Simple Fabric file with some django

fabfile.py

from fabric.api import local, run, cd, env, sudo, get, put, settings as fabric_settings

PROJECT_NAME = "myamazingproject"

# lets first set up some environments which we might want to go into
# allows us to use fab environment command
# we'll see later how this is used
def staging():
    """Sets up the staging environment for fab remote commands"""
    env.PROJECT_PATH = "~/path/to/your/%s/" % (PROJECT_NAME)
    env.VENDOR_PATH = "~/vendor/" # place where compiled code lives before install. Ex: Node, redis
    env.user = 'your_user_name_on_server'
    env.hosts = ['ip.of.server', '124.124.123.123']


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#here is a simple command that allows us to ssh in to a server
def ssh(id=0):
    """Launch console for given ssh host"""
    try:
        host = env.hosts[int(id) - 1]
    except IndexError:
        raise Exception("Wrong index provided")
    except ValueError:
        raise Exception("Argument must be integer")

    local('ssh %s@%s' % (env.user, host))
#example usage 'fab staging ssh'
#if we have more then one host 'fab staging ssh:3'
# no more remembering usernames or trying to remember all the servers ips

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# a lot of times during django development you run things off of your own machine
# typing all that out can be a pain. and what if you are using an alternative server
# Lets make it easy
def r():
    from django.conf import settings
    """
    Shortcut to do quick runserver
    """
    if 'gunicorn' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
        try:
            local('kill -TERM `cat gunicorn.pid`')
        except:
            print 'No existing gunicorn process'
        local('python manage.py run_gunicorn -w 4 --timeout=240 --pid=gunicorn.pid')
    else:
        local('python manage.py runserver')

# fab r will now run your dev server if are using gunicorn it will auto detect
# it and run it for you

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# lets say we are doing server tests and need to setup elastic search, over and over.
# on several servers.
def setup_es_ubuntu(self):
    sudo('sudo apt-get update')
    sudo('sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y')
    sudo('cd %s' % env.VENDOR_PATH)
    sudo('wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.5.deb')
    sudo('sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-0.90.5.deb')
    sudo('sudo service elasticsearch start')
# fab staging setup_es_ubuntu
# fab dev1 setup_es_ubuntu
# etc...

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#I was recently working on a node app and was using forever to keep it running
# wanted a 1 line deploy and reset
def launch(full=False):
    """Launch new code. Does a git pull and bounce"""
    with cd(env.PROJECT_PATH):
        run('git pull')
    bounce()


def bounce():
    """Bounce node/forever"""
    sudo('forever restartall')  # restart node

#this can now be used either as
# fab staging launch
# fab staging bounce