Megatest

   exn
   (begin
     (print-error-message exn)
     (if (< portnum 9000)
	 (begin 
	   (print "WARNING: failed to start on portnum: " portnum ", trying next port")
	   (thread-sleep! 0.1)
	   (open-run-close tasks:remove-server-records tasks:open-db)
	   ;; (open-run-close tasks:remove-server-records tasks:open-db)
	   (http-transport:try-start-server ipaddrstr (+ portnum 1)))
	 (print "ERROR: Tried and tried but could not start the server")))
   (set! *runremote* (list ipaddrstr portnum))
   (open-run-close tasks:remove-server-records tasks:open-db)
   ;; (open-run-close tasks:remove-server-records tasks:open-db)
   (open-run-close tasks:server-register 
		   tasks:open-db 
		   (current-process-id)
		   ipaddrstr portnum 0 'live 'http)
   (print "INFO: Trying to start server on " ipaddrstr ":" portnum)
   ;; This starts the spiffy server
   (start-server port: portnum)

			 #f)))
    ;; if have hostinfo then extract the transport type 
    ;; else fall back to fs
    (debug:print-info 11 "CLIENT SETUP, hostinfo=" hostinfo)
    (set! *transport-type* (if hostinfo 
			       (string->symbol (tasks:hostinfo-get-transport hostinfo))
			       'fs))
    (debug:print-info 1 "Using transport type of " *transport-type* (if hostinfo (conc " to connect to " hostinfo) ""))
    (debug:print-info 11 "Using transport type of " *transport-type* (if hostinfo (conc " to connect to " hostinfo) ""))
    (case *transport-type* 
    ((fs)(if (not *megatest-db*)(set! *megatest-db* (open-db))))
    ((http)
     (http-transport:client-connect (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface hostinfo)
				    (tasks:hostinfo-get-port hostinfo)))
    ((zmq)
     (zmq-transport:client-connect (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface hostinfo)

;; 			     (debug:print-info 0 "Queue not flushed, waiting ...")
;; 			     (loop))))))))

    ;; The heavy lifting
    ;;
    ;; make-vector-record cdb packet client-sig qtype immediate query-sig params qtime
    ;;
    (debug:print-info 11 "Server setup complete, start listening for messages")
    (let loop ((queue-lst '()))
      (let* ((rawmsg (receive-message* pull-socket))
	     (packet (db:string->obj rawmsg))
					  (qtype  (cdb:packet-get-qtype packet)))
				     (debug:print-info 12 "server=> received packet=" packet)
				     (if (not (member qtype '(sync ping)))
					 (begin
					   (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
					   (set! *last-db-access* (current-seconds))
					   (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)))
	     (qtype  (cdb:packet-get-qtype packet)))
	(debug:print-info 12 "server=> received packet=" packet)
	(if (not (member qtype '(sync ping)))
	    (begin
	      (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
	      (set! *last-db-access* (current-seconds))
	      (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)))
	(if #t ;; (cdb:packet-get-immediate packet) ;; process immediately or put in queue
	    (begin
	      (open-run-close db:process-queue #f pub-socket (cons packet queue-lst))
	      (loop '()))
	    (loop (cons packet queue-lst)))))))

;; run zmq-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 (zmq-transport:keep-running)
  ;; 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 ()
			(let ((sdat #f))
			  (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
			  (set! sdat *server-info*)
			  (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
			  (if sdat sdat
			      (begin
				(debug:print 12 "WARNING: server not started yet, waiting few seconds before trying again")
				(sleep 4)
				(loop))))))
	 (iface       (cadr server-info))
	 (pullport    (caddr server-info))
	 (pubport     (cadddr server-info)) ;; id interface pullport pubport)
	 (zmq-sockets (zmq-transport:client-connect iface pullport pubport))
	 ;; (zmq-sockets (zmq-transport:client-connect iface pullport pubport))
	 (last-access 0))
    (debug:print-info 11 "heartbeat started for zmq server on " iface " " pullport " " pubport)
    (let loop ((count 0))
      (thread-sleep! 4) ;; no need to do this very often
      ;; NB// sync currently does NOT return queue-length
      ;; GET REAL QUEUE LENGTH FROM THE VARIABLE
      (let ((queue-len (cdb:client-call zmq-sockets 'sync #t 1)))
      (let ((queue-len 0)) ;; FOR NOW DO NOT DO THIS (cdb:client-call zmq-sockets 'sync #t 1)))
      ;; (print "Server running, count is " count)
	(if (< count 1) ;; 3x3 = 9 secs aprox
	    (loop (+ count 1)))

	;; NOTE: Get rid of this mechanism! It really is not needed...
	(open-run-close tasks:server-update-heartbeat tasks:open-db (car server-info))

					tasks:open-db 
					(current-process-id) 
					ipaddrstr p1 
					0 
					'live
					'zmq
					pubport: p2))
    (debug:print-info 11 "*server-info* set to " *server-info*)
    (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
    (list s1 s2)))

(define (zmq-transport:mk-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) 
			 (with-output-to-string
			   (lambda ()