An example of fabric recipe

install_pdsh.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4

import os
import sys
from fabric.api import *
from fabric.contrib import *
from cuisine import *

env.use_ssh_config = True

@task
def install_pdsh():
    '''Installs Parallel Distributed Shell'''
    if files.exists('/opt/pdsh-2.26'):
        print 'pdsh-2.26 is already installed.'
        exit(1)
    run('aptitude update')
    select_package('apt')
    package_ensure('build-essential')
    if not files.exists('/root/source'):
        run('mkdir /root/source')
    with cd('/root/source'):
        run('wget http://pdsh.googlecode.com/files/pdsh-2.26.tar.bz2')
        run('tar jxvf pdsh-2.26.tar.bz2')
    with cd('/root/source/pdsh-2.26'):
        run('./configure --prefix=/opt/pdsh-2.26 \
                         --without-rsh --with-ssh \
                         --with-dshgroups=/opt/pdsh-2.26/dshgroups')
        run('make')
        run('make install')
    with cd('/root'):
        run('echo \'\'')
        run('echo \'\'')
        run('echo export PATH=/opt/pdsh-2.26/bin:\$PATH >> .bashrc')