The syntax for the Fabric prompt operation is as follows:
prompt(text, key=None, default='', validate=None)
The user can provide a specific value for the task by using the prompt operation, and the input will be stored inside of a variable and used by tasks. Please note that you will be prompted for each host inside of the fabfile:
def prompt_ops(): prompt("please supply release name", default="7.4.1708")
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