title: Optimizing deployment of rails app to multiple servers, using asset pipeline
body: <p>I am deploying a rails app in a multi-server environment. The app uses the asset pipeline, and assets are being served from s3. If I run assets:precompile on each server I deploy to, everything works fine (the needed assets/manifest.yml gets generated on each box).</p>
  
  <p>The issue is that this feels very inefficient. I tried designating one of the servers as primary, and only running assets:precompile on that box. The issue now is that the other servers do not have a copy of assets/manifest.yml.</p>
  
  <p>I <em>think</em> the solution will involve figuring out the simplest way to share the generated assets/manifest.yml file on all boxes.</p>
  
  <p>How do others handle this situation?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help.</p>