fabric/HOWTOFABRIC.txt

   1 Using fabric:
   2
   3 Install:
   4 (http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.7/installation.html)
   5
   6 pip install fabric
   7
   8 Tutorial:
   9
  10 http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.4.0/index.html#tutorial
  11
  12 Usage:
  13
  14 write a python file called fabfile.py (or add to the current one)
  15
  16 annotate tasks with @task
  17
  18 e.g:
  19
  20 from fabric.api import run,env,task,sudo,cd
  21
  22 @task
  23 def sayHelloAll():
  24         print "Hello local"
  25         run("echo Hello Remote")
  26
  27 then from the command line:
  28
  29 #shows all commands
  30
  31 fab list
  32
  33 # run a command
  34
  35 fab sayHello
  36
  37 # run command on specific host
  38
  39 fab sayHello:host=192.168.1.29
  40
  41 # run a command on a specific host with a specific user
  42
  43 fab -u someUser startBoard:host=192.168.1.29
  44
  45 Run multiple:
  46
  47 fab task1 task2
  48
  49 Run arbitrary remote command:
  50
  51  fab [options] -- [shell command]
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