The document discusses Mina, an alternative to Capistrano for server automation and deployment. Mina is described as being smaller, cleaner, easier to configure, and faster than Capistrano. An example compares deployment times between Mina and Capistrano, showing Mina to be faster. Resources for learning more about and using Mina in practice are provided.

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The Mina Way
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Faster Deployer &
Server Automation Tool

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Capistrano Alternative

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Why?
• Tiny & Clean
• Easy to config
• Fast
• Overall usage is well documented

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Capistrano Is Dead

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Cap Config

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Mina Config

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Mina Wins!
Simpler and Faster

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https://weluse.de/blog/capistrano-is-dead-use-mina.html
$ time mina deploy
real 0m23.999s
user 0m0.188s
sys 0m0.054s
$ time cap deploy
real 0m40.561s
user 0m0.897s
sys 0m0.191s

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Mina Walk Through
http://nadarei.co/mina/

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Mina In Real Case

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Sources
https://github.com/alfuken/mina-rails-unicorn-nginx-god
http://codedecoder.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/rails-
deployment-with-mina/
https://trello.com/board/mina/4fc8b3023d9c9a4d72e573e6

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Thanks!