---
name: "mina"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mina"
version: "0.3.7-1.1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mina"
---

# mina(1)

deployer and server automation tool

## NAME

mina - deployer and server automation tool

## SYNOPSIS

**mina** \[*OPTIONS*\] *command*\
 **mina** \[*OPTIONS*\] *task*

## DESCRIPTION

**mina** is a fast deploy Bash script generator. It generates an entire deployment procedure as a Bash script and runs it remotely on a server, creating a single SSH session per deploy, minimizing the SSH connection overhead. Its syntax is similar to **capistrano**.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-V, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Show commands as they are executed.

- **-S, --simuate**

  Run in simulation mode, i.e. do not perform actual changes.

- **-t, --trace**

  Show backtraces upon errors.

- **-f** *FILE*

  Use *FILE* as the deploy configuration.

## COMMANDS

The following are mina specific commands

- **help**

  Show summary of options.

- **init**

  Generate a sample configuration file for deployments in the working directory.

- **tasks**

  Show all [**rake**(1)](/rake/1.md) tasks provided by mina.

## TASKS

The tasks are [**rake**(1)](/rake/1.md) tasks defined by the user in a project's deployment configuration file.

See */usr/share/doc/mina/examples/deploy.rb* for an example deployment configuration.

## SEE ALSO

[**cap**(1)](/cap/1.md), [**fab**(1)](/fab/1.md), [**rake**(1)](/rake/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Mina is written by Nadarei, Inc.

This manual page was written by Aggelos Avgerinos \<evaggelos.avgerinos@gmail.com\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## LICENSE

This software is released under the MIT license. See /usr/share/doc/mina/copyright for more details.

Copyright © 2014 Nadarei, Inc.