Recursively Execute A Locally Defined Python Script On Remote Machines

I'm interested in writing a script so that the only copy of the script resides on my local machine, but the script executes on remote machines, possibly with the remote machines ex

Solution 1:

No, you won't be able accomplish this in one step (except for python -c 'print "hello world"' maybe). But fabric might make your life a little easier.

Solution 2:

The Python binary does have a -c option that lets you pass in valid Python code as an argument. For example:

$ python -c "print 'hello'; print 'world'"

prints

hello
world

Your script may have dependencies or be too complex for this, but it does handle more trivial commands.

Solution 3:

I know that sshuttle does this "bootstrapping" as part of its normal execution. It assumes the existence of a Python interpreter on the remote end of an ssh connection, and uploads code to run.

I haven't investigated the code to find out exactly what it does, but it should be reasonably straightforward to find.

Solution 4:

Check out Fabric. It's the Python tool to "write and execute Python functions, or tasks, to automate interactions with remote servers." #