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Have a look at Fabric (http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.6/)

I wrote a quick fabfile yesterday that automatically commits/merges my local changes, pushes to a private GitHub repo, then SSHs into my production server, pulls down the latest code and restarts the web server. Gives me feedback along the way too.

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No, don't look at fabric! Fabric is good for some stuff, but deployments should be repeatable, automated and idempotent. Look at ansible.cc instead.

Don't use fabric for deployment (even though it's a fantastic tool for many use cases).

I don't understand... how is that a knock on fabric? I have software built into packages and then config templates and some key/value stuff to substitute in. My fabric scripts log in, install a package, put the generated config files, and then restart the server. I can run this over and over again (repeatable) with one command (automated) and it always ends up at the same current version (idempotent).

It's not a knock on fabric, the same way using a hammer on screws isn't a knock on hammers. It works sometimes, but you generally want to use the right tool for the job.

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