Fabfile to manage apt-get updates on multiple machines, with or without confirms required

fabfile_apt_manager.py

"""
Ubuntu update manager for Fabric

Checks for updates, installs them across multiple servers

Create a "hosts" file alongside this fabfile and put your hosts in there one per line

Updating package list::

    fab update

Check for updates::

    fab check

Install updates with required confirms::

    fab upgrade

Install updates without required confirms::

    fab unattended_upgrade

Autoremove unused packages with required confirms::

    fab autoremove

Autoremove unused packages without required confirms::

    fab unattended_autoremove

Clean packages cache without required confirms::

    fab clean

Full machines packages mantaineance with required confirms::

    fab full

Full machines package mantaineance without required confirms::

    fab unattended_full

"""

from fabric.api import sudo, run, env
from fabric.colors import red
from fabric.contrib.files import exists
from fabric.contrib.console import confirm


for host in open('hosts'):
    env.user = 'libersoft'
    env.password = 'password'
    host = host.strip()
    if host.startswith('#'):
        continue
    env.hosts.append(host)


def update():
    """
    Updates the package list
    """
    sudo('apt-get update -qq')


def check():
    """
    Displays package updates needed
    """
    run("""apt-get dist-upgrade -s | python -c "import sys; [sys.stderr.write(l) for l in sys.stdin.readlines()[7:] if not (l.startswith('Inst') or l.startswith('Conf'))]" """)


def upgrade():
    """
    Upgrades the system, updating packages and reboots if needed
    """
    sudo('apt-get upgrade')


def unattended_upgrade():
    """
    Upgrades the system, updating packages and reboots if needed
    """
    sudo('apt-get -y upgrade')


def autoremove():
    """
    Autoremove unused package
    """
    sudo('apt-get autoremove')


def unattended_autoremove():
    """
    Autoremove unused package
    """
    sudo('apt-get -y autoremove')


def clean():
    """
    Clean package cache
    """
    sudo('apt-get clean')
    sudo('apt-get autoclean')


def full():
    """
    Full machines packages mantaineance
    """
    update()
    upgrade()
    autoremove()
    clean()


def unattended_full():
    """
    Full machines package mantaineance without required confirms
    """
    update()
    unattended_upgrade()
    unattended_autoremove()
    clean()