Megatest

  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Attempting to start the rpc server ...")
   ;; (trace rpc:publish-procedure!)

  ;;======================================================================
  ;;	  start of publish-procedure section
  ;;======================================================================
  (rpc:publish-procedure! 'server:login server:login) ;; this allows client to validate it is the same megatest instance as the server.  No security here, just making sure we're in the right room.
  (BB> "published 'testing")
  (rpc:publish-procedure!
   'testing
   (lambda ()
     (BB> "Current-peer=["(rpc:current-peer)"]")
     (BB> "published rpc proc 'testing was invoked")
     "Just testing"))

  ;; procedure to receive arbitrary API request from client's rpc:send-receive/rpc-transport:client-api-send-receive 
  (rpc:publish-procedure! 'rpc-transport:autoremote rpc-transport:autoremote)
  ;; can use this to run most anything at the remote
  (rpc:publish-procedure! 
   'remote:run 
   (lambda (procstr . params)
     (server:autoremote procstr params)))
  
  
  ;;======================================================================
  ;;	  end of publish-procedure section
  ;;======================================================================

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         ;; rpc:listener is the tcp-listen result from inside the find-free-port-and-open complex.
         ;;   It is our handle on the listening tcp port
         ;;   We will attach this to our rpc server with rpc:make-server in thread th1 .
	 (rpc:listener    (rpc-transport:find-free-port-and-open start-port)) 
	 (th1             (make-thread
			   (lambda ()
                             (BB> "+++ before rpc:make-server "rpc:listener)
                             ;;(cute (rpc:make-server rpc:listener) "rpc:server")
			     ((rpc:make-server rpc:listener) #t)
                             (BB> "--- after rpc:make-server"))
			   "rpc:server"))



         (hostname        (if (string=? "-" hostn)
			      (get-host-name) 
			      hostn))
	 (ipaddrstr       (if (string=? "-" hostn)
			      (server:get-best-guess-address hostname) ;; (string-intersperse (map number->string (u8vector->list (hostname->ip hostname))) ".")
			      #f))
	 (portnum         (let ((res (rpc:default-server-port))) (BB> "rpc:default-server-port="res" rpc-listener-port="*rpc-listener-port*) res))
	 (host:port       (conc (if ipaddrstr ipaddrstr hostname) ":" portnum)))

    ;; if rpc found it needed a different port than portlogger provided, keep portlogger in the loop.
    ;; (when (not (equal? start-port portnum))
    ;;   (BB> "portlogger proffered "start-port" but rpc grabbed "portnum)
    ;;   (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:set-port start-port "released")
    ;;   (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:take-port portnum))

    (tasks:bb-server-set-interface-port server-id ipaddrstr portnum)

    ;;============================================================
    ;;  activate thread th1 to attach opened tcp port to rpc server
    ;;=============================================================
    (BB> "Got here before thread start of rpc listener")
    (thread-start! th1)
    (BB> "started rpc server thread th1="th1)


    (set! db *inmemdb*)

    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Server started on " host:port)
    

    (thread-sleep! 8)
    (BB> "before self test")
    (if (rpc-transport:self-test run-id ipaddrstr portnum)
        (BB> "Pass self-test.")
        (begin
          (print "Error: rpc listener did not pass self test.  Shutting down.")
          (exit)))
    (BB> "after self test")

    
    (on-exit (lambda ()
               (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener from-on-exit: #t)))
    
    ;; check again for running servers for this run-id in case one has snuck in since we checked last in rpc-transport:launch
    (if (not (equal? server-id (tasks:bb-server-am-i-the-server? run-id)));; try to ensure no double registering of servers
        (begin ;; i am not the server, another server snuck in and beat this one to the punch
          (tcp-close rpc:listener) ;; gotta exit nicely and free up that tcp port

(define (rpc-transport:find-free-port-and-open port #!key )
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (print "Failed to bind to port " (rpc:default-server-port) ", trying next port")
     (rpc-transport:find-free-port-and-open (add1 port)))
   (rpc:default-server-port port)
   (set! *rpc-listener-port* port) ;; a bit paranoid about rpc:default-server-port parameter not changing across threads (as params are wont to do).  keeping this global in my back pocket in case this causes problems
   (set! *rpc-listener-port-bind-timestamp* (current-milliseconds)) ;; may want to test how long it has been since the last bind attempt happened...
   (tcp-read-timeout 240000)
   (tcp-buffer-size 0) ;; gotta do this because http-transport undoes it.
   (BB> "rpc-transport> attempting to bind tcp port "port)
   (tcp-listen (rpc:default-server-port) 10000)
   ;;(tcp-listen (rpc:default-server-port) )
   ))
  
(define (rpc-transport:ping run-id host port)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (print "SERVER_NOT_FOUND")
     (exit 1))
   (let ((login-res ((rpc:procedure 'server:login host port) *toppath*)))

     (if login-res
	 (begin
	   (print "LOGIN_OK")
	   (exit 0))
	 (begin
	   (print "LOGIN_FAILED")
	   (exit 1))))))

(define (rpc-transport:self-test run-id host port)
  (BB> "SELF TEST RPC ... *toppath*="*toppath*)
  (BB> "local: [" (server:login *toppath*) "]")
  ;(handle-exceptions
   ;exn
   ;(begin
   ;  (BB> "SERVER_NOT_FOUND")
   ;  #f)
  (tcp-buffer-size 0) ;; gotta do this because http-transport undoes it.
  (let* ((testing-res ((rpc:procedure 'testing host port)))
         (login-res ((rpc:procedure 'server:login host port) *toppath*))
         (res (and login-res (equal? testing-res "Just testing"))))

     (BB> "testing-res = >"testing-res"<")
     (BB> "login-res = >"testing-res"<")
     (if login-res
	 (begin
	   (BB> "LOGIN_OK")
	   #t)
	 (begin
	   (BB> "LOGIN_FAILED")
	   #f))
     (BB> "self test res="res)
     res));)

(define (rpc-transport:client-setup run-id #!key (remtries 10))
  (if *runremote*
      (begin
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Attempt to connect to server but already connected")
	#f)
      (let* ((host-info (hash-table-ref/default *runremote* run-id #f))) ;; (open-run-close db:get-var #f "SERVER"))