Ryan, I have found it is very convenient to use fabric as a library (rather than using "fab myfunction" ) for this type of purpose.
For instance, you can alter the env.host_string at runtime with any target host as desired. -William On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM, <fab-user-requ...@nongnu.org> wrote: > Send Fab-user mailing list submissions to > fab-user@nongnu.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fab-user-requ...@nongnu.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fab-user-ow...@nongnu.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fab-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Execute the same tasks in local() and run() (Jorge Vargas) > 2. Dynamic hosts not supported by -H? (Ryan Bales) > 3. Re: Execute the same tasks in local() and run() (Todd DeLuca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:05:07 -0400 > From: Jorge Vargas <jorge.var...@gmail.com> > To: fab-user <fab-user@nongnu.org> > Subject: [Fab-user] Execute the same tasks in local() and run() > Message-ID: > < > caosapwn5bmtz0s9eoyfu7g-sc684t_68leeh8qpguy_qsbr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, > > We are using fabric for development as well as deployment and I'm wondering > how people are doing command like this. > > @task > def load_fixtures(): > """Load initial data.""" > run("venv/bin/python data/fixtures.py") > > This code should work for both the developer machine (ie: run local) and > the deployment machine (ie: use run) > > So far what I have done is something like > > @task > def install_db(command=local): > """@onetime install of the database""" > with prefix("source venv/bin/activate"): > command("python manage.py syncdb --migrate") > > However that's a bit of a problem as I can't call that command from fab > just from other fabric scripts. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fab-user/attachments/20120712/941560fa/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:26:38 -0500 > From: Ryan Bales <thinkt...@gmail.com> > To: fab-user <fab-user@nongnu.org> > Subject: [Fab-user] Dynamic hosts not supported by -H? > Message-ID: > < > cac5m4j2zofzmudz2qkcr6ifkbptpigiybknr++dv82dymck...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello all, > > I'm trying to build a web app around a few fabric scripts, and I need to > supply a dynamic list of hosts to the scripts. I saw the -H switch, but it > apparently only works when env.hosts is defined in the fabric script. I > also looked at command-line kwargs for methods, but the methods won't even > be executed without env.hosts being defined. Can someone point me in the > right direction? > > Thanks, > -- > Ryan Bales > http://thinkt4nk.com/ > http://twitter.com/#!/thinkt4nk > https://github.com/thinkt4nk > > > > > > -- > Ryan Bales > http://thinkt4nk.com/ > http://twitter.com/#!/thinkt4nk > https://github.com/thinkt4nk > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fab-user/attachments/20120712/7a596f6e/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:32:04 -0400 > From: Todd DeLuca <todddel...@gmail.com> > To: Jorge Vargas <jorge.var...@gmail.com> > Cc: fab-user <fab-user@nongnu.org> > Subject: Re: [Fab-user] Execute the same tasks in local() and run() > Message-ID: > < > cajropyadz_esxkyj1ssu37zhkzsc4ynriyqzu7_8u1vkak5...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The way I deploy to localhost now is to run ssh on my local machine. That > way I can access my local machine "remotely" in fabric scripts. On my mac > laptop, here is how I enabled remote logins via ssh. Go to System > Preferences, choose Sharing. Select Remote login. That's it. This > approach seems to fit into the fabric model well. > > I used to deploy locally by following the advice at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6725244/running-fabric-script-locally. > Basically, I would assign env.run = run or env.run = local, depending on > where I was deploying, perhaps in a task something like (warning: untested > code): > > ``` > env.run = run > > @task > def localhost(): > env.run = local > > @task > def do_something(): > env.run('path/to/myscript.py') > ``` > > Then I would do invoke it like: > > ``` > fab local do_something > ``` > > This got smellier when I started rsyncing, since I had to write a > local version and remote version of rsync. Then when I started > using `fabric.api.get`, I realized that I would have to write a API > compatible version of `get` and `put` if I wanted to continue down this > path. That pushed me to find the better way described above. > > Hope that helps. > > -Todd > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Jorge Vargas <jorge.var...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > We are using fabric for development as well as deployment and I'm > > wondering how people are doing command like this. > > > > @task > > def load_fixtures(): > > """Load initial data.""" > > run("venv/bin/python data/fixtures.py") > > > > This code should work for both the developer machine (ie: run local) and > > the deployment machine (ie: use run) > > > > So far what I have done is something like > > > > @task > > def install_db(command=local): > > """@onetime install of the database""" > > with prefix("source venv/bin/activate"): > > command("python manage.py syncdb --migrate") > > > > However that's a bit of a problem as I can't call that command from fab > > just from other fabric scripts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fab-user mailing list > > Fab-user@nongnu.org > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user > > > > > > > -- > Todd DeLuca > http://todddeluca.com > http://wall.hms.harvard.edu/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fab-user/attachments/20120712/c4a9c1af/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fab-user mailing list > Fab-user@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user > > > End of Fab-user Digest, Vol 54, Issue 6 > *************************************** >
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