Megatest

	 (logfile     (conc areapath "/logs/server.log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
							   " -daemonize "
							   "")
		      ;; " -log " logfile
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread"))
         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "load-limit" default: 0.9)))
    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory areapath)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
    (thread-start! log-rotate)
    
    ;; host.domain.tld match host?
    (if (and target-host 
	     ;; look at target host, is it host.domain.tld or ip address and does it 
	     ;; match current ip or hostname
	     (not (string-match (conc "("curr-host "|" curr-host"\\..*)") target-host))
	     (not (equal? curr-ip target-host)))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server on " target-host ", logfile is " logfile)
	  (setenv "TARGETHOST" target-host)))
      
    (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" logfile)
    (common:wait-for-normalized-load load-limit " delaying server start due to load" remote-host: (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever
    (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
    (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
    (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
    (thread-join! log-rotate)
    (pop-directory)))

;; given a path to a server log return: host port startseconds

;;
(define (server:writable-watchdog dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; delay for startup
  (let ((legacy-sync  (common:run-sync?))
	(debug-mode   (debug:debug-mode 1))
	(last-time    (current-seconds))
	(no-sync-db   (db:open-no-sync-db))
        (sync-duration 0) ;; run time of the sync in milliseconds
        (this-wd-num  (begin (mutex-lock! *wdnum*mutex) (let ((x *wdnum*)) (set! *wdnum* (add1 *wdnum*)) (mutex-unlock! *wdnum*mutex) x))))
    (set! *no-sync-db* no-sync-db) ;; make the no sync db available to api calls
    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Periodic sync thread started.")
    (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "watchdog starting. legacy-sync is " legacy-sync" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)
    (if (and legacy-sync (not *time-to-exit*))
	(let* (;;(dbstruct (db:setup))
	       (mtdb     (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb dbstruct))

					  (not recently-synced))))
              (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "WD writable-watchdog top of loop.  need-sync="need-sync" sync-in-progress="sync-in-progress" should-sync="should-sync" start-time="start-time" mt-mod-time="mt-mod-time" recently-synced="recently-synced" will-sync="will-sync)
	      ;; (if recently-synced (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync due to recently-synced flag=" recently-synced))
	      ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "need-sync: " need-sync " sync-in-progress: " sync-in-progress " should-sync: " should-sync " will-sync: " will-sync)
	      (if will-sync (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #t))
	      (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
	      (if will-sync
                  (let ((sync-start (current-milliseconds)))
                    (if (< sync-duration 300)
                        (let ((res        (db:sync-to-megatest.db dbstruct no-sync-db: no-sync-db))) ;; did we sync any data? If so need to set the db touched flag to keep the server alive
                          (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
                          (if (> res 0) ;; some records were transferred, keep the db alive
                              (begin
                                (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
                                (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "sync called, " res " records transferred."))
                              (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "sync called but zero records transferred")))
                        ;; TODO: factor this next routine out into a function
                        (with-input-from-pipe ;; this should not block other threads but need to verify this
                         "megatest -sync-to-megatest.db"
                         (lambda ()
                           (let loop ((inl (read-line))
                                      (res #f))
                             (if (eof-object? inl)
                                 (begin
                                   (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
                                   (cond
                                    ((not res)
                                     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: sync from /tmp db to megatest.db appears to have failed. Recommended that you stop your runs and run \"megatest -cleanup-db\""))
                                    ((> res 0)
                                     (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                     (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
                                     (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*))))
                                 (let ((num-synced (let ((matches (string-match "^Synced (\\d+).*$" inl)))
                                                     (if matches
                                                         (string->number (cadr matches))
                                                         #f))))
                                   (loop (read-line)
                                         (or num-synced res))))))))))
	      (if will-sync
		  (begin
		    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		    (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #f)
		    (set! *db-last-sync* start-time)
		    (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)))
	      (if (and debug-mode