Using fabric:

Install:
(http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.7/installation.html)

pip install fabric

Tutorial:

http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.4.0/index.html#tutorial

Usage:

write a python file called fabfile.py (or add to the current one)

annotate tasks with @task

e.g:

from fabric.api import run,env,task,sudo,cd

@task
def sayHelloAll():
	print "Hello local"
	run("echo Hello Remote")

then from the command line:

#shows all commands

fab list

# run a command

fab sayHello

# run command on specific host

fab sayHello:host=192.168.1.29

# run a command on a specific host with a specific user

fab -u someUser startBoard:host=192.168.1.29

Run multiple:

fab task1 task2

Run arbitrary remote command:

 fab [options] -- [shell command]