Megatest

	 (hostname        (get-host-name))
	 (ipaddrstr       (let ((ipstr (if (string=? "-" hostn)
					   ;; (string-intersperse (map number->string (u8vector->list (hostname->ip hostname))) ".")
					   (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
					   #f)))
			    (if ipstr ipstr hostn))) ;; hostname))) 
	 (start-port      (open-run-close tasks:server-get-next-port tasks:open-db))
	 (link-tree-path  (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
    (set! db *inmemdb*)
    (root-path     (if link-tree-path 
		       link-tree-path
		       (current-directory))) ;; WARNING: SECURITY HOLE. FIX ASAP!
    (handle-directory spiffy-directory-listing)
    ;; http-transport:handle-directory) ;; simple-directory-handler)
    ;; Setup the web server and a /ctrl interface

				   (send-response body: "hey there!\n"
						  headers: '((content-type text/plain))))
				  ((equal? (uri-path (request-uri (current-request))) 
					   '(/ "hey"))
				   (send-response body: "hey there!\n"
						  headers: '((content-type text/plain))))
				  (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)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (print-error-message exn)
     (if (< portnum 9000)
	 (begin 
	   (debug:print 0 "WARNING: failed to start on portnum: " portnum ", trying next port")
	   (thread-sleep! 0.1)

	   ;; get_next_port goes here

	   (http-transport:try-start-server run-id ipaddrstr (+ portnum 1) server-id))
	 (begin
	   (open-run-close tasks:server-force-clean-run-record tasks:open-db run-id ipaddrstr portnum " http-transport:try-start-server")
	   (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 1 "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)
   (start-server port: portnum)
   (open-run-close tasks:server-force-clean-run-record tasks:open-db run-id ipaddrstr portnum " http-transport:try-start-server")
   (debug:print 1 "INFO: server has been stopped")))

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

;;======================================================================

  (mutex-lock! *http-mutex*)
  (set! *http-requests-in-progress* (+ 1 *http-requests-in-progress*)))

;; Send "cmd" with json payload "params" to serverdat and receive result
;;
(define (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params #!key (numretries 30))
  (let* ((fullurl    (if (list? serverdat)
			 (list-ref serverdat 4) ;; (cadddr serverdat) ;; this is the uri for /api
			 (begin
			   (debug:print 0 "FATAL ERROR: http-transport:client-api-send-receive called with no server info")
			   (exit 1))))
	 (res        #f))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (if (> numretries 0)
	 (begin
	   (mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
	   (thread-sleep! 10)
	   (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params (- numretries 1)))
	 #f)
     (begin
       (debug:print-info 11 "fullurl=" fullurl ", cmd=" cmd ", params=" params ", run-id=" run-id "\n")
       ;; set up the http-client here
       (max-retry-attempts 5)
       ;; consider all requests indempotent
       (retry-request? (lambda (request)
			 #t))

	 (thread-terminate! th2)
	 (debug:print-info 11 "got res=" res)
	 res)))))

;;
;; connect
;;
(define (http-transport:client-connect iface port)
  (let* ((api-url     (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))
	 (uri-dat     (make-request method: 'POST uri: (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/ctrl"))))
	 ;; (uri-dat     (make-request method: 'GET uri: (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/ctrl"))))
	 (uri-api-dat (make-request method: 'POST uri: api-url)) ;; (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))))
	 ;; (uri-api-dat (make-request method: 'GET uri: (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))))
	 (server-dat  (list iface port uri-dat uri-api-dat api-url)))
;;	 (login-res   (server:ping-server run-id server-dat))) ;; login-no-auto-client-setup server-dat run-id)))
    server-dat))
;;     (if (and (list? login-res)

	  (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id server-dat)
	  server-dat)
;; 	  (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id server-dat)
;; 	  (debug:print-info 2 "Logged in and connected to " iface ":" port)
;; 	  (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id server-dat)
;; 	  server-dat)
;; 	(begin
;; 	  (debug:print-info 0 "ERROR: Failed to login or connect to " iface ":" port)
;; 	  #f))))

;; run http-transport:keep-running in a parallel thread to monitor that the db is being 
;; used and to shutdown after sometime if it is not.
;;
(define (http-transport:keep-running server-id)
  ;; if none running or if > 20 seconds since 
  ;; server last used then start shutdown

                                (loop start-time
				      (equal? sdat last-sdat)
				      sdat))))))
         (iface       (car server-info))
         (port        (cadr server-info))
         (last-access 0)
	 (tdb         (tasks:open-db))
	 (server-timeout (let ((tmo (configf:lookup  *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
			   (if (and (string? tmo)
				    (string->number tmo))
			       (* 60 60 (string->number tmo))
			       ;; (* 3 24 60 60) ;; default to three days
			       ;; (* 60 1)         ;; default to one minute
			       (* 60 60 25)      ;; default to 25 hours
			       ))))




    (let loop ((count         0)
	       (server-state 'available))
      ;; Use this opportunity to sync the inmemdb to db
      (let ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
	    (sync-time  #f)
	    (rem-time   #f))

	(if *inmemdb* (db:sync-touched *inmemdb* force-sync: #t))
	(set! sync-time  (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))
	(set! rem-time (quotient (- 4000 sync-time) 1000))
	(debug:print 0 "SYNC: time= " sync-time ", rem-time=" rem-time)

      ;;
      ;; set_running after our first pass through
      ;;
      (if (eq? server-state 'available)
	  (tasks:server-set-state! tdb server-id "running"))

      (if (and (<= rem-time 4)
	       (> rem-time 0))
	  (thread-sleep! rem-time)
	  (thread-sleep! 4))) ;; fallback for if the math is changed ...
      


      (if (< count 1) ;; 3x3 = 9 secs aprox
	  (loop (+ count 1) 'running))
      
      ;; Check that iface and port have not changed (can happen if server port collides)
      (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
      (set! sdat *server-info*)
      (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
      
      (if (or (not (equal? sdat (list iface port)))

      ;; no_traffic
      ;;
      (if (and *server-run*
	       (> (+ last-access server-timeout)
		  (current-seconds)))
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 "Server continuing, seconds since last db access: " (- (current-seconds) last-access))
	    ;;
	    ;; Consider implementing some smarts here to re-insert the record or kill self is
	    ;; the db indicates so
	    ;;
	    ;; (if (tasks:server-am-i-the-server? tdb run-id)
	    ;;     (tasks:server-set-state! tdb server-id "running"))
	    ;;
	    (loop 0 server-state))
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 "Starting to shutdown the server.")
	    ;; need to delete only *my* server entry (future use)
	    (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
	    (if *inmemdb* (db:sync-touched *inmemdb* force-sync: #t))
	    ;;
	    ;; start_shutdown

	    (debug:print-info 0 "Average non-cached time   "
			      (if (eq? *number-non-write-queries* 0)
				  "n/a (no queries)"
				  (/ *total-non-write-delay* 
				     *number-non-write-queries*))
			      " ms")
	    (debug:print-info 0 "Server shutdown complete. Exiting")
	    (tasks:server-delete-record tdb server-id " http-transport:keep-running")
	    (exit))))))

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (http-transport:launch run-id)
  (set! *run-id*   run-id)
  (if (args:get-arg "-daemonize")
      (daemon:ize))
  (if (server:check-if-running run-id)
      (begin
	(debug:print 0 "INFO: Server for run-id " run-id " already running")
	(exit 0)))
  (let loop ((server-id (open-run-close tasks:server-lock-slot tasks:open-db run-id))
	     (remtries  4))
    (if (not server-id)
	(if (> remtries 0)
	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! 2)
	      (loop (open-run-close tasks:server-lock-slot tasks:open-db run-id)
		    (- 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 ()
				   (http-transport:run 
				    (if (args:get-arg "-server")
					(args:get-arg "-server")
					"-")
				    run-id
				    server-id)) "Server run"))