nicer msg
[tests.git] / system / Substrate.py
index b820945..30ac997 100644 (file)
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ import utils
 from TestSsh import TestSsh
 from TestMapper import TestMapper
 
+# too painful to propagate this cleanly
+verbose=None
+
 def header (message,banner=True):
     if not message: return
     if banner: print "===============",
@@ -69,6 +72,37 @@ def timestamp_sort(o1,o2): return o1.timestamp-o2.timestamp
 
 def short_hostname (hostname):
     return hostname.split('.')[0]
+
+####################
+# the place were other test instances tell about their not-yet-started
+# instances, that go undetected through sensing
+class Starting:
+
+    location='/root/starting'
+    def __init__ (self):
+        self.tuples=[]
+
+    def load (self):
+        try:    self.tuples=[line.strip().split('@') 
+                             for line in file(Starting.location).readlines()]
+        except: self.tuples=[]
+
+    def vnames (self) : 
+        self.load()
+        return [ x for (x,_) in self.tuples ]
+
+    def add (self, vname, bname):
+        if not vname in self.vnames():
+            file(Starting.location,'a').write("%s@%s\n"%(vname,bname))
+            
+    def delete_vname (self, vname):
+        self.load()
+        if vname in self.vnames():
+            f=file(Starting.location,'w')
+            for (v,b) in self.tuples: 
+                if v != vname: f.write("%s@%s\n"%(v,b))
+            f.close()
+    
 ####################
 # pool class
 # allows to pick an available IP among a pool
@@ -113,11 +147,13 @@ class PoolItem:
 
 class Pool:
 
-    def __init__ (self, tuples,message):
+    def __init__ (self, tuples,message, substrate):
         self.pool_items= [ PoolItem (hostname,userdata) for (hostname,userdata) in tuples ] 
         self.message=message
+        # where to send notifications upon load_starting
+        self.substrate=substrate
 
-    def list (self):
+    def list (self, verbose=False):
         for i in self.pool_items: print i.line()
 
     def line (self):
@@ -150,40 +186,34 @@ class Pool:
                 return (i.hostname,i.userdata)
         return None
 
-    # the place were other test instances tell about their not-yet-started
-    # instances, that go undetected through sensing
-    starting='/root/starting'
-    def add_starting (self, name):
-        try:    items=[line.strip() for line in file(Pool.starting).readlines()]
-        except: items=[]
-        if not name in items:
-            file(Pool.starting,'a').write(name+'\n')
+    ####################
+    # we have a starting instance of our own
+    def add_starting (self, vname, bname):
+        Starting().add(vname,bname)
         for i in self.pool_items:
-            if i.hostname==name: i.status='mine'
-            
-    # we load this after actual sensing; 
+            if i.hostname==vname: i.status='mine'
+
+    # load the starting instances from the common file
+    # remember that might be ours
+    # return the list of (vname,bname) that are not ours
     def load_starting (self):
-        try:    items=[line.strip() for line in file(Pool.starting).readlines()]
-        except: items=[]
-        for i in self.pool_items:
-            if i.hostname in items:
-                if i.status=='free' : i.status='starting'
+        starting=Starting()
+        starting.load()
+        new_tuples=[]
+        for (v,b) in starting.tuples:
+            for i in self.pool_items:
+                if i.hostname==v and i.status=='free':
+                    i.status='starting'
+                    new_tuples.append( (v,b,) )
+        return new_tuples
 
     def release_my_starting (self):
         for i in self.pool_items:
-            if i.status=='mine': 
-                self.del_starting(i.hostname)
+            if i.status=='mine':
+                Starting().delete_vname (i.hostname)
                 i.status=None
 
-    def del_starting (self, name):
-        try:    items=[line.strip() for line in file(Pool.starting).readlines()]
-        except: items=[]
-        if name in items:
-            f=file(Pool.starting,'w')
-            for item in items: 
-                if item != name: f.write(item+'\n')
-            f.close()
-    
+
     ##########
     def _sense (self):
         for item in self.pool_items:
@@ -201,8 +231,9 @@ class Pool:
         print 'Sensing IP pool',self.message,
         self._sense()
         print 'Done'
-        self.load_starting()
-        print 'After starting: IP pool'
+        for (vname,bname) in self.load_starting():
+            self.substrate.add_starting_dummy (bname, vname)
+        print "After having loaded 'starting': IP pool"
         print self.line()
     # OS-dependent ping option (support for macos, for convenience)
     ping_timeout_option = None
@@ -233,13 +264,73 @@ class Box:
         self.test_ssh().run("shutdown -r now",message="Rebooting %s"%self.hostname,
                             dry_run=options.dry_run)
 
+    def hostname_fedora (self,virt=None):
+        result = "%s {"%self.hostname
+        if virt: result += "%s-"%virt
+        result += "%s"%self.fedora()
+        # too painful to propagate this cleanly
+        global verbose
+        if verbose:
+            result += "-%s" % self.uname()
+        result += "}"
+        return result
+
+    separator = "===composite==="
+
+    # probe the ssh link
+    # take this chance to gather useful stuff
+    def probe (self):
+        # try it only once
+        if self._probed is not None: return self._probed
+        composite_command = [ ]
+        composite_command += [ "hostname" ]
+        composite_command += [ ";" , "echo", Box.separator , ";" ]
+        composite_command += [ "uptime" ]
+        composite_command += [ ";" , "echo", Box.separator , ";" ]
+        composite_command += [ "uname", "-r"]
+        composite_command += [ ";" , "echo", Box.separator , ";" ]
+        composite_command += [ "cat" , "/etc/fedora-release" ]
+
+        # due to colons and all, this is going wrong on the local box (typically testmaster)
+        # I am reluctant to change TestSsh as it might break all over the place, so
+        if self.test_ssh().is_local():
+            probe_argv = [ "bash", "-c", " ".join (composite_command) ]
+        else:
+            probe_argv=self.test_ssh().actual_argv(composite_command)
+        composite=self.backquote ( probe_argv, trash_err=True )
+        self._hostname = self._uptime = self._uname = self._fedora = "** Unknown **"
+        if not composite: 
+            print "root@%s unreachable"%self.hostname
+            self._probed=''
+        else:
+            try:
+                pieces = composite.split(Box.separator)
+                pieces = [ x.strip() for x in pieces ]
+                [self._hostname, self._uptime, self._uname, self._fedora] = pieces
+                # customize
+                self._uptime = ', '.join([ x.strip() for x in self._uptime.split(',')[2:]])
+                self._fedora = self._fedora.replace("Fedora release ","f").split(" ")[0]
+            except:
+                import traceback
+                print 'BEG issue with pieces',pieces
+                traceback.print_exc()
+                print 'END issue with pieces',pieces
+            self._probed=self._hostname
+        return self._probed
+
+    # use argv=['bash','-c',"the command line"]
     def uptime(self):
+        self.probe()
         if hasattr(self,'_uptime') and self._uptime: return self._uptime
-        return '*undef* uptime'
-    def sense_uptime (self):
-        command=['uptime']
-        self._uptime=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).strip()
-        if not self._uptime: self._uptime='unreachable'
+        return '*unprobed* uptime'
+    def uname(self):
+        self.probe()
+        if hasattr(self,'_uname') and self._uname: return self._uname
+        return '*unprobed* uname'
+    def fedora(self):
+        self.probe()
+        if hasattr(self,'_fedora') and self._fedora: return self._fedora
+        return '*unprobed* fedora'
 
     def run(self,argv,message=None,trash_err=False,dry_run=False):
         if dry_run:
@@ -268,15 +359,6 @@ class Box:
             result= subprocess.Popen(argv,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=file('/dev/null','w')).communicate()[0]
         return result
 
-    def probe (self):
-        if self._probed is not None: return self._probed
-        # first probe the ssh link
-        probe_argv=self.test_ssh().actual_argv(['hostname'])
-        self._probed=self.backquote ( probe_argv, trash_err=True )
-        if not self._probed: print "root@%s unreachable"%self.hostname
-        return self._probed
-
-    # use argv=['bash','-c',"the command line"]
     # if you have any shell-expanded arguments like *
     # and if there's any chance the command is adressed to the local host
     def backquote_ssh (self, argv, trash_err=False):
@@ -308,178 +390,178 @@ class BuildBox (Box):
                 return
         self.build_instances.append(BuildInstance(buildname, pid, self))
 
-    def list(self):
+    def list(self, verbose=False):
         if not self.build_instances: 
-            header ('No build process on %s (%s)'%(self.hostname,self.uptime()))
+            header ('No build process on %s (%s)'%(self.hostname_fedora(),self.uptime()))
         else:
-            header ("Builds on %s (%s)"%(self.hostname,self.uptime()))
+            header ("Builds on %s (%s)"%(self.hostname_fedora(),self.uptime()))
             for b in self.build_instances: 
                 header (b.line(),banner=False)
 
     def reboot (self, options):
         if not options.soft:
-            self.reboot(options)
+            Box.reboot(self,options)
         else:
-            command=['pkill','vbuild']
+            self.soft_reboot (options)
+
+build_matcher=re.compile("\s*(?P<pid>[0-9]+).*-[bo]\s+(?P<buildname>[^\s]+)(\s|\Z)")
+build_matcher_initvm=re.compile("\s*(?P<pid>[0-9]+).*initvm.*\s+(?P<buildname>[^\s]+)\s*\Z")
+
+class BuildLxcBox (BuildBox):
+    def soft_reboot (self, options):
+            command=['pkill','lbuild']
             self.run_ssh(command,"Terminating vbuild processes",dry_run=options.dry_run)
 
     # inspect box and find currently running builds
-    matcher=re.compile("\s*(?P<pid>[0-9]+).*-[bo]\s+(?P<buildname>[^\s]+)(\s|\Z)")
     def sense(self, options):
-        print 'b',
-        self.sense_uptime()
-        pids=self.backquote_ssh(['pgrep','vbuild'],trash_err=True)
+        print 'xb',
+        pids=self.backquote_ssh(['pgrep','lbuild'],trash_err=True)
         if not pids: return
         command=['ps','-o','pid,command'] + [ pid for pid in pids.split("\n") if pid]
         ps_lines=self.backquote_ssh (command).split('\n')
         for line in ps_lines:
             if not line.strip() or line.find('PID')>=0: continue
-            m=BuildBox.matcher.match(line)
+            m=build_matcher.match(line)
             if m: 
                 date=time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d',time.localtime(time.time()))
                 buildname=m.group('buildname').replace('@DATE@',date)
                 self.add_build (buildname,m.group('pid'))
-            else: header('command %r returned line that failed to match'%command)
-
+                continue
+            m=build_matcher_initvm.match(line)
+            if m: 
+                # buildname is expansed here
+                self.add_build (buildname,m.group('pid'))
+                continue
+            header('BuildLxcBox.sense: command %r returned line that failed to match'%command)
+            header(">>%s<<"%line)
+    
 ############################################################
 class PlcInstance:
-    def __init__ (self, vservername, ctxid, plcbox):
-        self.vservername=vservername
-        self.ctxid=ctxid
+    def __init__ (self, plcbox):
         self.plc_box=plcbox
         # unknown yet
         self.timestamp=0
-
+        
     def set_timestamp (self,timestamp): self.timestamp=timestamp
     def set_now (self): self.timestamp=int(time.time())
     def pretty_timestamp (self): return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d:%H-%M",time.localtime(self.timestamp))
 
+class PlcLxcInstance (PlcInstance):
+    # does lxc have a context id of any kind ?
+    def __init__ (self, plcbox, lxcname, pid):
+        PlcInstance.__init__(self, plcbox)
+        self.lxcname = lxcname
+       self.pid = pid
+
     def vplcname (self):
-        return self.vservername.split('-')[-1]
+        return self.lxcname.split('-')[-1]
     def buildname (self):
-        return self.vservername.rsplit('-',2)[0]
+        return self.lxcname.rsplit('-',2)[0]
 
     def line (self):
         msg="== %s =="%(self.vplcname())
-        msg += " [=%s]"%self.vservername
-        if self.ctxid==0:  msg+=" not (yet?) running"
-        else:              msg+=" (ctx=%s)"%self.ctxid     
+        msg += " [=%s]"%self.lxcname
+        if self.pid==-1:  msg+=" not (yet?) running"
+        else:              msg+=" (pid=%s)"%self.pid
         if self.timestamp: msg += " @ %s"%self.pretty_timestamp()
         else:              msg += " *unknown timestamp*"
         return msg
 
     def kill (self):
-        msg="vserver stopping %s on %s"%(self.vservername,self.plc_box.hostname)
-        self.plc_box.run_ssh(['vserver',self.vservername,'stop'],msg)
+        command="rsync lxc-driver.sh  %s:/root"%self.plc_box.hostname
+       commands.getstatusoutput(command)
+       msg="lxc container stopping %s on %s"%(self.lxcname,self.plc_box.hostname)
+       self.plc_box.run_ssh(['/root/lxc-driver.sh','-c','stop_lxc','-n',self.lxcname],msg)
         self.plc_box.forget(self)
 
+##########
 class PlcBox (Box):
     def __init__ (self, hostname, max_plcs):
         Box.__init__(self,hostname)
         self.plc_instances=[]
         self.max_plcs=max_plcs
 
-    def add_vserver (self,vservername,ctxid):
-        for plc in self.plc_instances:
-            if plc.vservername==vservername: 
-                header("WARNING, duplicate myplc %s running on %s"%\
-                           (vservername,self.hostname),banner=False)
-                return
-        self.plc_instances.append(PlcInstance(vservername,ctxid,self))
-    
-    def forget (self, plc_instance):
-        self.plc_instances.remove(plc_instance)
+    def free_slots (self):
+        return self.max_plcs - len(self.plc_instances)
 
     # fill one slot even though this one is not started yet
     def add_dummy (self, plcname):
-        dummy=PlcInstance('dummy_'+plcname,0,self)
+        dummy=PlcLxcInstance(self,'dummy_'+plcname,0)
         dummy.set_now()
         self.plc_instances.append(dummy)
 
-    def line(self): 
-        msg="%s [max=%d,%d free] (%s)"%(self.hostname, self.max_plcs,self.free_spots(),self.uname())
-        return msg
-        
-    def list(self):
+    def forget (self, plc_instance):
+        self.plc_instances.remove(plc_instance)
+
+    def reboot (self, options):
+        if not options.soft:
+            Box.reboot(self,options)
+        else:
+            self.soft_reboot (options)
+
+    def list(self, verbose=False):
         if not self.plc_instances: 
-            header ('No vserver running on %s'%(self.line()))
+            header ('No plc running on %s'%(self.line()))
         else:
             header ("Active plc VMs on %s"%self.line())
             self.plc_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
             for p in self.plc_instances: 
                 header (p.line(),banner=False)
 
-    def free_spots (self):
-        return self.max_plcs - len(self.plc_instances)
+## we do not this at INRIA any more
+class PlcLxcBox (PlcBox):
+
+    def add_lxc (self,lxcname,pid):
+        for plc in self.plc_instances:
+            if plc.lxcname==lxcname:
+                header("WARNING, duplicate myplc %s running on %s"%\
+                           (lxcname,self.hostname),banner=False)
+                return
+        self.plc_instances.append(PlcLxcInstance(self,lxcname,pid))    
 
-    def uname(self):
-        if hasattr(self,'_uname') and self._uname: return self._uname
-        return '*undef* uname'
 
-    def plc_instance_by_vservername (self, vservername):
+    # a line describing the box
+    def line(self): 
+        return "%s [max=%d,free=%d] (%s)"%(self.hostname_fedora(virt="lxc"), 
+                                           self.max_plcs,self.free_slots(),
+                                           self.uptime(),
+                                           )
+    
+    def plc_instance_by_lxcname (self, lxcname):
         for p in self.plc_instances:
-            if p.vservername==vservername: return p
+            if p.lxcname==lxcname: return p
         return None
+    
+    # essentially shutdown all running containers
+    def soft_reboot (self, options):
+        command="rsync lxc-driver.sh  %s:/root"%self.hostname
+        commands.getstatusoutput(command)
+       self.run_ssh(['/root/lxc-driver.sh','-c','stop_all'],"Stopping all running lxc containers on %s"%(self.hostname,),
+                     dry_run=options.dry_run)
 
-    def reboot (self, options):
-        if not options.soft:
-            self.reboot(options)
-        else:
-            self.run_ssh(['service','util-vserver','stop'],"Stopping all running vservers",
-                         dry_run=options.dry_run)
 
+    # sense is expected to fill self.plc_instances with PlcLxcInstance's 
+    # to describe the currently running VM's
     def sense (self, options):
-        print 'p',
-        self._uname=self.backquote_ssh(['uname','-r']).strip()
-        # try to find fullname (vserver_stat truncates to a ridiculously short name)
-        # fetch the contexts for all vservers on that box
-        map_command=['grep','.','/etc/vservers/*/context','/dev/null',]
-        context_map=self.backquote_ssh (map_command)
-        # at this point we have a set of lines like
-        # /etc/vservers/2010.01.20--k27-f12-32-vplc03/context:40144
-        ctx_dict={}
-        for map_line in context_map.split("\n"):
-            if not map_line: continue
-            [path,xid] = map_line.split(':')
-            ctx_dict[xid]=os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(path))
-        # at this point ctx_id maps context id to vservername
-
-        command=['vserver-stat']
-        vserver_stat = self.backquote_ssh (command)
-        for vserver_line in vserver_stat.split("\n"):
-            if not vserver_line: continue
-            context=vserver_line.split()[0]
-            if context=="CTX": continue
-            try:
-                longname=ctx_dict[context]
-                self.add_vserver(longname,context)
-            except:
-                print 'WARNING: found ctx %s in vserver_stat but was unable to figure a corresp. vserver'%context
-
-        # scan timestamps 
-        running_vsnames = [ i.vservername for i in self.plc_instances ]
-        command=   ['grep','.']
-        command += ['/vservers/%s.timestamp'%vs for vs in running_vsnames]
-        command += ['/dev/null']
-        ts_lines=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).split('\n')
-        for ts_line in ts_lines:
-            if not ts_line.strip(): continue
-            # expect /vservers/<vservername>.timestamp:<timestamp>
-            try:
-                (ts_file,timestamp)=ts_line.split(':')
-                ts_file=os.path.basename(ts_file)
-                (vservername,_)=os.path.splitext(ts_file)
-                timestamp=int(timestamp)
-                p=self.plc_instance_by_vservername(vservername)
-                if not p: 
-                    print 'WARNING zombie plc',self.hostname,ts_line
-                    print '... was expecting',vservername,'in',[i.vservername for i in self.plc_instances]
-                    continue
-                p.set_timestamp(timestamp)
-            except:  print 'WARNING, could not parse ts line',ts_line
-        
-
-
+        print "xp",
+       command="rsync lxc-driver.sh  %s:/root"%self.hostname
+        commands.getstatusoutput(command)
+       command=['/root/lxc-driver.sh','-c','sense_all']
+        lxc_stat = self.backquote_ssh (command)
+       for lxc_line in lxc_stat.split("\n"):
+            if not lxc_line: continue
+            lxcname=lxc_line.split(";")[0]
+           pid=lxc_line.split(";")[1]
+           timestamp=lxc_line.split(";")[2]
+            self.add_lxc(lxcname,pid)
+            try: timestamp=int(timestamp)
+            except: timestamp=0
+            p=self.plc_instance_by_lxcname(lxcname)
+            if not p:
+                print 'WARNING zombie plc',self.hostname,lxcname
+                print '... was expecting',lxcname,'in',[i.lxcname for i in self.plc_instances]
+                continue
+            p.set_timestamp(timestamp)
 
 ############################################################
 class QemuInstance: 
@@ -538,19 +620,20 @@ class QemuBox (Box):
         self.qemu_instances.append(dummy)
 
     def line (self):
-        msg="%s [max=%d,%d free] (%s)"%(self.hostname, self.max_qemus,self.free_spots(),self.driver())
-        return msg
+        return "%s [max=%d,free=%d] (%s) %s"%(
+            self.hostname_fedora(virt="qemu"), self.max_qemus,self.free_slots(),
+            self.uptime(),self.driver())
 
-    def list(self):
+    def list(self, verbose=False):
         if not self.qemu_instances: 
-            header ('No qemu process on %s'%(self.line()))
+            header ('No qemu on %s'%(self.line()))
         else:
-            header ("Active qemu processes on %s"%(self.line()))
+            header ("Qemus on %s"%(self.line()))
             self.qemu_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
             for q in self.qemu_instances: 
                 header (q.line(),banner=False)
 
-    def free_spots (self):
+    def free_slots (self):
         return self.max_qemus - len(self.qemu_instances)
 
     def driver(self):
@@ -570,22 +653,22 @@ class QemuBox (Box):
 
     def reboot (self, options):
         if not options.soft:
-            self.reboot(options)
+            Box.reboot(self,options)
         else:
             self.run_ssh(['pkill','qemu'],"Killing qemu instances",
                          dry_run=options.dry_run)
 
     matcher=re.compile("\s*(?P<pid>[0-9]+).*-cdrom\s+(?P<nodename>[^\s]+)\.iso")
     def sense(self, options):
-        print 'q',
+        print 'qn',
         modules=self.backquote_ssh(['lsmod']).split('\n')
-        self._driver='*NO kqemu/kmv_intel MODULE LOADED*'
+        self._driver='*NO kqemu/kvm_intel MODULE LOADED*'
         for module in modules:
             if module.find('kqemu')==0:
                 self._driver='kqemu module loaded'
-            # kvm might be loaded without vkm_intel (we dont have AMD)
+            # kvm might be loaded without kvm_intel (we dont have AMD)
             elif module.find('kvm_intel')==0:
-                self._driver='kvm_intel module loaded'
+                self._driver='kvm_intel OK'
         ########## find out running pids
         pids=self.backquote_ssh(['pgrep','qemu'])
         if not pids: return
@@ -594,17 +677,20 @@ class QemuBox (Box):
         for line in ps_lines:
             if not line.strip() or line.find('PID') >=0 : continue
             m=QemuBox.matcher.match(line)
-            if m: self.add_node (m.group('nodename'),m.group('pid'))
-            else: header('command %r returned line that failed to match'%command)
+            if m: 
+                self.add_node (m.group('nodename'),m.group('pid'))
+                continue
+            header('QemuBox.sense: command %r returned line that failed to match'%command)
+            header(">>%s<<"%line)
         ########## retrieve alive instances and map to build
         live_builds=[]
-        command=['grep','.','*/*/qemu.pid','/dev/null']
+        command=['grep','.','/vservers/*/*/qemu.pid','/dev/null']
         pid_lines=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).split('\n')
         for pid_line in pid_lines:
             if not pid_line.strip(): continue
             # expect <build>/<nodename>/qemu.pid:<pid>pid
             try:
-                (buildname,nodename,tail)=pid_line.split('/')
+                (_,__,buildname,nodename,tail)=pid_line.split('/')
                 (_,pid)=tail.split(':')
                 q=self.qemu_instance_by_pid (pid)
                 if not q: continue
@@ -614,14 +700,14 @@ class QemuBox (Box):
         # retrieve timestamps
         if not live_builds: return
         command=   ['grep','.']
-        command += ['%s/*/timestamp'%b for b in live_builds]
+        command += ['/vservers/%s/*/timestamp'%b for b in live_builds]
         command += ['/dev/null']
         ts_lines=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).split('\n')
         for ts_line in ts_lines:
             if not ts_line.strip(): continue
             # expect <build>/<nodename>/timestamp:<timestamp>
             try:
-                (buildname,nodename,tail)=ts_line.split('/')
+                (_,__,buildname,nodename,tail)=ts_line.split('/')
                 nodename=nodename.replace('qemu-','')
                 (_,timestamp)=tail.split(':')
                 timestamp=int(timestamp)
@@ -650,24 +736,37 @@ class TestInstance:
     def set_now (self): self.timestamp=int(time.time())
     def pretty_timestamp (self): return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d:%H-%M",time.localtime(self.timestamp))
 
+    def is_running (self): return len(self.pids) != 0
 
     def add_pid (self,pid):
         self.pids.append(pid)
-    def set_broken (self,plcindex, step): 
+    def set_broken (self, plcindex, step): 
         self.broken_steps.append ( (plcindex, step,) )
 
+    def second_letter (self):
+        if not self.broken_steps: return '='
+        else:
+            really_broken = [ step for (i,step) in self.broken_steps if '_ignore' not in step ]
+            # W is for warning like what's in the build mail
+            if len(really_broken)==0: return 'W'
+            else: return 'B'
+
     def line (self):
-        double='=='
-        if self.pids: double='*'+double[1]
-        if self.broken_steps: double=double[0]+'B'
+        # make up a 2-letter sign
+        # first letter : '=', unless build is running : '*'
+        double = '*' if self.pids else '='
+        # second letter : '=' if fine, 'W' for warnings (only ignored steps) 'B' for broken
+        letter2 = self.second_letter()
+        double += letter2
         msg = " %s %s =="%(double,self.buildname)
         if not self.pids:       pass
         elif len(self.pids)==1: msg += " (pid=%s)"%self.pids[0]
         else:                   msg += " !!!pids=%s!!!"%self.pids
         msg += " @%s"%self.pretty_timestamp()
-        if self.broken_steps:
-            msg += "\n BROKEN IN STEPS"
-            for (i,s) in self.broken_steps: msg += " %s@%s"%(s,i)
+        if letter2 != '=':
+            msg2 = ( ' BROKEN' if letter2 == 'B' else ' WARNING' )
+            # sometimes we have an empty plcindex
+            msg += " [%s="%msg2 + " ".join( [ "%s@%s"%(s,i) if i else s for (i,s) in self.broken_steps ] ) + "]"
         return msg
 
 class TestBox (Box):
@@ -680,7 +779,7 @@ class TestBox (Box):
         # can't reboot a vserver VM
         self.run_ssh (['pkill','run_log'],"Terminating current runs",
                       dry_run=options.dry_run)
-        self.run_ssh (['rm','-f',Pool.starting],"Cleaning %s"%Pool.starting,
+        self.run_ssh (['rm','-f',Starting.location],"Cleaning %s"%Starting.location,
                       dry_run=options.dry_run)
 
     def get_test (self, buildname):
@@ -715,10 +814,10 @@ class TestBox (Box):
 
     matcher_proc=re.compile (".*/proc/(?P<pid>[0-9]+)/cwd.*/root/(?P<buildname>[^/]+)$")
     matcher_grep=re.compile ("/root/(?P<buildname>[^/]+)/logs/trace.*:TRACE:\s*(?P<plcindex>[0-9]+).*step=(?P<step>\S+).*")
+    matcher_grep_missing=re.compile ("grep: /root/(?P<buildname>[^/]+)/logs/trace: No such file or directory")
     def sense (self, options):
-        print 't',
-        self.sense_uptime()
-        self.starting_ips=[x for x in self.backquote_ssh(['cat',Pool.starting], trash_err=True).strip().split('\n') if x]
+        print 'tm',
+        self.starting_ips=[x for x in self.backquote_ssh(['cat',Starting.location], trash_err=True).strip().split('\n') if x]
 
         # scan timestamps on all tests
         # this is likely to not invoke ssh so we need to be a bit smarter to get * expanded
@@ -736,17 +835,28 @@ class TestBox (Box):
                 t=self.add_timestamp(buildname,timestamp)
             except:  print 'WARNING, could not parse ts line',ts_line
 
-        command=['bash','-c',"grep KO /root/*/logs/trace* /dev/null" ]
+        # let's try to be robust here -- tests that fail very early like e.g.
+        # "Cannot make space for a PLC instance: vplc IP pool exhausted", that occurs as part of provision
+        # will result in a 'trace' symlink to an inexisting 'trace-<>.txt' because no step has gone through
+        # simple 'trace' should exist though as it is created by run_log
+        command=['bash','-c',"grep KO /root/*/logs/trace /dev/null 2>&1" ]
         trace_lines=self.backquote_ssh (command).split('\n')
         for line in trace_lines:
             if not line.strip(): continue
+            m=TestBox.matcher_grep_missing.match(line)
+            if m:
+                buildname=m.group('buildname')
+                self.add_broken(buildname,'','NO STEP DONE')
+                continue
             m=TestBox.matcher_grep.match(line)
             if m: 
                 buildname=m.group('buildname')
                 plcindex=m.group('plcindex')
                 step=m.group('step')
                 self.add_broken(buildname,plcindex, step)
-            else: header("command %r returned line that failed to match\n%s"%(command,line))
+                continue
+            header("TestBox.sense: command %r returned line that failed to match\n%s"%(command,line))
+            header(">>%s<<"%line)
 
         pids = self.backquote_ssh (['pgrep','run_log'],trash_err=True)
         if not pids: return
@@ -759,23 +869,36 @@ class TestBox (Box):
                 pid=m.group('pid')
                 buildname=m.group('buildname')
                 self.add_running_test(pid, buildname)
-            else: header("command %r returned line that failed to match\n%s"%(command,line))
+                continue
+            header("TestBox.sense: command %r returned line that failed to match\n%s"%(command,line))
+            header(">>%s<<"%line)
         
         
     def line (self):
-        return "%s (%s)"%(self.hostname,self.uptime())
+        return self.hostname_fedora()
 
-    def list (self):
-        if not self.test_instances:
-            header ("No known tests on %s"%self.line())
+    def list (self, verbose=False):
+        # verbose shows all tests
+        if verbose:
+            instances = self.test_instances
+            msg="tests"
         else:
-            header ("Known tests on %s"%self.line())
-            self.test_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
-            for i in self.test_instances: print i.line()
+            instances = [ i for i in self.test_instances if i.is_running() ]
+            msg="running tests"
+
+        if not instances:
+            header ("No %s on %s"%(msg,self.line()))
+        else:
+            header ("%s on %s"%(msg,self.line()))
+            instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
+            for i in instances: print i.line()
+        # show 'starting' regardless of verbose
         if self.starting_ips:
             header ("Starting IP addresses on %s"%self.line())
             self.starting_ips.sort()
             for starting in self.starting_ips: print starting
+        else:
+            header ("Empty 'starting' on %s"%self.line())
 
 ############################################################
 class Options: pass
@@ -789,15 +912,25 @@ class Substrate:
         self.options.reboot=False
         self.options.soft=False
         self.test_box = TestBox (self.test_box_spec())
-        self.build_boxes = [ BuildBox(h) for h in self.build_boxes_spec() ]
-        self.plc_boxes = [ PlcBox (h,m) for (h,m) in self.plc_boxes_spec ()]
+        self.build_lxc_boxes = [ BuildLxcBox(h) for h in self.build_lxc_boxes_spec() ]
+        self.plc_lxc_boxes = [ PlcLxcBox (h,m) for (h,m) in self.plc_lxc_boxes_spec ()]
         self.qemu_boxes = [ QemuBox (h,m) for (h,m) in self.qemu_boxes_spec ()]
+        self._sensed=False
+
+        self.vplc_pool = Pool (self.vplc_ips(),"for vplcs",self)
+        self.vnode_pool = Pool (self.vnode_ips(),"for vnodes",self)
+        
+        self.build_boxes = self.build_lxc_boxes
+        self.plc_boxes = self.plc_lxc_boxes
         self.default_boxes = self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes
         self.all_boxes = self.build_boxes + [ self.test_box ] + self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes
-        self._sensed=False
 
-        self.vplc_pool = Pool (self.vplc_ips(),"for vplcs")
-        self.vnode_pool = Pool (self.vnode_ips(),"for vnodes")
+    def summary_line (self):
+        msg  = "["
+        msg += " %d xp"%len(self.plc_lxc_boxes)
+        msg += " %d tried plc boxes"%len(self.plc_boxes)
+        msg += "]"
+        return msg
 
     def fqdn (self, hostname):
         if hostname.find('.')<0: return "%s.%s"%(hostname,self.domain())
@@ -812,7 +945,7 @@ class Substrate:
         self._sensed=True
         return True
 
-    def list (self):
+    def list (self, verbose=False):
         for b in self.default_boxes:
             b.list()
 
@@ -820,10 +953,15 @@ class Substrate:
         for pb in self.plc_boxes:
             if pb.hostname==plc_boxname:
                 pb.add_dummy(plcname)
+                return True
     def add_dummy_qemu (self, qemu_boxname, qemuname):
         for qb in self.qemu_boxes:
             if qb.hostname==qemu_boxname:
                 qb.add_dummy(qemuname)
+                return True
+
+    def add_starting_dummy (self, bname, vname):
+        return self.add_dummy_plc (bname, vname) or self.add_dummy_qemu (bname, vname)
 
     ########## 
     def provision (self,plcs,options):
@@ -834,6 +972,7 @@ class Substrate:
             plcs = [ self.provision_qemus (plc,options) for plc in plcs ]
             # update the SFA spec accordingly
             plcs = [ self.localize_sfa_rspec(plc,options) for plc in plcs ]
+            self.list()
             return plcs
         except Exception, e:
             print '* Could not provision this test on current substrate','--',e,'--','exiting'
@@ -874,7 +1013,7 @@ class Substrate:
             max_free=0
             # use the box that has max free spots for load balancing
             for pb in self.plc_boxes:
-                free=pb.free_spots()
+                free=pb.free_slots()
                 if free>max_free:
                     plc_boxname=pb.hostname
                     max_free=free
@@ -891,8 +1030,9 @@ class Substrate:
                 except:
                     msg=""
                     if not plc_boxname: msg += " PLC boxes are full"
-                    if not vplc_hostname: msg += " vplc IP pool exhausted" 
-                    raise Exception,"Could not make space for a PLC instance:"+msg
+                    if not vplc_hostname: msg += " vplc IP pool exhausted"
+                    msg += " %s"%self.summary_line()
+                    raise Exception,"Cannot make space for a PLC instance:"+msg
                 freed_plc_boxname=plc_instance_to_kill.plc_box.hostname
                 freed_vplc_hostname=plc_instance_to_kill.vplcname()
                 message='killing oldest plc instance = %s on %s'%(plc_instance_to_kill.line(),
@@ -910,7 +1050,7 @@ class Substrate:
         # 
         self.add_dummy_plc(plc_boxname,plc['name'])
         vplc_ip = self.vplc_pool.get_ip(vplc_hostname)
-        self.vplc_pool.add_starting(vplc_hostname)
+        self.vplc_pool.add_starting(vplc_hostname, plc_boxname)
 
         #### compute a helpful vserver name
         # remove domain in hostname
@@ -969,7 +1109,7 @@ class Substrate:
                 max_free=0
                 # use the box that has max free spots for load balancing
                 for qb in self.qemu_boxes:
-                    free=qb.free_spots()
+                    free=qb.free_slots()
                     if free>max_free:
                         qemu_boxname=qb.hostname
                         max_free=free
@@ -986,7 +1126,8 @@ class Substrate:
                         msg=""
                         if not qemu_boxname: msg += " QEMU boxes are full"
                         if not vnode_hostname: msg += " vnode IP pool exhausted" 
-                        raise Exception,"Could not make space for a QEMU instance:"+msg
+                        msg += " %s"%self.summary_line()
+                        raise Exception,"Cannot make space for a QEMU instance:"+msg
                     freed_qemu_boxname=qemu_instance_to_kill.qemu_box.hostname
                     freed_vnode_hostname=short_hostname(qemu_instance_to_kill.nodename)
                     # kill it
@@ -1000,15 +1141,16 @@ class Substrate:
                         vnode_hostname=freed_vnode_hostname
                         self.vnode_pool.set_mine(vnode_hostname)
 
-            self.add_dummy_qemu (qemu_boxname,nodename)
+            self.add_dummy_qemu (qemu_boxname,vnode_hostname)
             mac=self.vnode_pool.retrieve_userdata(vnode_hostname)
             ip=self.vnode_pool.get_ip (vnode_hostname)
-            self.vnode_pool.add_starting(vnode_hostname)
+            self.vnode_pool.add_starting(vnode_hostname,qemu_boxname)
 
             vnode_fqdn = self.fqdn(vnode_hostname)
             nodemap={'host_box':qemu_boxname,
                      'node_fields:hostname':vnode_fqdn,
                      'interface_fields:ip':ip, 
+                     'ipaddress_fields:ip_addr':ip, 
                      'interface_fields:mac':mac,
                      }
             nodemap.update(self.network_settings())
@@ -1024,11 +1166,8 @@ class Substrate:
         plc['sfa']['SFA_REGISTRY_HOST'] = plc['PLC_DB_HOST']
         plc['sfa']['SFA_AGGREGATE_HOST'] = plc['PLC_DB_HOST']
         plc['sfa']['SFA_SM_HOST'] = plc['PLC_DB_HOST']
-        plc['sfa']['SFA_PLC_DB_HOST'] = plc['PLC_DB_HOST']
+        plc['sfa']['SFA_DB_HOST'] = plc['PLC_DB_HOST']
         plc['sfa']['SFA_PLC_URL'] = 'https://' + plc['PLC_API_HOST'] + ':443/PLCAPI/' 
-        for site in plc['sites']:
-            for node in site['nodes']:
-                plc['sfa']['sfa_slice_rspec']['part4'] = node['node_fields']['hostname']
        return plc
 
     #################### release:
@@ -1040,37 +1179,39 @@ class Substrate:
     #################### show results for interactive mode
     def get_box (self,boxname):
         for b in self.build_boxes + self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes + [self.test_box] :
-            if b.shortname()==boxname:
-                return b
+            if b.shortname()==boxname:                          return b
+            try:
+                if b.shortname()==boxname.split('.')[0]:        return b
+            except: pass
         print "Could not find box %s"%boxname
         return None
 
-    def list_boxes(self,boxnames):
+    def list_boxes(self,box_or_names):
         print 'Sensing',
-        for boxname in boxnames:
-            b=self.get_box(boxname)
-            if not b: continue
-            b.sense(self.options)
+        for box in box_or_names:
+            if not isinstance(box,Box): box=self.get_box(box)
+            if not box: continue
+            box.sense(self.options)
         print 'Done'
-        for boxname in boxnames:
-            b=self.get_box(boxname)
-            if not b: continue
-            b.list()
+        for box in box_or_names:
+            if not isinstance(box,Box): box=self.get_box(box)
+            if not box: continue
+            box.list(self.options.verbose)
 
-    def reboot_boxes(self,boxnames):
-        for boxname in boxnames:
-            b=self.get_box(boxname)
-            if not b: continue
-            b.reboot(self.options)
+    def reboot_boxes(self,box_or_names):
+        for box in box_or_names:
+            if not isinstance(box,Box): box=self.get_box(box)
+            if not box: continue
+            box.reboot(self.options)
 
     ####################
-    # can be run as a utility to manage the local infrastructure
+    # can be run as a utility to probe/display/manage the local infrastructure
     def main (self):
         parser=OptionParser()
         parser.add_option ('-r',"--reboot",action='store_true',dest='reboot',default=False,
                            help='reboot mode (use shutdown -r)')
         parser.add_option ('-s',"--soft",action='store_true',dest='soft',default=False,
-                           help='soft mode for reboot (vserver stop or kill qemus)')
+                           help='soft mode for reboot (terminates processes)')
         parser.add_option ('-t',"--testbox",action='store_true',dest='testbox',default=False,
                            help='add test box') 
         parser.add_option ('-b',"--build",action='store_true',dest='builds',default=False,
@@ -1088,17 +1229,17 @@ class Substrate:
         (self.options,args)=parser.parse_args()
 
         boxes=args
-        if self.options.testbox: boxes += [self.test_box.hostname]
-        if self.options.builds: boxes += [b.hostname for b in self.build_boxes]
-        if self.options.plcs: boxes += [b.hostname for b in self.plc_boxes]
-        if self.options.qemus: boxes += [b.hostname for b in self.qemu_boxes]
-        if self.options.all: boxes += [b.hostname for b in self.all_boxes]
-        boxes=list(set(boxes))
+        if self.options.testbox: boxes += [self.test_box]
+        if self.options.builds: boxes += self.build_boxes
+        if self.options.plcs: boxes += self.plc_boxes
+        if self.options.qemus: boxes += self.qemu_boxes
+        if self.options.all: boxes += self.all_boxes
         
-        # default scope is -b -p -q
+        global verbose
+        verbose=self.options.verbose
+        # default scope is -b -p -q -t
         if not boxes:
-            boxes = [ b.hostname for b in \
-                          self.build_boxes + self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes ]
+            boxes = self.build_boxes + self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes + [self.test_box]
 
         if self.options.reboot: self.reboot_boxes (boxes)
         else:                   self.list_boxes (boxes)