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;; Copyright 2006-2012, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;;  This program is made available under the GNU GPL version 2.0 or
;;  greater. See the accompanying file COPYING for details.
;; 
;;  This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
;;  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
;;  PURPOSE.

(require-extension (srfi 18) extras tcp s11n)

(use srfi-1 posix regex regex-case srfi-69 hostinfo md5 message-digest directory-utils)
;; (use zmq)

(use spiffy uri-common intarweb http-client spiffy-request-vars)

(declare (unit server))

(declare (uses common))












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;; Copyright 2006-2012, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;;  This program is made available under the GNU GPL version 2.0 or
;;  greater. See the accompanying file COPYING for details.
;; 
;;  This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
;;  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
;;  PURPOSE.

(require-extension (srfi 18) extras tcp s11n)

(use srfi-1 posix regex regex-case srfi-69 hostinfo md5 message-digest directory-utils posix-extras matchable)
;; (use zmq)

(use spiffy uri-common intarweb http-client spiffy-request-vars)

(declare (unit server))

(declare (uses common))
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;;

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server
;;
(define (server:launch run-id transport-type)
  (BB> "server:launch fired for run-id="run-id" transport-type="transport-type)
  (case transport-type
    ((http)(http-transport:launch run-id))
    ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:launch run-id))
    ((rpc)  (rpc-transport:launch run-id))
    (else (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unknown server type " transport-type))))
;;       (else   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No known transport set, transport=" transport ", using rpc")
;; 	      (rpc-transport:launch run-id)))))

;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;;======================================================================

;; Get the transport
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;;

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server
;;
(define (server:launch run-id transport-type)

  (case transport-type
    ((http)(http-transport:launch))
    ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:launch run-id))
    ((rpc)  (rpc-transport:launch run-id))
    (else (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unknown server type " transport-type))))



;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;;======================================================================

;; Get the transport
(define (server:get-transport)
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(define (server:reply return-addr query-sig success/fail result)
  (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "server:reply return-addr=" return-addr ", result=" result)
  ;; (send-message pubsock target send-more: #t)
  ;; (send-message pubsock 
  (case (server:get-transport)
    ((rpc)  (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
    ((http) (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
    ((zmq)
     (let ((pub-socket (vector-ref *runremote* 1)))
       (send-message pub-socket return-addr send-more: #t)
       (send-message pub-socket (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))))
    ((fs)   result)
    (else 
     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unrecognised transport type: " *transport-type*)
     result)))

;; Given a run id start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the run-id is zero and the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is ignored for now.
  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))


	 (curr-ip     (server:get-best-guess-address curr-host))
	 (curr-pid    (current-process-id))
	 (homehost    (common:get-homehost)) ;; configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" ))
	 (target-host (car homehost))
	 (testsuite   (common:get-testsuite-name))
	 (logfile     (conc *toppath* "/logs/server.log"))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") " -run-id " 0 (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
									      (conc " -daemonize -log " logfile)
									      "")

		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")))
    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory *toppath*)
    (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 4 " 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)
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(define (server:get-client-signature) ;; BB> why is this proc named "get-"?  it returns nothing -- set! has not return value.
  (if *my-client-signature* *my-client-signature*
      (let ((sig (server:mk-signature)))
	(set! *my-client-signature* sig)
	*my-client-signature*)))

;; kind start up of servers, wait 40 seconds before allowing another server for a given
;; run-id to be launched
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  (let ((last-run-time (hash-table-ref/default *server-kind-run* areapath #f)))

    (if (or (not last-run-time)






	    (> (- (current-seconds) last-run-time) 30))
	(begin
	  (server:run areapath)
	  (hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (current-seconds))))))

;; The generic run a server command. Dispatches the call to server 0 if run-id != 0
;; 
;;  (define (server:try-running run-id)


;;    (if (eq? run-id 0)

;;        (server:run run-id)





;;        (rmt:start-server run-id)))
(define server:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.

(define (server:start-attempted? areapath)
  (let ((flagfile (conc areapath "/.starting-server")))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     #f  ;; if things go wrong pretend we can't see the file
     (and (file-exists? flagfile)
	  (< (- (current-seconds)
		(file-modification-time flagfile))
	     15))))) ;; exists and less than 15 seconds old
    
(define (server:read-dotserver areapath)
  (let ((dotfile (conc areapath "/.server")))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     #f  ;; if things go wrong pretend we can't see the file
     (if (and (file-exists? dotfile)
	      (file-read-access? dotfile))
	 (with-input-from-file
	     dotfile
	   (lambda ()
	     (read-line)))
	 #f))))

;; write a .server file in *toppath* with hostport
;; return #t on success, #f otherwise
;;
(define (server:write-dotserver areapath hostport)
  (let ((lock-file   (conc areapath "/.server.lock"))
	(server-file (conc areapath "/.server")))
    (if (common:simple-file-lock lock-file)
	(let ((res (handle-exceptions
		    exn
		    #f ;; failed for some reason, for the moment simply return #f
		    (with-output-to-file server-file
		      (lambda ()
			(print hostport)))
		    #t)))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server file " server-file " for " hostport " created")
	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)
	  res)
	#f)))

(define (server:remove-dotserver-file areapath hostport)
  (let ((dotserver   (server:read-dotserver areapath))
	(server-file (conc areapath "/.server"))
	(lock-file   (conc areapath "/.server.lock")))
    (if (and dotserver (string-match (conc ".*:" hostport "$") dotserver)) ;; port matches, good enough info to decide to remove the file
	(if (common:simple-file-lock lock-file)
	    (begin
	      (handle-exceptions
	       exn
	       #f

	       (delete-file* server-file))
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server file " server-file " for " hostport " removed")
	      (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file))))))

;; no longer care if multiple servers are started by accident. older servers will drop off in time.
;;
(define (server:check-if-running areapath)











  (let* ((dotserver (server:read-dotserver areapath))) ;; tdbdat (tasks:open-db)))
    (if dotserver



	(let* ((res (case *transport-type*
		      ((http)(server:ping-server dotserver))
		      ;; ((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:ping (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server)
		      )))
	  (if res
	      dotserver
	      #f))
	#f)))





;; called in megatest.scm, host-port is string hostname:port
;;
;; NOTE: This is NOT called directly from clients as not all transports support a client running
;;       in the same process as the server.
;;
(define (server:ping host-port-in #!key (do-exit #f))
  (let ((host:port (if (not host-port-in) ;; use read-dotserver to find
		       (server:read-dotserver *toppath*)
		       (if (number? host-port-in) ;; we were handed a server-id
			   (let ((srec (tasks:get-server-by-id (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) host-port-in)))
			     ;; (print "srec: " srec " host-port-in: " host-port-in)
			     (if srec
				 (conc (vector-ref srec 3) ":" (vector-ref srec 4))
				 (conc "no such server-id " host-port-in)))
			   host-port-in))))
    (let* ((host-port (if host:port
			  (let ((slst (string-split   host:port ":")))
			    (if (eq? (length slst) 2)
				(list (car slst)(string->number (cadr slst)))
				#f))
			  #f))
	   (toppath       (launch:setup)))
      ;; (print "host-port=" host-port)
      (if (not host-port)
	  (begin
	    (if host-port-in
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port*  "ERROR: bad host:port"))
	    (if do-exit (exit 1))
	    #f)
	  (let* ((iface      (car host-port))
		 (port       (cadr host-port))
		 (server-dat (http-transport:client-connect iface port))
		 (login-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup server-dat)))
	    (if (and (list? login-res)
		     (car login-res))
		(begin
		  (print "LOGIN_OK")
		  (if do-exit (exit 0)))

		(begin
		  (print "LOGIN_FAILED")
		  (if do-exit (exit 1)))))))))


;; run ping in separate process, safest way in some cases
;;
(define (server:ping-server ifaceport)
  (with-input-from-pipe 
   (conc (common:get-megatest-exe) " -ping " ifaceport)
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(define (server:reply return-addr query-sig success/fail result)
  (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "server:reply return-addr=" return-addr ", result=" result)
  ;; (send-message pubsock target send-more: #t)
  ;; (send-message pubsock 
  (case (server:get-transport)
    ((rpc)  (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
    ((http) (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))




    ((fs)   result)
    (else 
     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unrecognised transport type: " *transport-type*)
     result)))

;; Given a run id start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the run-id is zero and the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is *toppath* for a given testsuite area
  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))
         ;; (attempt-in-progress (server:start-attempted? areapath))
         ;; (dot-server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	 (curr-ip     (server:get-best-guess-address curr-host))
	 (curr-pid    (current-process-id))
	 (homehost    (common:get-homehost)) ;; configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" ))
	 (target-host (car homehost))
	 (testsuite   (common:get-testsuite-name))
	 (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")))
    ;; 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 4 " 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:logf-get-start-info logf)
  (let ((rx (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+)"))) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs
    (with-input-from-file
	logf
      (lambda ()
	(let loop ((inl  (read-line))
		   (lnum 0))
	  (if (not (eof-object? inl))
	      (let ((mlst (string-match rx inl)))
		(if (not mlst)
		    (if (< lnum 500) ;; give up if more than 500 lines of server log read
			(loop (read-line)(+ lnum 1))
			(list #f #f #f))
		    (let ((dat  (cdr mlst)))
		      (list (car dat) ;; host
			    (string->number (cadr dat)) ;; port
			    (string->number (caddr dat))))))
	      (list #f #f #f)))))))

;; get a list of servers with all relevant data
;; ( mod-time host port start-time pid )
;;
(define (server:get-list areapath #!key (limit #f))
  (let ((fname-rx    (regexp "^(|.*/)server-(\\d+)-(\\S+).log$"))
	(day-seconds (* 24 60 60)))
    ;; if the directory exists continue to get the list
    ;; otherwise attempt to create the logs dir and then
    ;; continue
    (if (if (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs"))
	    #t
	    (if (file-write-access? areapath)
		(begin
		  (condition-case
		      (create-directory (conc areapath "/logs") #t)
		    (exn (i/o file)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Cannot create directory at " (conc areapath "/logs")))
		    (exn ()(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Unknown error attemtping to get server list.")))
		  (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs")))
		#f))
	(let* ((server-logs   (glob (conc areapath "/logs/server-*.log")))
	       (num-serv-logs (length server-logs)))
	  (if (null? server-logs)
	      '()
	      (let loop ((hed  (car server-logs))
			 (tal  (cdr server-logs))
			 (res '()))
		(let* ((mod-time  (file-modification-time hed))
		       (down-time (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
		       (serv-dat  (if (or (< num-serv-logs 10)
				  	  (< down-time day-seconds))
				     (server:logf-get-start-info hed)
				     '())) ;; don't waste time processing server files not touched in the past day if there are more than ten servers to look at
		       (serv-rec (cons mod-time serv-dat))
		       (fmatch   (string-match fname-rx hed))
		       (pid      (if fmatch (string->number (list-ref fmatch 2)) #f))
		       (new-res  (if (null? serv-dat)
				     res
				     (cons (append serv-rec (list pid)) res))))
		(if (null? tal)
		    (if (and limit
			     (> (length new-res) limit))
			new-res ;; (take new-res limit)  <= need intelligent sorting before this will work
			new-res)
		      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) new-res)))))))))

;; given a list of servers get a list of valid servers, i.e. at least
;; 10 seconds old, has started and is less than 1 hour old and is
;; active (i.e. mod-time < 10 seconds
;;
;; mod-time host port start-time pid
;;
;; sort by start-time descending. I.e. get the oldest first. Young servers will thus drop off
;; and servers should stick around for about two hours or so.
;;
(define (server:get-best srvlst)
  (let ((now (current-seconds)))
    (sort
     (filter (lambda (rec)
	       (let ((start-time (list-ref rec 3))
		     (mod-time   (list-ref rec 0)))
		 ;; (print "start-time: " start-time " mod-time: " mod-time)
		 (and start-time mod-time
		      (> (- now start-time) 0)    ;; been running at least 0 seconds
		      (< (- now mod-time)   16)   ;; still alive - file touched in last 16 seconds
		      (< (- now start-time) 
                         (+ (- (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime") "3600"))
                               180)
                            (random 360))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
		      )))
	     srvlst)
     (lambda (a b)
       (< (list-ref a 3)
	  (list-ref b 3))))))

(define (server:get-first-best areapath)
  (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    (if (and srvrs
	     (not (null? srvrs)))
	(car srvrs)
	#f)))

(define (server:record->url servr)
  (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time pid)
	       servr))
    (if (and host port)
	(conc host ":" port)
	#f)))

(define (server:get-client-signature) ;; BB> why is this proc named "get-"?  it returns nothing -- set! has not return value.
  (if *my-client-signature* *my-client-signature*
      (let ((sig (server:mk-signature)))
        (set! *my-client-signature* sig)
        *my-client-signature*)))

;; kind start up of servers, wait 40 seconds before allowing another server for a given
;; run-id to be launched
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  (let* ((last-run-dat (hash-table-ref/default *server-kind-run* areapath '(0 0))) ;; callnum, whenrun
         (call-num     (car last-run-dat))
         (when-run     (cadr last-run-dat))
         (run-delay    (+ (case call-num
                            ((0)    0)
                            ((1)   20)
                            ((2)  300)
                            (else 600))
                          (random 5)))) ;; add a small random number just in case a lot of jobs hit the work hosts simultaneously
    (if	(> (- (current-seconds) when-run) run-delay)

        (server:run areapath))
    (hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (list (+ call-num 1)(current-seconds)))))



(define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
  (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
    (let loop ((server-url (server:check-if-running areapath)))
      (if (or server-url
	      (> (current-seconds) give-up-time)) ;; server-url will be #f if no server available.
	  server-url
	  (let ((num-ok (length (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath)))))
	    (if (< num-ok 1) ;; if there are no decent candidates for servers then try starting a new one
		(server:kind-run areapath))
	    (thread-sleep! 5)
	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)))))))

(define server:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.











(define (server:dotserver-age-seconds areapath)

















  (let ((server-file (conc areapath "/.server")))



















    (begin
      (handle-exceptions
       exn
       #f
       (- (current-seconds)
          (file-modification-time server-file))))))


    
;; no longer care if multiple servers are started by accident. older servers will drop off in time.
;;
(define (server:check-if-running areapath)
  (let* ((servers       (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    (if (null? servers)
        #f
        (let loop ((hed (car servers))
                   (tal (cdr servers)))
          (let ((res (server:check-server hed)))
            (if res
                res
                (if (null? tal)
                    #f
                    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))))))))

;; ping the given server
;;
(define (server:check-server server-record)
  (let* ((server-url (server:record->url server-record))
         (res        (case *transport-type*
                       ((http)(server:ping server-url))
                       ;; ((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:ping (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server)
                       )))
    (if res
        server-url
	#f)))

(define (server:kill servr)
  (match-let (((mod-time hostname port start-time pid)
	       servr))
    (tasks:kill-server hostname pid)))

;; called in megatest.scm, host-port is string hostname:port
;;
;; NOTE: This is NOT called directly from clients as not all transports support a client running
;;       in the same process as the server.
;;
(define (server:ping host-port-in #!key (do-exit #f))
  (let ((host:port (if (not host-port-in) ;; use read-dotserver to find
		       #f ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*)
		;; (if (number? host-port-in) ;; we were handed a server-id
		;; 	   (let ((srec (tasks:get-server-by-id (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) host-port-in)))
		;; 	     ;; (print "srec: " srec " host-port-in: " host-port-in)
		;; 	     (if srec
		;; 		 (conc (vector-ref srec 3) ":" (vector-ref srec 4))
		;; 		 (conc "no such server-id " host-port-in)))
		       host-port-in))) ;; )
    (let* ((host-port (if host:port
			  (let ((slst (string-split   host:port ":")))
			    (if (eq? (length slst) 2)
				(list (car slst)(string->number (cadr slst)))
				#f))
			  #f)))
;;	   (toppath       (launch:setup)))
      ;; (print "host-port=" host-port)
      (if (not host-port)
	  (begin
	    (if host-port-in
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port*  "ERROR: bad host:port"))
	    (if do-exit (exit 1))
	    #f)
	  (let* ((iface      (car host-port))
		 (port       (cadr host-port))
		 (server-dat (http-transport:client-connect iface port))
		 (login-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup server-dat)))
	    (if (and (list? login-res)
		     (car login-res))
		(begin
		  ;; (print "LOGIN_OK")
		  (if do-exit (exit 0))
		  #t)
		(begin
		  ;; (print "LOGIN_FAILED")
		  (if do-exit (exit 1))
		  #f)))))))

;; run ping in separate process, safest way in some cases
;;
(define (server:ping-server ifaceport)
  (with-input-from-pipe 
   (conc (common:get-megatest-exe) " -ping " ifaceport)
   (lambda ()