diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
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index 00000000..42dd3a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Load DSL and set up stages
+require "capistrano/setup"
+
+# Include default deployment tasks
+require "capistrano/deploy"
+
+# Load the SCM plugin appropriate to your project:
+#
+# require "capistrano/scm/hg"
+# install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Hg
+# or
+# require "capistrano/scm/svn"
+# install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Svn
+# or
+require "capistrano/scm/git"
+install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Git
+
+# Include tasks from other gems included in your Gemfile
+#
+# For documentation on these, see for example:
+#
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/rvm
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/rbenv
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/chruby
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/bundler
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/rails
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/passenger
+#
+# require "capistrano/rvm"
+# require "capistrano/rbenv"
+# require "capistrano/chruby"
+# require "capistrano/bundler"
+# require "capistrano/rails/assets"
+# require "capistrano/rails/migrations"
+# require "capistrano/passenger"
+
+# Load custom tasks from `lib/capistrano/tasks` if you have any defined
+Dir.glob("lib/capistrano/tasks/*.rake").each { |r| import r }
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 515f26fd..0d86a30f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -284,8 +284,15 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  activesupport (~> 3.2)
+  bcrypt_pbkdf (>= 1.0, < 2.0)
   binding_of_caller (~> 1.0)
+  capistrano (~> 3)
+  capistrano-bundler
+  capistrano-locally
+  capistrano-rbenv
   cube-ruby
+  ed25519 (>= 1.2, < 2.0)
   email_spec
   ffi
   goo!
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
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+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+set :repo_url, "git@github.com:biodivportal/ncbo_cron.git"
+set :user, 'ontoportal'
+
+set :deploy_to, '/srv/ontoportal/ncbo_cron_deployments'
+
+
+set :stages, %w[appliance]
+set :default_stage, 'appliance'
+set :stage, 'appliance'
+set :application, 'cron'
+
+# SSH parameters
+set :ssh_port, 22
+set :pty, true
+
+# Source code
+set :repository_cache, "git_cache"
+set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
+set :ssh_options, { :forward_agent => true }
+
+# Linked files and directories
+append :linked_files, "config/config.rb"
+append :linked_dirs, 'logs', '.bundle'
+append :linked_files, "config/site_config.rb"
+set :keep_releases, 2
+
+
diff --git a/config/deploy/production.rb b/config/deploy/production.rb
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index 00000000..40c7047f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy/production.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set :branch, 'master'
+set :server, 'biodivportal.gfbio.org'
+
+server fetch(:server), user: fetch(:user), roles: %w{web app}
+
+set :ssh_options, {
+  user: 'ontoportal',
+  forward_agent: 'true',
+  #keys: %w(config/deploy_id_rsa),
+  #auth_methods: %w(publickey),
+  # use ssh proxy if UI servers are on a private network
+  #proxy: Net::SSH::Proxy::Command.new('ssh deployer@sshproxy.ontoportal.org -W %h:%p')
+}
diff --git a/config/deploy/test.rb b/config/deploy/test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c8ad1d4
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+++ b/config/deploy/test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set :branch, 'master'
+set :server, 'biodivportal.gfbio.dev'
+
+server fetch(:server), user: fetch(:user), roles: %w{web app}
+
+set :ssh_options, {
+  user: 'ontoportal',
+  forward_agent: 'true',
+  #keys: %w(config/deploy_id_rsa),
+  #auth_methods: %w(publickey),
+  # use ssh proxy if UI servers are on a private network
+  #proxy: Net::SSH::Proxy::Command.new('ssh deployer@sshproxy.ontoportal.org -W %h:%p')
+}