Fabric
Pēteris Caune
Jul 23, 2015
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CommentsWhat is Fabric?
Fabric is a Python (2.5-2.7) library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks. It provides a basic suite of operations for executing local or remote shell commands (normally or via sudo) and uploading/downloading files, as well as auxiliary functionality such as prompting the running user for input, or aborting execution.
Fabric is a tool in the Continuous Deployment category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Lets you execute arbitrary Python functions via the command lineLibrary of subroutines (built on top of a lower-level library) to make executing shell commands over SSH easy and Pythonic
Fabric Pros & Cons
Pros of Fabric
- ✓Python
- ✓Simple
- ✓Installation feedback for Twitter App Cards
- ✓Low learning curve, from bash script to Python power
- ✓Agentless
- ✓Easy on maintainance
- ✓Easy to add any type of job
- ✓Installation? pip install fabric... Boom
- ✓Single config file
- ✓Easily automate any set system automation
Cons of Fabric
No cons listed yet.
Fabric Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Fabric?
Ansible
Ansible is an IT automation tool. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. Ansible’s goals are foremost those of simplicity and maximum ease of use.
Terraform
With Terraform, you describe your complete infrastructure as code, even as it spans multiple service providers. Your servers may come from AWS, your DNS may come from CloudFlare, and your database may come from Heroku. Terraform will build all these resources across all these providers in parallel.
Dotenv
It is a zero-dependency module that loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env. Storing configuration in the environment separate from code is based on The Twelve-Factor App methodology.
