gistfile1.txt

in ~/.pallet/config.clj:

(defpallet
  :services
  {
   :my-servers {
                :provider "node-list"
                :node-list [["hostname1.local" "staging" "hostname1.local" :ubuntu]]
                }
   })

from repl:

(require '[pallet.actions :refer [exec-script*]])
(require '[pallet.api :refer [group-spec lift plan-fn]])
(require '[pallet.configure :refer [compute-service]])

(lift
  (group-spec "my-servers")
  :phase (plan-fn (exec-script* "ls /tmp"))
  :compute (pallet.configure/compute-service))