Automate Flask app deployment using Fabric python library easily

Required python version

$ python --version
Python 3.5.5

Used Anaconda to virtual environment tool to separate app from others

Note: I believe that you have already installed anaconda in your server

Commands

First IMPORTANT thing to do is Generating SSH key and add it to the Github Account

Here is the link AND Add your ssh key to Authorised Access keys list in the server, so that It wont ask for the password

Clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/<user>/<repo_name>.git
OR
$ git clone [email protected]:<USER>/<REPO_NAME>.git

Create virtual environment (Install Anaconda before running this command)

$ conda env create -f flask_auto_deploy.yml

Or

Create new virtual env using conda create -n env_name python=3.5

Activate the virtual env

$ source activate env_name

Install requirements.txt

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Once All this done, now you should be able to see some available commands with fab

To see the list of command

$ fab --list

To check the service status. example

$ fab service nginx status