diff -r e3affd6625d6 -r 42e4b9c433cc sbin/sync/fabfile.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/sbin/sync/fabfile.py	Tue Jan 06 13:26:14 2015 +0100
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+from fabric.api import env, local, put, run, cd, lcd, task, prefix
+from fabric.contrib.files import exists
+from fabric.colors import green
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+import os
+import settings
+
+
+def __init():
+    if not env.get('temp_folder', None):
+        env['temp_folder'] = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        print(green("working folder is %s" % env['temp_folder']))
+
+def __clean():
+    if env.get('temp_folder', None):
+        print(green("Removing %s" % env['temp_folder']))
+        shutil.rmtree(env['temp_folder'])
+
+def get_version_path():
+    return os.path.join(env['temp_folder'], env['version'])
+
+def export():
+    local('hg archive -r %s %s' % (env['version'], get_version_path()) )
+
+def pack():
+    # create a new source distribution as tarball
+    with lcd(get_version_path()):
+        local('python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar', capture=False)
+
+def create_virtualenv():
+    with lcd(get_version_path()):
+        tmpd = run('mktemp -d').strip()
+        put('virtualenv/*.txt', tmpd)
+        run('virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 %s' % env.srv_venv_path)
+        with prefix('source %s/bin/activate' % env.srv_venv_path):
+            run('pip install -r %s/requirements.txt' % tmpd)
+            run('pip install -r %s/requirements_srvr.txt' % tmpd)
+        run('rm -fr %s' % tmpd)
+
+
+def deploy():
+    # figure out the release name and version
+    with lcd(get_version_path()):
+        dist = local('python setup.py --fullname', capture=True).strip()
+        print(green("dist is %s" % dist))
+
+        # upload the source tarball to the temporary folder on the server
+        put('dist/%s.tar.gz' % dist, '/tmp/%s.tar.gz' % dist)
+        # create a place where we can unzip the tarball, then enter
+        # that directory and unzip it
+        # now setup the package with our virtual environment's
+        # python interpreter
+        with prefix('source %s/bin/activate' % env.srv_venv_path):
+            run('pip install -U --force-reinstall /tmp/%s.tar.gz' % dist)
+        # now that all is set up, delete the folder again
+
+        run('rm -rf /tmp/%s.tar.gz' % dist)
+        # # and finally touch the .wsgi file so that mod_wsgi triggers
+        # # a reload of the application
+        # run('touch /var/www/yourapplication.wsgi')
+
+@task(default=True)
+def deploy_version(version='tip'):
+    env['version'] = version
+    __init()
+    export()
+    pack()
+    if not exists(env.srv_venv_path):
+        create_virtualenv()
+    deploy()
+    __clean()