netquity / err-fabric

Invoke Fabric commands using Errbot

err-fabric

This plugin allows you to invoke Fabric commands using Errbot.

From the Fabric documentation:

Fabric is:

• A tool that lets you execute arbitrary Python functions via the command line;
• A library of subroutines (built on top of a lower-level library) to make executing shell commands over SSH easy and Pythonic.

Installation

You must provide your own fabfile. For an overview on how to use Fabric, see their Tutorial.

You must also provide your own SSH config file. See Leveraging native SSH config files for details. Don't forget to make sure that your bot server is authorized access to each of the hosts you define. The HOSTNAMES variable shown below should reference hosts defined in your SSH config.

Example configuration

In your environment, define all required variables:

# Path to the Python 3 binary
export PYTHON3_PATH="${APP_DIR}/env3/bin/python3.7"
# Path to the Fabric binary
export FABRIC_PATH="${APP_DIR}/env3/bin/fab"
# Path to where your fabfile is
export FABFILE_PATH='/home/web/fabfile/'

# A list of the commands from your fabfile that should be executable through your Errbot
export ALLOWED_TASKS='
    bootstrap
    deploy
    status
'
# A list of the hosts from your fabfile that you should be able to execute commands against
export HOSTNAMES='
    server_a
    server_b
'

Use

• Check the status of server_a:

!fab -H server_a status

• Deploy the result of pulling branch x into the develop branch:

!fab -H server_a branch:develop pull:x deploy

Note that the above executes several commands (branch, pull, deploy) defined in the fabfile.

Caveats

• Any commands that produce a prompt for addition input are not supported.
• You can only execute commands against a single host at this time.
• This plugin was built specifically for use with the Slack backend. Other backends may work, but are not guarenteed.

Inspired by hubot-fabric.