# Farming automation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/farming-automation/191633>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 15, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/farming-automation/191633 "2010-07-15T16:55:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/farming-automation/191633/1 "2010-07-15T16:55:37Z")

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Hi,

can we use parallel testing using few[a farm of] remote machines,  
without using remote desktop?

For instance the following scenario:

1. suppose that I have test1 automation suite and from my local  
machine I would like to run the scripts on another machine with the  
ip: xxx.xx.x.xx
2. I have another huge test2 automation suite and I would like to  
start running it on another machine

The same scenario using virtual machines.

Can that be possible? If yes, how? Do you have any example?

Thanks,  
Cristina

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/farming-automation/191633/2 "2010-07-16T01:54:51Z")

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On Jul 15, 2010, at 07:55 , Cristina wrote:

> The same scenario using virtual machines.

Is there a difference between the scenarios?

Any reason why you shouldn’t focus on the problem: profiling and fixing  
slow impl and/or tests?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/farming-automation/191633/3 "2010-07-16T04:51:49Z")

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are you looking for something like capistrano, func, or maybe  
mcollective to trigger processes across many nodes?

> **[CapiFy | Home Page](https://www.capify.org/)**
>
> The home page for CapiFy.

[https://fedorahosted.org/func](https://fedorahosted.org/func)  
[http://code.google.com/p/mcollective](http://code.google.com/p/mcollective)