Get the current value of env.hosts list with Python Fabric Library

Question

I\'ve got this code (foo and bar are local servers):

env.hosts = [\'foo\', \'bar\']

def mytask():
    print(env.hosts[0])
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Answer 1

Use env.host_string. You can find a full list of env variables here.

Answer 2

Thanks Marcelo.

If you want to actually use env.host_string (for concatenation purpose for instance), be sure to be inside a task. Its value is None outside.

Answer 3

You can just do:

env.hosts = ['foo', 'bar']

def mytask():
     print(env.host)

Because when you're in the task as executed by fab, you'll have that var set for free.