For synchronizing ipyparallel engines with the controller client.

ipyparallel_push_functions.py

import ipyparallel as ipp
import types

ipp_client = ipp.Client()
ipp_direct = ipp_client[:]

def push_functions():
    functions = {name: val
                 for name, val in globals().items()
                 if type(val) == types.FunctionType and val.__module__ == '__main__'}
    ipp_direct.push(functions, block=True)