A remote server automation and deployment tool written in Ruby.

A Simple Task

role :demo, %w{example.com example.org example.net}
task :uptime do |host|
  on roles(:demo), in: :parallel do
    uptime = capture(:uptime)
    puts "#{host.hostname} reports: #{uptime}"
  end
end

Capistrano extends the Rake DSL with methods specific to running commands on() servers.

For Any Language

Capistrano is written in Ruby, but it can easily be used to deploy any language.

If your language or framework has special deployment requirements, Capistrano can easily be extended to support them.

Source Code