Example fabfile to use

fabfile.py

import os

from fabric.api import env, local, run, prefix, cd


env.roledefs = {
    'xx': ['host:port'],
}

env.forward_agent = True


def _local_manage(command):
    local("python manage.py {}".format(command))


def _manage(command):
    with prefix('source {}bin/activate'.format(env.venv)):
        run('python manage.py {command} {module}'.format(
            command=command,
            module='--settings={}'.format(env.settings_module) if env.settings_module else ''))


def r():
    """Clean .pyc files and run a public development server"""
    local('stty sane')
    _local_manage('clean_pyc -p .')
    _local_manage('runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000')


def s():
    """Run ipython shell_plus from django_extensions"""
    local('stty sane')
    _local_manage('shell_plus --ipython')


def xx():
    env.roles = ['xx']
    env.home = '~/path_to_project/'
    env.restart_command = 'touch wsgi.py'
    env.branch = 'master'
    env.venv = '~/.virtualenvs/path_to_project_venv/'
    env.settings_module = 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE used'


def compilemessages():
    _manage('compilemessages')


def gitfetch():
    run('git checkout {}'.format(env.branch))
    run('git pull')


def migrate():
    _manage('syncdb')
    _manage('migrate')


def collectstatic():
    _manage('collectstatic --noinput')


def restart():
    run('{}'.format(env.restart_command))


def update_packages(upgrade=False):
    with prefix('source {}bin/activate'.format(env.venv)):
        run('pip install -r requirements/requirements.txt {}'.format('-U' if upgrade else ''))


def update():
    with cd(env.home):
        gitfetch()
        update_packages()
        migrate()
        compilemessages()
        collectstatic()
        restart()


def dump():
    current_dir = os.getcwd()
    with prefix('source {}bin/activate'.format(env.venv)), cd('{}'.format(env.home)):
        dumped_file = run('python dump_db.py {}'.format(env.settings_module))

    file_path = os.path.join(env.home, dumped_file)
    copy_to = os.path.join(current_dir, dumped_file)
    scp(file_path, copy_to)


def scp(file_path, copy_to, recursive=False):
    local('scp {} {}:{} {}'.format('-r' if recursive else '', env.host, file_path, copy_to))


def gitsync():
    with cd(env.home):
        run('git checkout {}'.format(env.branch))
        run('git fetch')
        run('git reset --hard origin/{}'.format(env.branch))


def getwebroot():
    current_dir = os.getcwd()
    webroot_dir = os.path.join(env.home, 'webroot')
    scp(webroot_dir, current_dir, recursive=True)