Megatest

			   (debug:print 0 "FATAL ERROR: http-transport:client-send-receive called with no server info")
			   (exit 1)))) ;; (conc url "/ctrl")) ;; (conc url "/?dat=" msg)))
	 (res        #f))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       (print "ERROR IN http-transport:client-send-receive " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
       (thread-sleep! 2)
       (if (> numretries 0)


	   (http-transport:client-send-receive serverdat msg numretries: (- numretries 1))))

     (begin
       (debug:print-info 11 "fullurl=" fullurl "\n")
       ;; set up the http-client here
       (max-retry-attempts 5)
       ;; consider all requests indempotent
       (retry-request? (lambda (request)
			 #t))   ;;  		 (thread-sleep! (/ (if (> numretries 100) 100 numretries) 10))

			   (debug:print 0 "FATAL ERROR: http-transport:client-send-receive called with no server info")
			   (exit 1))))
	 (res        #f))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       ;; TODO: Send this output to a log file so it isn't lost when running as daemon
       (print "ERROR IN http-transport:client-send-receive " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
       (if (> numretries 0)

	   (begin

	     (if (> (random 100) 80)(server:ensure-running run-id)) ;; every so often try starting a server
	     (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params numretries: (- numretries 1)))))

     (begin
       (debug:print-info 11 "fullurl=" fullurl "\n")
       ;; set up the http-client here
       (max-retry-attempts 5)
       ;; consider all requests indempotent
       (retry-request? (lambda (request)
			 #t))   ;;  		 (thread-sleep! (/ (if (> numretries 100) 100 numretries) 10))
       ;; (set! numretries (- numretries 1))
       ;;  		 #t))

	 (debug:print-info 11 "got res=" res)
	 res)))))

;;
;; connect
;;
(define (http-transport:client-connect run-id iface port)
  (let* ((login-res   #f)
	 (uri-dat     (make-request method: 'POST uri: (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/ctrl"))))
	 (uri-api-dat (make-request method: 'POST uri: (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))))
	 (serverdat   (list iface port uri-dat uri-api-dat)))

    (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id serverdat) ;; may or may not be good ...
    (set! login-res (rmt:login run-id))
    (if (and (list? login-res)
	     (car login-res))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 2 "Logged in and connected to " iface ":" port)
	  (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id serverdat)
	  serverdat)
	(begin

      (if (or (not (equal? sdat (list iface port)))
	      (not server-id))
	  (begin 
	    (debug:print-info 0 "interface changed, refreshing iface and port info")
	    (set! iface (car sdat))
	    (set! port  (cadr sdat))))
      
      ;; NOTE: Get rid of this mechanism! It really is not needed...
      ;; (open-run-close tasks:server-update-heartbeat tasks:open-db spid)

      ;;
      ;; NOT USED ANY MORE
      ;;
      ;; (tasks:server-update-heartbeat tdb server-id)
      
      ;; (if ;; (or (> numrunning 0) ;; stay alive for two days after last access

      ;; Transfer *last-db-access* to last-access to use in checking that we are still alive
      (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
      (set! last-access *last-db-access*)
      (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

      ;; (debug:print 11 "last-access=" last-access ", server-timeout=" server-timeout)
      ;;

;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (http-transport:launch run-id)
  (set! *run-id*   run-id)
  (if (args:get-arg "-daemonize")
      (daemon:ize))
  ;;
  ;; set_available
  ;;
  (let ((server-id (open-run-close tasks:server-lock-slot tasks:open-db run-id)))
    (if (not server-id)
	(begin

	  (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))
	(let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
				   (http-transport:run 
				    (if (args:get-arg "-server")
					(args:get-arg "-server")
					"-")