How to run a default task in Capistrano 3? - capistrano

Question

Due to the lack of documentation I resorted to reading the Capistrano 2 hanbook and came across 'default' task.
Example:
namespace :backup do
task :default do
web
db
end
task :web, :roles => :web do
puts "Backing Up Web Server"
end
task :db, :roles => :db do
puts "Backing Up DB Server"
end
end
The idea is that if I run cap backup it should execute the default task..which doesn't seem to work.
My code modified to suit the above:
namespace :status do
task :default do
webserver
db
end
desc "Check status of nginx on web server"
task :webserver do
on roles(:web) do |host|
execute 'hostname'
execute 'service nginx status'
end
end
desc "Check status of DB"
task :database do
on roles(:db) do |host|
execute 'hostname'
execute 'service postgresql status'
end
end
end
How do you run default tasks in Capistrano 3?

Answer 1

create a task outside a namespace and name that task the same as your namespace. Define that this task depends on your :default task within the name space
namespace :status do
task :default do
puts "Hello Default-Task!"
end
end
task :status => "status:default"
as you are using Rake within Capistrano 3 you can use that Rake trick.