# Capistrano **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481 "2006-03-06T22:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/1 "2006-03-06T22:53:57Z")
I’m having trouble finding the benefit of using capistrano. I’m only using rails for a very small blog. Sometime in the next year I do expect to start using rails at work. What are the benefits of using capistrano for small apps like my blog? Charlie B. [http://www.recentrambles.com](http://www.recentrambles.com) ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/2 "2006-03-06T22:57:03Z")
On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Charlie B. wrote: > I’m having trouble finding the benefit of using capistrano. I’m only > using rails for a very small blog. Sometime in the next year I do > expect to start using rails at work. What are the benefits of using > capistrano for small apps like my blog? The benefits are: - Consistent deployment. Your deployment process works the same time after time, even when you start adding more resources to host it. - Standard practices. Your application is deployed using some codified “best practices”. Now, that doesn’t mean it is for everyone, but it works great for lots of people. For a small, single-box application, the benefits aren’t as obvious, though. We didn’t start feeling the need for Capistrano until Basecamp began growing beyond it’s single host server. - Jamis ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/3 "2006-03-06T23:03:14Z")
Thanks, I think I’ll implement it now so that I’ll be prepared when I “really” need it. On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 06:56 +0900, Jamis B. wrote: > after time, even when you start adding more resources to host it. Charlie B. [http://www.recentrambles.com](http://www.recentrambles.com) ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/4 "2006-03-07T00:34:42Z")
On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:23 PM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Forgive my ignorance, but what is capistrano? URL, please (Google > just > shows me a city somewhere in California…) Capistrano is a utility for executing tasks in parallel on multiple remote machines. The manual is located here: [http://manuals.rubyonrails.org/read/book/17](http://manuals.rubyonrails.org/read/book/17) Hope that helps, - Jamis ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/5 "2006-03-07T00:25:39Z")
Forgive my ignorance, but what is capistrano? URL, please (Google just shows me a city somewhere in California…) ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/6 "2006-03-07T01:50:18Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Forgive my ignorance, but what is capistrano? URL, please (Google just > shows me a city somewhere in California…) Makes me think of a flock of swallows flying in formation around a tower… intentional, right? ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/7 "2006-03-07T15:40:50Z")
Joel VanderWerf wrote: > Makes me think of a flock of swallows flying in formation around a > tower… And eventually landing on the tower and relieving themselves just before taking flight again… ---
**Author:** ![beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@beachguy82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beachguy82)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano/77481/8 "2006-03-07T17:10:00Z")
There are still plenty of references to “SwitchTower” on that page, so just to clarify: SwitchTower is the same as Capistrano. Jamis changed the name due to a trademark clash with another software product. Jim