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;; Copyright 2006-2017, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;; This file is part of Megatest.
;; 
;;     Megatest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
;;     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;;     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;;     (at your option) any later version.
;; 
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;;     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;;     GNU General Public License for more details.
;; 
;;     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;;     along with Megatest.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
;;

(declare (unit server))

(declare (uses commonmod))
(declare (uses debugprint))
(declare (uses common))
(declare (uses db))
(declare (uses tasks)) ;; tasks are where stuff is maintained about what is running.
;; (declare (uses synchash))
;;(declare (uses rpc-transport))
(declare (uses launch))
;; (declare (uses daemon))
(declare (uses mtargs))

(use (srfi 18) extras s11n)
(use srfi-1 posix regex regex-case srfi-69 hostinfo md5 message-digest)
(use directory-utils posix-extras matchable utils)
(use spiffy uri-common intarweb http-client spiffy-request-vars)

(import commonmod
	debugprint
	(prefix mtargs args:))

(include "common_records.scm")
(include "db_records.scm")

(define (server:make-server-url hostport)
  (if (not hostport)
      #f
      (conc "http://" (car hostport) ":" (cadr hostport))))

(define  *server-loop-heart-beat* (current-seconds))

;;======================================================================
;; P K T S   S T U F F 
;;======================================================================

;; ???

;;======================================================================
;; P K T S   S T U F F 
;;======================================================================

;; ???

;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R
;;======================================================================

;; Call this to start the actual server
;;

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

;; Get the transport
(define (server:get-transport)
  (if *transport-type*
      *transport-type*
      (let ((ttype (string->symbol
		    (or (args:get-arg "-transport")
			(configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "transport")
			"rpc"))))
	(set! *transport-type* ttype)
	ttype)))
	    
;; Generate a unique signature for this server
(define (server:mk-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) 
			 (with-output-to-string
			   (lambda ()
			     (write (list (current-directory)
                                          (current-process-id)
					  (argv)))))))

(define (server:get-client-signature)
  (if *my-client-signature* *my-client-signature*
      (let ((sig (server:mk-signature))) ;; clients re-use the server:mk-signature logic
        (set! *my-client-signature* sig)
        *my-client-signature*)))

(define (server:get-server-id)
  (if *server-id* *server-id*
      (let ((sig (server:mk-signature))) ;; clients re-use the server:mk-signature logic
        (set! *server-id* sig)
        *server-id*)))

;; ;; When using zmq this would send the message back (two step process)
;; ;; with spiffy or rpc this simply returns the return data to be returned
;; ;; 
;; (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 an area path,  start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if 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* ((testsuite   (common:get-testsuite-name))
	 (logfile     (conc areapath "/logs/server.log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
	 (profile-mode (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "misc" "profilesw")
			   ""))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server - ";; (or target-host "-")
		      (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
			  " -daemonize "
			  "")
		      ;; " -log " logfile
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite
		      " " profile-mode
		      )) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")) ;; why are we rotating logs here? This is a sensitive location with a lot going on!?
         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "jobtools" "max-server-start-load" default: 3.0)))
    ;; 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)
    (thread-sleep! (/ (random 3000) 1000)) ;; add a random initial delay. It seems pretty common that many running tests request a server at the same time
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: starting server at " (common:human-time))
    (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 server-id
;; any changes to number of elements returned by this fuction will dirctly affect server:record->url,server:record->id,server:kill,server:get-num-alive which use match let 
;; example of what it's looking for in the log file:
;;     SERVER STARTED: 10.38.175.67:50216 AT 1616502350.0 server-id: 4907e90fc55c7a09694e3f658c639cf4 

(define (server:logf-get-start-info logf)
  (let ((server-rx    (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+) server-id: (\\S+) pid: (\\d+)")) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs server id
        (dbprep-rx    (regexp "^SERVER: dbprep"))
        (dbprep-found 0)
	(bad-dat      (list #f #f #f #f #f)))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       ;; WARNING: this is potentially dangerous to blanket ignore the errors
       (if (file-exists? logf)
	   (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from "logf", exn=" exn))
       bad-dat) ;; no idea what went wrong, call it a bad server
     (with-input-from-file
	 logf
       (lambda ()
	 (let loop ((inl  (read-line))
		    (lnum 0))
	   (if (not (eof-object? inl))
	       (let ((mlst (string-match server-rx inl))
		     (dbprep (string-match dbprep-rx inl)))
		 (if dbprep (set! dbprep-found 1))
		 (if (not mlst)
		     (if (< lnum 500) ;; give up if more than 500 lines of server log read
			 (loop (read-line)(+ lnum 1))
			 (begin 
                           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from first 500 lines of " logf )
                           bad-dat))
		     (match mlst
			    ((_ host port start server-id pid)
			     (list host
				   (string->number port)
				   (string->number start)
				   server-id
				   (string->number pid)))
			    (else
			     (debug:print 0 *current-log-port* "ERROR: did not recognise SERVER line info "mlst)
			     bad-dat))))
	       (begin 
		 (if dbprep-found
		     (begin
		       (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Server is in dbprep at " (common:human-time))
		       (thread-sleep! 0.5)) ;; was 25 sec but that blocked things from starting?
		     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from " logf " at " (seconds->time-string (current-seconds))))
		 bad-dat))))))))

;; ;; get a list of servers from the log files, 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"))
;; 	    '()
;; 	    (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. exn=" exn)))
;; 		  (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs")))
;; 		'()))
;; 
;;         ;; Get the list of server logs.
;; 	(let* (
;;                ;; For some reason, when I uncomment the below line, ext-tests sometimes starts 1000's of servers.
;;                ;; (exiting-servers (system (conc "bash -c 'rm -f `grep -il exiting " areapath "/logs/server-*-*.log 2> /dev/null`'")))
;;                (server-logs   (glob (conc areapath "/logs/server-*-*.log")))
;; 	       (num-serv-logs (length server-logs)))
;; 	  (if (or (null? server-logs) (= num-serv-logs 0))
;;               (let ()
;;                  (debug:print 2  *default-log-port* "There are no servers running at " (common:human-time))
;; 	         '()
;;               )
;; 	      (let loop ((hed  (string-chomp (car server-logs)))
;; 			 (tal  (cdr server-logs))
;; 			 (res '()))
;; 		(let* ((mod-time  (handle-exceptions
;; 				   exn
;; 				   (begin
;; 				     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "server:get-list: failed to get modification time on " hed ", exn=" exn)
;; 				     (current-seconds)) ;; 0
;; 				   (file-modification-time hed))) ;; default to *very* old so log gets ignored if deleted
;; 		       (down-time (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
;; 		       (serv-dat  (if (or (< num-serv-logs 10)
;; 				  	  (< down-time 900)) ;; day-seconds))
;; 				      (server:logf-get-start-info hed)
;; 				      '())) ;; don't waste time processing server files not touched in the 15 minutes 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)))) ;; any changes to number of elements in new-res will dirctly affect server:record->url,server:record->id,server:kill,server:get-num-alive which uses match let 
;; 		  (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 (string-chomp (car tal)) (cdr tal) new-res)))))))))

#;(define (server:get-num-alive srvlst)
  (let ((num-alive 0))
    (for-each
     (lambda (server)
        (handle-exceptions
          exn
         (begin 
          (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server start-time and/or mod-time from " server ", exn=" exn))
       (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time server-id pid)
		    server))
	 (let* ((uptime  (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
		(runtime (if start-time
			     (- mod-time start-time)
			     0)))
	   (if (< uptime 5)(set! num-alive (+ num-alive 1)))))))
     srvlst)
    num-alive))

;; ;; 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* ((nums (server:get-num-servers))
;; 	 (now  (current-seconds))
;; 	 (slst (sort
;; 		(filter (lambda (rec)
;; 			  (if (and (list? rec)
;; 				   (> (length rec) 2))
;; 			      (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
;; 				     (or (not (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime")) ;; skip if not set
;; 					 (< (- now start-time)       
;; 					    (+ (- (string->number (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime"))
;; 					       180)
;; 					    (random 360)))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
;; 				     ))
;; 			      #f))
;; 			srvlst)
;; 		(lambda (a b)
;; 		  (< (list-ref a 3)
;; 		     (list-ref b 3))))))
;;     (if (> (length slst) nums)
;; 	(take slst nums)
;; 	slst)))

;; ;; switch from server:get-list to server:get-servers-info
;; ;;
;; (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:get-rand-best areapath)
;;   (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
;;     (if (and (list? srvrs)
;; 	     (not (null? srvrs)))
;; 	(let* ((len (length srvrs))
;; 	       (idx (random len)))
;; 	  (list-ref srvrs idx))
;; 	#f)))

(define (server:record->id servr)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin 
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server id from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
   #f)
  (match-let (((host port start-time server-id pid)
	       servr))
    (if server-id
	server-id
	#f))))

(define (server:record->url servr)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin 
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server url from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
   #f)
  (match-let (((host port start-time server-id pid)
	       servr))
    (if (and host port)
	(conc host ":" port)
	#f))))


;; if server-start-last exists, and wasn't old enough, wait <idle time> + 1, then call this function recursively until it is old enough.
;; if it is old enough, overwrite it and wait 0.25 seconds.
;; if it then has the wrong server key, wait <idle time> + 1 and call this function recursively.
;;
#;(define (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
  (let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last"))
	 ;;; THIS INTERACTS WITH [server] timeout. Suggest using 0.1 or above for timeout (6 seconds)
	 (idletime    (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "idletime" default: 4))
	 (server-key (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
    (if (file-exists? start-flag)
	(let* ((fmodtime (file-modification-time start-flag))
	       (delta    (- (current-seconds) fmodtime))
	       (old-enough   (> delta idletime))
               (new-server-key ""))
          ;; write start-flag file, wait 0.25s, then if previously the start-flag file was older than <idletime> seconds, and the new file still has the same server key as you just wrote, return #t.
	  ;; the intention is to make sure nfs can read the file we just wrote, and make sure it was written by us, and not another process.
           (if (and old-enough
		    (begin
                      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Writing " start-flag)
		      (with-output-to-file start-flag (lambda () (print server-key)))
		      (thread-sleep! 0.25)
		      (set! new-server-key (with-input-from-file start-flag (lambda () (read-line))))
		      (equal? server-key new-server-key)))
	       #t
               ;; If either of the above conditions is not true, print a "Gating server start" message, wait <idle-time> + 1, then call this function recursively. 
	       (begin
		 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Gating server start, last start: "
				   (seconds->time-string fmodtime) ", time since last start: " delta ", required idletime: " idletime ", gating reason:" (if old-enough "another job started a server" "too soon to start another server"))
		 
		 (thread-sleep! ( + 1 idletime))
		 (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)))))))

;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
(define (server:get-servers-info areapath)
  ;; (assert *toppath* "FATAL: server:get-servers-info called before *toppath* has been set.")
  (let* ((servinfodir (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath))) ;; (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo")))
    (if (not (file-exists? servinfodir))
	(create-directory servinfodir))
    (let* ((allfiles    (glob (conc servinfodir"/*")))
	   (res         (make-hash-table)))
      (for-each
       (lambda (f)
	 (let* ((hostport  (pathname-strip-directory f))
		(serverdat (server:logf-get-start-info f)))
	   (match serverdat
	     ((host port start server-id pid)
	      (if (and host port start server-id pid)
		  (hash-table-set! res hostport serverdat)
		  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "bad server info for "f": "serverdat)))
	     (else
	      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "bad server info for "f": "serverdat)))))
       allfiles)
      res)))

;; check the .servinfo directory, are there other servers running on this
;; or another host?
;;
;; returns #t => ok to start another server
;;         #f => not ok to start another server
;;
(define (server:minimal-check areapath)
  (server:clean-up-old areapath)
  (let* ((srvdir      (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)) ;; (conc areapath"/.servinfo"))
	 (servrs      (glob (conc srvdir"/*")))
	 (thishostip  (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name)))
	 (thisservrs  (glob (conc srvdir"/"thishostip":*")))
	 (homehostinf (server:choose-server areapath 'homehost))
	 (havehome    (car homehostinf))
	 (wearehome   (cdr homehostinf)))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* thishostip", have homehost: "havehome", we are homehost: "wearehome
		      ", numservers: "(length thisservrs))
    (cond
     ((not havehome) #t) ;; no homehost yet, go for it
     ((and havehome wearehome (< (length thisservrs) 20)) #t) ;; we are home and less than 20 servers, ok to start another
     ((and havehome (not wearehome)) #f)     ;; we are not the home host
     ((and havehome wearehome (>= (length thisservrs) 20)) #f) ;; have enough running
     (else
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Unrecognised scenario, servrs="servrs", thishostip="thishostip", thisservrs="thisservrs)
      #t))))
	 

(define server-last-start 0)


;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; five servers on that host
;;
;; mode:
;;   best - get best server (random of newest five)
;;   home - get home host based on oldest server
;;   info - print info
(define (server:choose-server areapath #!optional (mode 'best))
  ;; age is current-starttime
  ;; find oldest alive
  ;;   1. sort by age ascending and ping until good
  ;; find alive rand from youngest
  ;;   1. sort by age descending
  ;;   2. take five
  ;;   3. check alive, discard if not and repeat
  ;; first we clean up old server files
  (assert (eq? (rmt:transport-mode) 'http) "FATAL: server:run called with rmt:transport-mode="(rmt:transport-mode))
  (server:clean-up-old areapath)
  (let* ((since-last (- (current-seconds) server-last-start))
        (server-start-delay 10))     
    (if ( < (- (current-seconds) server-last-start) 10 )
      (begin
        (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: seconds since last server start: " (- (current-seconds) server-last-start))
        (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: last server start less than " server-start-delay " seconds ago. Sleeping " server-start-delay " seconds")
        (thread-sleep! server-start-delay)
      )
      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: seconds since last server start: " (- (current-seconds) server-last-start))
    )
  )
  (let* ((serversdat  (server:get-servers-info areapath))
	 (servkeys    (hash-table-keys serversdat))
	 (by-time-asc (if (not (null? servkeys)) ;; NOTE: Oldest is last
			  (sort servkeys ;; list of "host:port"
				(lambda (a b)
				  (>= (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat a) 2)
				      (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat b) 2))))
			  '())))
    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: serversdat: " serversdat)
    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: servkeys: " servkeys)
    (if (not (null? by-time-asc))
	(let* ((oldest     (last by-time-asc))
	       (oldest-dat (hash-table-ref serversdat oldest))
	       (host       (list-ref oldest-dat 0))
	       (all-valid  (filter (lambda (x)
				     (equal? host (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat x) 0)))
				   by-time-asc))
	       (best-ten  (lambda ()
			     (if (> (length all-valid) 11)
				 (take (drop-right all-valid 1) 10) ;; remove the oldest from consideration so it can age out
				 (if (> (length all-valid) 8)
				     (drop-right all-valid 1)
				     all-valid))))
	       (names->dats (lambda (names)
			      (map (lambda (x)
				     (hash-table-ref serversdat x))
				   names)))
	       (am-home?    (lambda ()
			      (let* ((currhost (get-host-name))
				     (bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address currhost)))
				(or (equal? host currhost)
				    (equal? host bestadrs))))))
	  (case mode
	    ((info)
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "oldest: "oldest-dat", selected host: "host", all-valid: "all-valid)
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "youngest: "(hash-table-ref serversdat (car all-valid))))
	    ((home)     host)
	    ((homehost) (cons host (am-home?))) ;; shut up old code
	    ((home?)    (am-home?))
	    ((best-ten)(names->dats (best-ten)))
	    ((all-valid)(names->dats all-valid))
	    ((best)     (let* ((best-ten (best-ten))
			       (len       (length best-ten)))
			  (hash-table-ref serversdat (list-ref best-ten (random len)))))
	    ((count)(length all-valid))
	    (else
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: invalid command "mode)
	     #f)))
	(begin
	  (server:run areapath)
          (set! server-last-start (current-seconds))
	  ;; (thread-sleep! 3)
	  (case mode
	    ((homehost) (cons #f #f))
	    (else	#f))))))

(define (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)
  (let* ((spath (conc areapath"/.servinfo")))
    (if (not (file-exists? spath))
	(create-directory spath #t))
    spath))

(define (server:clean-up-old areapath)
  ;; any server file that has not been touched in ten minutes is effectively dead
  (let* ((sfiles (glob (conc (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)"/*"))))
    (for-each
     (lambda (sfile)
       (let* ((modtime (handle-exceptions
			   exn
			 (begin
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to get modification file for "sfile)
			   (current-seconds))
			 (file-modification-time sfile))))
	 (if (and (number? modtime)
		  (> (- (current-seconds) modtime)
		     600))
	     (begin
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: found old server info file "sfile", removing it.")
	       (handle-exceptions
		   exn
		 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to delete old server info file "sfile)
		 (delete-file sfile))))))
     sfiles)))

;; would like to eventually get rid of this
;;
(define (common:on-homehost?)
  (if (eq? (rmt:transport-mode) 'http)
      (server:choose-server *toppath* 'home?)
      #t)) ;; there is no homehost for tcp and nfs is always on home so #t should work

;; kind start up of server, wait before allowing another server for a given
;; area to be launched
;;
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  ;; look for $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs/server-start-last
  ;; and wait for it to be at least <server idletime> seconds old
  ;; (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
  (let loop ()
    (if (> (alist-ref 'adj-proc-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)) 2)
	(begin
	  (if (common:low-noise-print 30 "our-host-load")
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: system load is high, waiting to start server."))
	  (loop))))
  (if (< (server:choose-server areapath 'count) 20)
      (server:run areapath))
  #;(if (not (server:check-if-running areapath)) ;; why try if there is already a server running?
      (let* ((lock-file    (conc areapath "/logs/server-start.lock")))
	(let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last")))
	  (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait lock-file expire-time: 25)
	  (debug:print-info  2 *default-log-port* "server:kind-run: touching " start-flag)
	  (system (conc "touch " start-flag)) ;; lazy but safe
	  (server:run areapath)
	  (thread-sleep! 20) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds. And allow time for the server startup to get to "SERVER STARTED".
	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Found server already running. NOT trying to start another.")))

;; this one seems to be the general entry point
;;
(define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
  (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
    (let loop ((server-info (server:check-if-running areapath))
	       (try-num    0))
      (if (or server-info
	      (> (current-seconds) give-up-time)) ;; server-url will be #f if no server available.
	  (server:record->url server-info)
	  (let* ( (servers (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid))
                (num-ok (if servers (length (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid)) 0)))
	    (if (and (> try-num 0)  ;; first time through simply wait a little while then try again
		     (< num-ok 1))  ;; if there are no decent candidates for servers then try starting a new one
		(server:run areapath))
	    (thread-sleep! 5)
	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)
		  (+ try-num 1)))))))

(define (server:get-num-servers #!key (numservers 2))
  (let ((ns (string->number
	     (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "numservers") "notanumber"))))
    (or ns numservers)))

;; no longer care if multiple servers are started by accident. older servers will drop off in time.
;;
(define (server:check-if-running areapath) ;;  #!key (numservers "2"))
  (let* ((ns            (server:get-num-servers)) ;; get the setting the for maximum number of servers allowed
	 (servers       (server:choose-server areapath 'best-ten))) ;; (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    (if (or (and servers
		 (null? servers))
	    (not servers))
	    ;; (and (list? servers)
	    ;;	 (< (length servers) (+ 1 (random ns))))) ;; somewhere between 1 and numservers
        #f
        (let loop ((hed (car servers))
                   (tal (cdr servers)))
          (let ((res (server:check-server hed)))
            (if res
                hed
                (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))
         (server-id  (server:record->id server-record)) 
         (res        (server:ping server-url server-id)))
    (if res
        server-url
	#f)))

(define (server:kill servr)
  (handle-exceptions
    exn
    (begin 
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get host and/or port from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
    #f)
  (match-let (((hostname port start-time server-id 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 server-id #!key (do-exit #f))
;;   (let* ((host-port (cond
;; 		     ((string? host:port)
;; 		      (let ((slst (string-split   host:port ":")))
;; 			(if (eq? (length slst) 2)
;; 			    (list (car slst)(string->number (cadr slst)))
;; 			    #f)))
;; 		     (else
;; 		      #f))))
;;     (cond
;;      ((and (list? host-port)
;; 	   (eq? (length host-port) 2))
;;       (let* ((myrunremote (make-and-init-remote *toppath*))
;; 	     (iface       (car host-port))
;; 	     (port        (cadr host-port))
;; 	     (server-dat  (client:connect iface port server-id myrunremote))
;; 	     (login-res   (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup myrunremote)))
;; 	(http-transport:close-connections myrunremote)
;; 	(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))))
;;      (else 
;;       (if host:port
;; 	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*  "ERROR: bad host:port "host:port))
;;       (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 ()
;;      (let loop ((inl (read-line))
;; 		(res "NOREPLY"))
;;        (if (eof-object? inl)
;; 	   (case (string->symbol res)
;; 	     ((NOREPLY)  #f)
;; 	     ((LOGIN_OK) #t)
;; 	     (else       #f))
;; 	   (loop (read-line) inl))))))
;; 
;; ;; NOT USED (well, ok, reference in rpc-transport but otherwise not used).
;; ;;
;; (define (server:login toppath)
;;   (lambda (toppath)
;;     (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds)) ;; might not be needed.
;;     (if (equal? *toppath* toppath)
;; 	#t
;; 	#f)))

;; timeout is hms string: 1h 5m 3s, default is 1 minute
;; This is currently broken. Just use the number of hours with no unit.
;; Default is 60 seconds.
;;
(define (server:expiration-timeout)
  (let* ((tmo (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
    (if (string? tmo)
	(let* ((num (string->number tmo)))
	  (if num
	      (* 3600 num)
	      (common:hms-string->seconds tmo)))
	10 ;; this is the default
	)))

(define (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
  (let ((res #f))
    (for-each 
     (lambda (adr)
       (if (not (eq? (u8vector-ref adr 0) 127))
	   (set! res adr)))
     ;; NOTE: This can fail when there is no mention of the host in /etc/hosts. FIXME
     (vector->list (hostinfo-addresses (hostname->hostinfo hostname))))
    (string-intersperse 
     (map number->string
	  (u8vector->list
	   (if res res (hostname->ip hostname)))) ".")))

;; moving this here as it needs access to db and cannot be in common.
;;

(define (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct #!key (fork-to-background #f) (persist-until-sync #f))
  (debug:print "WARNING: bruteforce-syncer is called but has been disabled!")
  (lambda ()
    (debug:print "WARNING: bruteforce-syncer is called but has been disabled!")))