Simple. The way it should be.

Capistrano is…

• Great for automating tasks via SSH on remote servers, like software installation, application deployment, configuration management, ad hoc server monitoring, and more.
• Ideal for system administrators, whether professional or incidental.
• Easy to customize. Its configuration files use the Ruby programming language syntax, but you don't need to know Ruby to do most things with Capistrano.
• Easy to extend. Capistrano is written in the Ruby programming language, and may be extended easily by writing additional Ruby modules.

The Pitch.

You lead a busy life. You don't have the time to waste logging in and logging out of your servers all day, running tasks, installing software, keeping machines in sync, and trying to make sure it all happens correctly.

Enter Capistrano.

Let Capistrano do the heavy lifting for you. It is designed with repeatability in mind, letting you easily and reliably automate tasks that used to require login after login and a small army of custom shell scripts.

Exit Tedium.

Simply put, Capistrano is a tool for automating tasks on one or more remote servers. It executes commands in parallel on all targeted machines, and provides a mechanism for rolling back changes across multiple machines. It is ideal for anyone doing any kind of system administration, either professionally or incidentally.

Get it.

If you already have Ruby and RubyGems installed, getting Capistrano is a cinch:

gem install -y capistrano

Otherwise, you can read all about installing it on the installation page.