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				  (else (continue))))))))
    (http-transport:try-start-server run-id ipaddrstr start-port server-id)))

;; This is recursively run by http-transport:run until sucessful
;;
(define (http-transport:try-start-server run-id ipaddrstr portnum server-id)
  (let ((config-hostname (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "hostname")))
    (debug:print-info 0 "http-transport:try-start-server run-id=" run-id " ipaddrsstr=" ipaddrstr " portnum=" portnum " server-id=" server-id " config-hostname=" config-hostname)
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       (print-error-message exn)
       (if (< portnum 64000)
	   (begin 
	     (debug:print 0 "WARNING: attempt to start server failed. Trying again ...")

	     (print "ERROR: Tried and tried but could not start the server"))))
     ;; any error in following steps will result in a retry
     (set! *server-info* (list ipaddrstr portnum))
     (open-run-close tasks:server-set-interface-port 
		     tasks:open-db 
		     server-id 
		     ipaddrstr portnum)
     (debug:print 0 "INFO: Trying to start server on " ipaddrstr ":" portnum)
     ;; This starts the spiffy server
     ;; NEED WAY TO SET IP TO #f TO BIND ALL
     ;; (start-server bind-address: ipaddrstr port: portnum)
     (if config-hostname ;; this is a hint to bind directly
	 (start-server port: portnum bind-address: (if (equal? config-hostname "-")
						       ipaddrstr
						       config-hostname))

  ;; if none running or if > 20 seconds since 
  ;; server last used then start shutdown
  ;; This thread waits for the server to come alive
  (let* ((server-info (let loop ((start-time (current-seconds))
				 (changed    #t)
				 (last-sdat  "not this"))
                        (let ((sdat #f))
			  (thread-sleep! 0.01)
			  (debug:print-info 0 "Waiting for server alive signal")
                          (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                          (set! sdat *server-info*)
                          (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                          (if (and sdat
				   (not changed)
				   (> (- (current-seconds) start-time) 2))
			      sdat

		    (- remtries 1)))
	    (begin
	      ;; since we didn't get the server lock we are going to clean up and bail out
	      (debug:print-info 2 "INFO: server pid=" (current-process-id) ", hostname=" (get-host-name) " not starting due to other candidates ahead in start queue")
	      (open-run-close tasks:server-delete-records-for-this-pid tasks:open-db " http-transport:launch")
	      ))
	(let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
				   (debug:print-info 0 "Server run thread started")
				   (http-transport:run 
				    (if (args:get-arg "-server")
					(args:get-arg "-server")
					"-")
				    run-id
				    server-id)) "Server run"))
	       (th3 (make-thread (lambda ()
				   (debug:print-info 0 "Server monitor thread started")
				   (http-transport:keep-running server-id run-id))
				 "Keep running")))
	  ;; Database connection


	  ;; don't start the db here

  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))
	 (curr-ip     (server:get-best-guess-address curr-host))
	 (target-host (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" ))
	 (logfile     (conc *toppath* "/logs/" run-id ".log"))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") " -run-id " run-id (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
									      (conc " -daemonize -log " logfile)
									      "")
		      " -debug 4 "))) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
    (debug:print 0 "INFO: Starting server (" cmdln ") as none running ...")
    (push-directory *toppath*)
    (if (not (directory-exists? "logs"))(create-directory "logs"))
    ;; 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