releases do we want to keep, not much
 set :keep_releases, 5
 
 # files we want symlinking to specific entries in shared
-set :linked_files, %w{config/database.yml}
+set :linked_files, %w{config/database.yml config/secrets.yml config/thinking_sphinx.yml}
 
 # dirs we want symlinking to shared
 set :linked_dirs, %w{bin log tmp/pids tmp/cache tmp/sockets vendor/bundle public/system}
@@ -30,8 +32,13 @@
 set(:config_files, %w(
   nginx.conf
   database.example.yml
+  secrets.example.yml
+  thinking_sphinx.yml
   log_rotation
   monit
+  monit.sphinx
+  start_sphinx
+  stop_sphinx
   unicorn.rb
   unicorn_init.sh
 ))
@@ -40,6 +47,8 @@
 # by deploy:setup_config
 set(:executable_config_files, %w(
   unicorn_init.sh
+  start_sphinx
+  stop_sphinx
 ))
 
 
@@ -64,6 +73,18 @@
   {
     source: "monit",
     link: "/etc/monit/conf.d/{{full_app_name}}.conf"
+  },
+  {
+    source: "monit.sphinx",
+    link: "/etc/monit/conf.d/sphinx.conf"
+  },
+  {
+    source: "start_sphinx",
+    link: "/etc/init.d/start_sphinx"
+  },
+  {
+    source: "stop_sphinx",
+    link: "/etc/init.d/stop_sphinx"
   }
 ])
 

config/deploy/shared/monit.sphinx.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<% application = fetch(:application) %>
+
+check process searchd 
+  with pidfile <%= deploy_to %>/shared/tmp/pids/production.sphinx.pid
+  start program = "/etc/init.d/start_sphinx"
+  stop program = "/etc/init.d/stop_sphinx"
+
+
+

config/deploy/shared/secrets.example.yml.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<%= fetch(:rails_env) %>:
+  secret_key_base: xxx
+

config/deploy/shared/start_sphinx.erb.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+cd <%= fetch(:deploy_to) %>/current && RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake ts:index
+cd <%= fetch(:deploy_to) %>/current && RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake ts:start > log/sphinx.log 2>&1
+
+
+

config/deploy/shared/stop_sphinx.erb.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
+
+cd <%= fetch(:deploy_to) %>/current && RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake ts:stop > log/sphinx.log 2>&1

config/deploy/shared/thinking_sphinx.yml.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+production:
+  pid_file:   <%= fetch(:deploy_to) %>/shared/tmp/pids/production.sphinx.pid
+