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For a number of web-applications I need something like Capistrano to automate deployment. I know Capistrano can be used to deploy non-ruby applications but I'm not familiar with Ruby, so I expect writing deployment configurations can be a bit of a pain.

So I was wondering, are there any alternatives to Capistrano written in either Perl of Lua?

Also, forgot to mention, the platform running the deployments is Windows (XP). So Capistrano is already more or less out of the question. Although I found out it can run with the MINGW32 Bash shell that comes with Git for Windows.

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Not sure there is an exact Perl "clone" of Capistrano.

However on CPAN there are these Make / Rake like tools:

And these SSH tools:

So combination of these should fit the bill.

/I3az/

PS. Regarding your update - Net::SSH::Perl maybe useful if you don't have SSH installed on machine (this is pure Perl SSH implementation).

draegtun
Thanks. Looks like I can create something usable with App::PPBuild and Net::SSH (or Net::SSH::Perl).A nice feature about Capistrano is that you can manage multiple servers at the same time. Although cool, it's not a feature I need now or in the future.App::PPBuild is no Capistrano so I'll let this one open for a bit longer before clicking the answered button. Hoping that a full fledged solution is available.
Htbaa
Net::SSH::Perl just hangs on the command line in Windows. Tried installing it with cpan and ppm but once I try to setup a connection it just hangs.
Htbaa
Net::SSH::Perl works here for me (on Mac though)... though it wasn't without its hiccups! If you still having problems with it then might be best to post a new question. Alternatively you may find installing SSH and using one of the other modules a better option.
draegtun
Although I stated above a VPS wouldn't a viable solution for us it is the way we're going now anyway (we've got some server resources left). So I'll be running Capistrano and there's no longer a need for an alternative.
Htbaa
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PAR

rorio
PAR won't do. I don't need a packager but a deployment tool.
Htbaa