Fabric

fabric execution::::: fab -H me@host1,me@host2,me@host3 function

or alternatively:

def production():
     env.update(dict(
         dest='production',
         hosts=['some_ip_address'],
 ))

 def development():
     env.update(dict(
         dest='development',
         hosts=['localhost'],
 ))

local - execute a local command means host from which we launch fabric

run - execute a remote command on all specified hosts, user-level permissions

sudo - sudo a command on the remote server)

put - copy over a local file to a remote destination)

get - download a file from the remote server)

prompt - prompt user with text and return the input (like raw_input))

reboot - reboot the remote system, disconnect, and wait for wait seconds)

Download some logs

get(remote_path="/tmp/log_extracts.tar.gz", local_path="/logs/new_log.tar.gz")