Fabfile Example

fabex.py

from __future__ import with_statement
from fabric.api import *


env.roledefs = {
    'production': ['user@domain.com'],
    'localhost': ['user@localhost'],
}

REMOTE_APP_DIR = "/path/to/remote/app"
REMOTE_APACHE_DIR = "/path/to/apache/dir"


@roles('production')
def deploy():
    version = prompt("Please specify a version to tag this release:")
    local("hg tag -m 'Tagged %s' %s" % (version, version))
    local("hg push")
    with(cd(REMOTE_APP_DIR)):
        run("hg update; hg pull;")
        run("hg update %s" % (version, ))
        run("python2.5 manage.py migrate --all")
    with(cd(REMOTE_APACHE_DIR)):
        run("bin/stop")
        run("sleep 1")
        run("bin/start")