In [1]: from distributed import Executor

In [2]: e = Executor('127.0.0.1:8786')

In [3]: e
Out[3]: <Executor: scheduler="127.0.0.1:8786" processes=2 cores=2>

In [4]: import socket

In [5]: e.run(socket.gethostname)
Out[5]: {'172.20.12.7:53405': 'n1015', '172.20.12.8:53779': 'n1016'}

In [6]: %%file mod.py
   ...: def hostname():
   ...:     return 'the hostname'
   ...:
Overwriting mod.py

In [7]: import mod

In [8]: mod.hostname()
Out[8]: 'the hostname'

In [9]: e.run(mod.hostname)
distributed.utils - ERROR - No module named 'mod'

e.upload_file('mod.py')

In [1]: from math import sin

In [2]: import pickle

In [3]: pickle.dumps(sin)
Out[3]: b'x80x03cmathnsinnqx00.'

In [3]: import mod

In [4]: import new

In [5]: def remote(func):
   ...:     return new.function(func.func_code, func.func_globals, closure=func.func_closure)
   ...:

In [6]: e.run(remote(mod.hostname))
Out[6]: {'tcp://10.0.2.15:44208': 'the hostname'}