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Subject: Re: [capistrano] Capistrano for Systems administrators
From: Lee Hambley <lee.hamb...@gmail.com>
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Will,
People say that largely because it's handy to be able to tell an existing
list of servers that you deploy to, to run a command - some people (like
myself) choose to ship a bash script with their app, to provision the
server.
Others use software like Deprec, Chap, Puppet or Sprinkle to do something
similar, using the pre-existing lists of servers, and their roles via
Capistrano to manage configurations.
That's my take on it, and there's a post on the capistrano-dev list that
says as much as "server provisioning isn't what we're good at" - so we won't
be getting anymore involved I don't think... mostly what people are saying
when they refer to provisioning with Capistrano is provisioning with
Net::SSH with a list of servers that happens to be in your deploy.rb..
Hope that clears up my take on this at least!
- Lee
2009/7/2 william pink <will.p...@gmail.com>
> Hi,
>
> Just a general question
>
> Many people have mentioned Capistrano as being a great tool for system
> administration but I am finding it hard to find any reasons on why it would
> be? Many of the tasks can be done with a much simpler Bash script but maybe
> I don't know of the fantastic features Capistrano is capable of because of
> the somewhat lacking documentation.
>
> Any views on this?
>
> Will
>
> >
>
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Will,<div><br></div><div>People say that largely because it's handy to =
be able to tell an existing list of servers that you deploy to, to run a co=
mmand - some people (like myself) choose to ship a bash script with their a=
pp, to provision the server.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Others use software like Deprec, Chap, Puppet or Sprink=
le to do something similar, using the pre-existing lists of servers, and th=
eir roles via Capistrano to manage configurations.</div><div><br></div>
<div>That's my take on it, and there's a post on the capistrano-dev=
list that says as much as "server provisioning isn't what we'=
re good at" - so we won't be getting anymore involved I don't =
think... mostly what people are saying when they refer to provisioning with=
Capistrano is provisioning with Net::SSH with a list of servers that happe=
ns to be in your deploy.rb..</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that clears up my take on this at least!</div><div=
><br></div><div>- Lee<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/7/2 william pi=
nk <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:will.p...@gmail.com">will.pink@g=
mail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi,<br><br>Just a general question<br><br>M=
any people have mentioned Capistrano as being a great tool for system admin=
istration but I am finding it hard to find any reasons on why it would be? =
Many of the tasks can be done with a much simpler Bash script but maybe I d=
on't know of the fantastic features Capistrano is capable of because of=
the somewhat lacking documentation.<br>
<br>Any views on this?<br><br>Will <br><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
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