bonds: use rung <=> run -G that hurts my pinky
[tests.git] / system / Substrate.py
index 1edc237..a6d02e2 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@inria.fr>
-# Copyright (C) 2010 INRIA 
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 INRIA 
 #
 # #################### history
 #
@@ -51,22 +51,66 @@ import time
 import re
 import traceback
 import subprocess
-import commands
 import socket
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 import utils
 from TestSsh import TestSsh
 from TestMapper import TestMapper
+from functools import reduce
 
-def header (message,banner=True):
+# too painful to propagate this cleanly
+verbose = None
+
+def header (message, banner=True):
     if not message: return
-    if banner: print "===============",
-    print message
+    if banner:
+        print("===============", end=' ')
+    print(message)
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
-def timestamp_sort(o1,o2): return o1.timestamp-o2.timestamp
+def timestamp_key(o): return o.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 __repr__(self):
+        return '<Starting>'
+
+    def load (self):
+        try:
+            with open(Starting.location) as starting:
+                self.tuples = [line.strip().split('@') for line in starting.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():
+            with open(Starting.location, 'a') as out:
+                out.write("{}@{}\n".format(vname, bname))
+            
+    def delete_vname (self, vname):
+        self.load()
+        if vname in self.vnames():
+            with open(Starting.location, 'w') as f:
+                for (v, b) in self.tuples: 
+                    if v != vname:
+                        f.write("{}@{}\n".format(v, b))
+    
 ####################
 # pool class
 # allows to pick an available IP among a pool
@@ -85,607 +129,991 @@ def timestamp_sort(o1,o2): return o1.timestamp-o2.timestamp
 # that is, even if ip2 is not busy/pingable when the second next_free() is issued
 
 class PoolItem:
-    def __init__ (self,hostname,userdata):
-        self.hostname=hostname
-        self.userdata=userdata
+    def __init__ (self, hostname, userdata):
+        self.hostname = hostname
+        self.userdata = userdata
         # slot holds 'busy' or 'free' or 'mine' or 'starting' or None
         # 'mine' is for our own stuff, 'starting' from the concurrent tests
-        self.status=None
-        self.ip=None
+        self.status = None
+        self.ip = None
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<PoolItem {} {}>".format(self.hostname, self.userdata)
 
     def line(self):
-        return "Pooled %s (%s) -> %s"%(self.hostname,self.userdata, self.status)
+        return "Pooled {} ({}) -> {}".format(self.hostname, self.userdata, self.status)
 
     def char (self):
-        if   self.status==None:       return '?'
-        elif self.status=='busy':     return '*'
-        elif self.status=='free':     return '.'
-        elif self.status=='mine':     return 'M'
-        elif self.status=='starting': return 'S'
+        if   self.status == None:       return '?'
+        elif self.status == 'busy':     return '+'
+        elif self.status == 'free':     return '-'
+        elif self.status == 'mine':     return 'M'
+        elif self.status == 'starting': return 'S'
 
     def get_ip(self):
-        if self.ip: return self.ip
-        ip=socket.gethostbyname(self.hostname)
-        self.ip=ip
-        return ip
+        if self.ip:
+            return self.ip
+        self.ip = socket.gethostbyname(self.hostname)
+        return self.ip
 
 class Pool:
 
-    def __init__ (self, tuples,message):
-        self.pool= [ PoolItem (h,u) for (h,u) in tuples ] 
-        self.message=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):
-        for i in self.pool: print i.line()
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Pool {} : {} .. {}>".format(self.message, self.pool_items[0], self.pool_items[-1])
+
+    def list (self, verbose=False):
+        print(self)
+        for i in self.pool_items: print(i.line())
 
     def line (self):
-        line=self.message
-        for i in self.pool: line += ' ' + i.char()
+        line = self.message
+        for i in self.pool_items: line += ' ' + i.char()
         return line
 
     def _item (self, hostname):
-        for i in self.pool: 
-            if i.hostname==hostname: return i
-        raise Exception ("Could not locate hostname %s in pool %s"%(hostname,self.message))
+        for i in self.pool_items
+            if i.hostname == hostname: return i
+        raise Exception ("Could not locate hostname {} in pool {}".format(hostname, self.message))
 
     def retrieve_userdata (self, hostname): 
         return self._item(hostname).userdata
 
     def get_ip (self, hostname):
-        try:    return self._item(hostname).get_ip()
-        except: return socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
+        try:
+            return self._item(hostname).get_ip()
+        except:
+            return socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
         
     def set_mine (self, hostname):
         try:
             self._item(hostname).status='mine'
         except:
-            print 'WARNING: host %s not found in IP pool %s'%(hostname,self.message)
+            print('WARNING: host {} not found in IP pool {}'.format(hostname, self.message))
 
     def next_free (self):
-        for i in self.pool:
+        for i in self.pool_items:
             if i.status == 'free':
-                i.status='mine'
-                return (i.hostname,i.userdata)
+                i.status = 'mine'
+                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')
-        for i in self.pool:
-            if i.hostname==name: i.status='mine'
-            
-    # we load this after actual sensing; 
+    ####################
+    # 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 == 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:
-            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:
-            if i.status=='mine': 
-                self.del_starting(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()
-    
+        for i in self.pool_items:
+            if i.status == 'mine':
+                Starting().delete_vname(i.hostname)
+                i.status = None
+
+
     ##########
     def _sense (self):
-        for item in self.pool:
+        for item in self.pool_items:
             if item.status is not None: 
+                print(item.char(), end=' ')
                 continue
             if self.check_ping (item.hostname): 
-                item.status='busy'
+                item.status = 'busy'
+                print('*', end=' ')
             else:
-                item.status='free'
+                item.status = 'free'
+                print('.', end=' ')
+            sys.stdout.flush()
     
     def sense (self):
-        print 'Sensing IP pool',self.message,
+        print('Sensing IP pool', self.message, end=' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
         self._sense()
-        print 'Done'
-        self.load_starting()
-        print 'After starting: IP pool'
-        print self.line()
-
+        print('Done')
+        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
     # returns True when a given hostname/ip responds to ping
-    def check_ping (self,hostname):
+    def check_ping (self, hostname):
+        if '.' not in hostname:
+            hostname = self.substrate.fqdn(hostname)
         if not Pool.ping_timeout_option:
-            (status,osname) = commands.getstatusoutput("uname -s")
+            (status, osname) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("uname -s")
             if status != 0:
-                raise Exception, "TestPool: Cannot figure your OS name"
+                raise Exception("TestPool: Cannot figure your OS name")
             if osname == "Linux":
-                Pool.ping_timeout_option="-w"
+                Pool.ping_timeout_option = "-w"
             elif osname == "Darwin":
-                Pool.ping_timeout_option="-t"
+                Pool.ping_timeout_option = "-t"
 
-        command="ping -c 1 %s 1 %s"%(Pool.ping_timeout_option,hostname)
-        (status,output) = commands.getstatusoutput(command)
-        if status==0:   print '*',
-        else:           print '.',
+        command = "ping -c 1 {} 1 {}".format(Pool.ping_timeout_option, hostname)
+        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
         return status == 0
 
 ####################
 class Box:
-    def __init__ (self,hostname):
-        self.hostname=hostname
-    def short_hostname (self):
-        return self.hostname.split('.')[0]
-    def test_ssh (self): return TestSsh(self.hostname,username='root',unknown_host=False)
-    def reboot (self):
-        self.test_ssh().run("shutdown -r now",message="Rebooting %s"%self.hostname)
-
-    def run(self,argv,message=None,trash_err=False,dry_run=False):
+    def __init__ (self, hostname):
+        self.hostname = hostname
+        self._probed = None
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Box {}>".format(self.hostname)
+    def shortname (self):
+        return short_hostname(self.hostname)
+    def test_ssh (self):
+        return TestSsh(self.hostname, username='root', unknown_host=False)
+    def reboot (self, options):
+        self.test_ssh().run("shutdown -r now",
+                            message="Rebooting {}".format(self.hostname),
+                            dry_run=options.dry_run)
+
+    def hostname_fedora (self, virt=None):
+        # this truly is an opening bracket
+        result = "{}".format(self.hostname) + " {"
+        if virt:
+            result += "{}-".format(virt)
+        result += "{} {}".format(self.fedora(), self.memory())
+        # too painful to propagate this cleanly
+        global verbose
+        if verbose:
+            result += "-{}".format(self.uname())
+        # and the matching closing bracket
+        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" ]
+        composite_command += [ ";" , "echo", Box.separator , ";" ]
+        composite_command += [ "grep", "MemTotal", "/proc/meminfo" ]
+
+        # 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 = self._memory = "** Unknown **"
+        if not composite: 
+            print("root@{} unreachable".format(self.hostname))
+            self._probed = ''
+        else:
+            try:
+                pieces = composite.split(Box.separator)
+                pieces = [ x.strip() for x in pieces ]
+                # get raw data
+                [hostname, uptime, uname, fedora, memory] = pieces
+                # customize
+                self._hostname = hostname
+                self._uptime = ', '.join([ x.strip() for x in uptime.split(',')[2:]]).replace("load average", "load")
+                self._uname = uname
+                self._fedora = fedora.replace("Fedora release ","f").split(" ")[0]
+                # translate into Mb
+                self._memory = int(memory.split()[1])/(1024)
+            except Exception as e:
+                import traceback
+                print('BEG issue with pieces')
+                traceback.print_exc()
+            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 '*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 memory(self):
+        self.probe()
+        if hasattr(self,'_memory') and self._memory: return "{} Mb".format(self._memory)
+        return '*unprobed* memory'
+
+    def run(self, argv, message=None, trash_err=False, dry_run=False):
         if dry_run:
-            print 'DRY_RUN:',
-            print " ".join(argv)
+            print('DRY_RUN:', end=' ')
+            print(" ".join(argv))
             return 0
         else:
             header(message)
             if not trash_err:
                 return subprocess.call(argv)
             else:
-                return subprocess.call(argv,stderr=file('/dev/null','w'))
+                with open('/dev/null', 'w') as null:
+                    return subprocess.call(argv, stderr=null)
                 
-    def run_ssh (self, argv, message, trash_err=False):
+    def run_ssh (self, argv, message, trash_err=False, dry_run=False):
         ssh_argv = self.test_ssh().actual_argv(argv)
-        result=self.run (ssh_argv, message, trash_err)
-        if result!=0:
-            print "WARNING: failed to run %s on %s"%(" ".join(argv),self.hostname)
+        result = self.run (ssh_argv, message, trash_err, dry_run=dry_run)
+        if result != 0:
+            print("WARNING: failed to run {} on {}".format(" ".join(argv), self.hostname))
         return result
 
     def backquote (self, argv, trash_err=False):
+        # in python3 we need to set universal_newlines=True
         if not trash_err:
-            result= subprocess.Popen(argv,stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+            out_err = subprocess.Popen(argv, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                       universal_newlines=True).communicate()
         else:
-            result= subprocess.Popen(argv,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=file('/dev/null','w')).communicate()[0]
-        return result
-
+            with open('/dev/null', 'w') as null:
+                out_err = subprocess.Popen(argv, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=null,
+                                           universal_newlines=True).communicate()
+        # only interested in stdout here
+        return out_err[0]
+
+    # 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):
-        # first probe the ssh link
-        probe_argv=self.test_ssh().actual_argv(['hostname'])
-        hostname=self.backquote ( probe_argv, trash_err=True )
-        if not hostname:
-            print "root@%s unreachable"%self.hostname
-            return ''
-        else:
-            return self.backquote( self.test_ssh().actual_argv(argv), trash_err)
+        if not self.probe(): return ''
+        return self.backquote(self.test_ssh().actual_argv(argv), trash_err)
 
 ############################################################
 class BuildInstance:
     def __init__ (self, buildname, pid, buildbox):
-        self.buildname=buildname
-        self.buildbox=buildbox
-        self.pids=[pid]
+        self.buildname = buildname
+        self.buildbox = buildbox
+        self.pids = [pid]
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<BuildInstance {} in {}>".format(self.buildname, self.buildbox)
 
     def add_pid(self,pid):
         self.pids.append(pid)
 
     def line (self):
-        return "== %s == (pids=%r)"%(self.buildname,self.pids)
+        return "== {} == (pids={})".format(self.buildname, self.pids)
 
 class BuildBox (Box):
-    def __init__ (self,hostname):
-        Box.__init__(self,hostname)
-        self.build_instances=[]
+    def __init__ (self, hostname):
+        Box.__init__(self, hostname)
+        self.build_instances = []
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<BuildBox {}>".format(self.hostname)
 
-    def add_build (self,buildname,pid):
+    def add_build(self, buildname, pid):
         for build in self.build_instances:
-            if build.buildname==buildname: 
+            if build.buildname == buildname: 
                 build.add_pid(pid)
                 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 {} ({})'.format(self.hostname_fedora(), self.uptime()))
         else:
-            header ("Builds on %s (%s)"%(self.hostname,self.uptime()))
+            header ("Builds on {} ({})".format(self.hostname_fedora(), self.uptime()))
             for b in self.build_instances: 
-                header (b.line(),banner=False)
+                header (b.line(), banner=False)
 
-    def uptime(self):
-        if hasattr(self,'_uptime') and self._uptime: return self._uptime
-        return '*undef* uptime'
+    def reboot (self, options):
+        if not options.soft:
+            Box.reboot(self, options)
+        else:
+            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,reboot=False,verbose=True):
-        if reboot:
-            self.reboot(box)
-            return
-        print 'b',
-        command=['uptime']
-        self._uptime=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).strip()
-        if not self._uptime: self._uptime='unreachable'
-        pids=self.backquote_ssh(['pgrep','vbuild'],trash_err=True)
+    def sense(self, options):
+        print('xb', end=' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        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')
+        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)
+            if not line.strip() or line.find('PID') >= 0: continue
+            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)
-
+                date = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time.localtime(time.time()))
+                buildname = m.group('buildname').replace('@DATE@', date)
+                self.add_build(buildname, m.group('pid'))
+                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 {} returned line that failed to match'.format(command))
+            header(">>{}<<".format(line))
+    
 ############################################################
 class PlcInstance:
-    def __init__ (self, vservername, ctxid, plcbox):
-        self.vservername=vservername
-        self.ctxid=ctxid
-        self.plc_box=plcbox
+    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))
+        self.timestamp = 0
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<PlcInstance {}>".format(self.plc_box)
+        
+    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 __repr__(self):
+        return "<PlcLxcInstance {}>".format(self.lxcname)
 
     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     
-        if self.timestamp: msg += " @ %s"%self.pretty_timestamp()
+        msg="== {} ==".format(self.vplcname())
+        msg += " [={}]".format(self.lxcname)
+        if self.pid==-1:  msg+=" not (yet?) running"
+        else:              msg+=" (pid={})".format(self.pid)
+        if self.timestamp: msg += " @ {}".format(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  {}:/root".format(self.plc_box.hostname)
+        subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+        msg="lxc container stopping {} on {}".format(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
+        Box.__init__(self, hostname)
+        self.plc_instances = []
+        self.max_plcs = max_plcs
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<PlcBox {}>".format(self.hostname)
 
-    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 {}'.format(self.line()))
         else:
-            header ("Active plc VMs on %s"%self.line())
-            self.plc_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
+            header ("Active plc VMs on {}".format(self.line()))
+            self.plc_instances.sort(key=timestamp_key)
             for p in self.plc_instances: 
-                header (p.line(),banner=False)
-
-    def free_spots (self):
-        return self.max_plcs - len(self.plc_instances)
-
-    def uname(self):
-        if hasattr(self,'_uname') and self._uname: return self._uname
-        return '*undef* uname'
+                header (p.line(), banner=False)
 
-    def plc_instance_by_vservername (self, vservername):
-        for p in self.plc_instances:
-            if p.vservername==vservername: return p
-        return None
+## we do not this at INRIA any more
+class PlcLxcBox (PlcBox):
 
-    def sense (self, reboot=False, soft=False):
-        if reboot:
-            # remove mark for all running servers to avoid resurrection
-            stop_command=['rm','-rf','/etc/vservers/*/apps/init/mark']
-            self.run_ssh(stop_command,"Removing all vserver marks on %s"%self.hostname)
-            if not soft:
-                self.reboot()
+    def add_lxc (self, lxcname, pid):
+        for plc in self.plc_instances:
+            if plc.lxcname == lxcname:
+                header("WARNING, duplicate myplc {} running on {}"\
+                       .format(lxcname, self.hostname), banner=False)
                 return
-            else:
-                self.run_ssh(['service','util-vserver','stop'],"Stopping all running vservers")
-            return
-        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
-            longname=ctx_dict[context]
-            self.add_vserver(longname,context)
-#            print self.margin_outline(self.vplcname(longname)),"%(vserver_line)s [=%(longname)s]"%locals()
-
-        # 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:
-                (_,__,vservername,tail)=ts_line.split('/')
-                (_,timestamp)=tail.split(':')
-                timestamp=int(timestamp)
-                p=self.plc_instance_by_vservername(vservername)
-                if not p: 
-                    print 'WARNING unattached plc instance',ts_line
-                    print 'was expecting to find',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
-        
+        self.plc_instances.append(PlcLxcInstance(self, lxcname, pid))    
 
 
+    # a line describing the box
+    def line(self): 
+        return "{} [max={},free={}] ({})".format(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.lxcname == lxcname:
+                return p
+        return None
+    
+    # essentially shutdown all running containers
+    def soft_reboot(self, options):
+        command="rsync lxc-driver.sh  {}:/root".format(self.hostname)
+        subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+        self.run_ssh( ['/root/lxc-driver.sh','-c','stop_all'],
+                      "Stopping all running lxc containers on {}".format(self.hostname),
+                      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("xp", end=' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        command = "rsync lxc-driver.sh  {}:/root".format(self.hostname)
+        subprocess.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
+            # we mix build and plc VMs
+            if 'vplc' not in 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: 
-    def __init__ (self, nodename, pid, qemubox):
-        self.nodename=nodename
-        self.pid=pid
-        self.qemu_box=qemubox
+    def __init__(self, nodename, pid, qemubox):
+        self.nodename = nodename
+        self.pid = pid
+        self.qemu_box = qemubox
         # not known yet
-        self.buildname=None
-        self.timestamp=0
+        self.buildname = None
+        self.timestamp = 0
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<QemuInstance {}>".format(self.nodename)
         
-    def set_buildname (self,buildname): self.buildname=buildname
-    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))
+    def set_buildname (self, buildname):
+        self.buildname = buildname
+    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))
     
     def line (self):
-        msg = "== %s =="%(self.nodename)
-        msg += " [=%s]"%self.buildname
-        if self.pid:       msg += " (pid=%s)"%self.pid
+        msg = "== {} ==".format(short_hostname(self.nodename))
+        msg += " [={}]".format(self.buildname)
+        if self.pid:       msg += " (pid={})".format(self.pid)
         else:              msg += " not (yet?) running"
-        if self.timestamp: msg += " @ %s"%self.pretty_timestamp()
+        if self.timestamp: msg += " @ {}".format(self.pretty_timestamp())
         else:              msg += " *unknown timestamp*"
         return msg
     
     def kill(self):
-        if self.pid==0: 
-            print "cannot kill qemu %s with pid==0"%self.nodename
+        if self.pid == 0: 
+            print("cannot kill qemu {} with pid==0".format(self.nodename))
             return
-        msg="Killing qemu %s with pid=%s on box %s"%(self.nodename,self.pid,self.qemu_box.hostname)
-        self.qemu_box.run_ssh(['kill',"%s"%self.pid],msg)
+        msg = "Killing qemu {} with pid={} on box {}".format(self.nodename, self.pid, self.qemu_box.hostname)
+        self.qemu_box.run_ssh(['kill', "{}".format(self.pid)], msg)
         self.qemu_box.forget(self)
 
 
 class QemuBox (Box):
     def __init__ (self, hostname, max_qemus):
-        Box.__init__(self,hostname)
-        self.qemu_instances=[]
-        self.max_qemus=max_qemus
+        Box.__init__(self, hostname)
+        self.qemu_instances = []
+        self.max_qemus = max_qemus
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<QemuBox {}>".format(self.hostname)
 
-    def add_node (self,nodename,pid):
+    def add_node(self, nodename, pid):
         for qemu in self.qemu_instances:
-            if qemu.nodename==nodename: 
-                header("WARNING, duplicate qemu %s running on %s"%\
-                           (nodename,self.hostname), banner=False)
+            if qemu.nodename == nodename: 
+                header("WARNING, duplicate qemu {} running on {}"\
+                       .format(nodename,self.hostname), banner=False)
                 return
-        self.qemu_instances.append(QemuInstance(nodename,pid,self))
+        self.qemu_instances.append(QemuInstance(nodename, pid, self))
+
+    def node_names (self):
+        return [ qi.nodename for qi in self.qemu_instances ]
 
     def forget (self, qemu_instance):
         self.qemu_instances.remove(qemu_instance)
 
     # fill one slot even though this one is not started yet
-    def add_dummy (self, nodename):
-        dummy=QemuInstance('dummy_'+nodename,0,self)
+    def add_dummy(self, nodename):
+        dummy=QemuInstance('dummy_'+nodename, 0, self)
         dummy.set_now()
         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 "{} [max={},free={}] ({}) {}"\
+            .format(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 {}'.format(self.line()))
         else:
-            header ("Active qemu processes on %s"%(self.line()))
-            self.qemu_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
+            header ("Qemus on {}".format(self.line()))
+            self.qemu_instances.sort(key=timestamp_key)
             for q in self.qemu_instances: 
-                header (q.line(),banner=False)
+                header (q.line(), banner=False)
 
-    def free_spots (self):
+    def free_slots (self):
         return self.max_qemus - len(self.qemu_instances)
 
     def driver(self):
-        if hasattr(self,'_driver') and self._driver: return self._driver
+        if hasattr(self,'_driver') and self._driver:
+            return self._driver
         return '*undef* driver'
 
-    def qemu_instance_by_pid (self,pid):
+    def qemu_instance_by_pid(self, pid):
         for q in self.qemu_instances:
-            if q.pid==pid: return q
+            if q.pid == pid:
+                return q
         return None
 
-    def qemu_instance_by_nodename_buildname (self,nodename,buildname):
+    def qemu_instance_by_nodename_buildname (self, nodename, buildname):
         for q in self.qemu_instances:
-            if q.nodename==nodename and q.buildname==buildname:
+            if q.nodename == nodename and q.buildname == buildname:
                 return q
         return None
 
+    def reboot (self, options):
+        if not options.soft:
+            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, reboot=False, soft=False):
-        if reboot:
-            if not soft:
-                self.reboot()
-            else:
-                self.run_ssh(box,['pkill','qemu'],"Killing qemu instances")
-            return
-        print 'q',
-        modules=self.backquote_ssh(['lsmod']).split('\n')
-        self._driver='*NO kqemu/kmv_intel MODULE LOADED*'
+
+    def sense(self, options):
+        print('qn', end=' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        modules = self.backquote_ssh(['lsmod']).split('\n')
+        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)
-            elif module.find('kvm_intel')==0:
-                self._driver='kvm_intel module loaded'
+            if module.find('kqemu') == 0:
+                self._driver = 'kqemu module loaded'
+            # kvm might be loaded without kvm_intel (we dont have AMD)
+            elif module.find('kvm_intel') == 0:
+                self._driver = 'kvm_intel OK'
         ########## find out running pids
-        pids=self.backquote_ssh(['pgrep','qemu'])
-        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")
+        pids = self.backquote_ssh(['pgrep','qemu'])
+        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=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 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'))
+                continue
+            header('QemuBox.sense: command {} returned line that failed to match'.format(command))
+            header(">>{}<<".format(line))
         ########## retrieve alive instances and map to build
         live_builds=[]
-        command=['grep','.','*/*/qemu.pid','/dev/null']
-        pid_lines=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).split('\n')
+        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
+            if not pid_line.strip():
+                continue
             # expect <build>/<nodename>/qemu.pid:<pid>pid
             try:
-                (buildname,nodename,tail)=pid_line.split('/')
-                (_,pid)=tail.split(':')
-                q=self.qemu_instance_by_pid (pid)
-                if not q: continue
+                (_, __, buildname, nodename, tail) = pid_line.split('/')
+                (_,pid) = tail.split(':')
+                q = self.qemu_instance_by_pid(pid)
+                if not q:
+                    continue
                 q.set_buildname(buildname)
                 live_builds.append(buildname)
-            except: print 'WARNING, could not parse pid line',pid_line
+            except:
+                print('WARNING, could not parse pid line', pid_line)
         # retrieve timestamps
-        command=   ['grep','.']
-        command += ['%s/*/timestamp'%b for b in live_builds]
+        if not live_builds:
+            return
+        command =  ['grep','.']
+        command += ['/vservers/{}/*/timestamp'.format(b) for b in live_builds]
         command += ['/dev/null']
-        ts_lines=self.backquote_ssh(command,trash_err=True).split('\n')
+        ts_lines = self.backquote_ssh(command, trash_err=True).split('\n')
         for ts_line in ts_lines:
-            if not ts_line.strip(): continue
+            if not ts_line.strip():
+                continue
             # expect <build>/<nodename>/timestamp:<timestamp>
             try:
-                (buildname,nodename,tail)=ts_line.split('/')
-                nodename=nodename.replace('qemu-','')
-                (_,timestamp)=tail.split(':')
-                timestamp=int(timestamp)
-                q=self.qemu_instance_by_nodename_buildname(nodename,buildname)
+                (_, __, buildname, nodename, tail) = ts_line.split('/')
+                nodename = nodename.replace('qemu-', '')
+                (_, timestamp) = tail.split(':')
+                timestamp = int(timestamp)
+                q = self.qemu_instance_by_nodename_buildname(nodename, buildname)
                 if not q: 
-                    print 'WARNING unattached qemu instance',ts_line,nodename,buildname
+                    # this warning corresponds to qemu instances that were not killed properly 
+                    # and that have a dangling qemu.pid - and not even all of them as they need
+                    # to be attached to a build that has a node running...
+                    # it is more confusing than helpful, so let's just trash it
+                    #print 'WARNING zombie qemu',self.hostname,ts_line
+                    #print '... was expecting (',short_hostname(nodename),buildname,') in',\
+                    #    [ (short_hostname(i.nodename),i.buildname) for i in self.qemu_instances ]
                     continue
                 q.set_timestamp(timestamp)
-            except:  print 'WARNING, could not parse ts line',ts_line
+            except:
+                print('WARNING, could not parse ts line',ts_line)
+
+####################
+class TestInstance:
+    def __init__(self, buildname, pid=0):
+        self.pids = []
+        if pid != 0:
+            self.pid.append(pid)
+        self.buildname = buildname
+        # latest trace line
+        self.trace = ''
+        # has a KO test
+        self.broken_steps = []
+        self.timestamp = 0
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<TestInstance {}>".format(self.buildname)
+
+    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))
+    def is_running (self):
+        return len(self.pids) != 0
+    def add_pid(self, pid):
+        self.pids.append(pid)
+    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):
+        # 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 = " {} {} ==".format(double, self.buildname)
+        if not self.pids:
+            pass
+        elif len(self.pids)==1:
+            msg += " (pid={})".format(self.pids[0])
+        else:
+            msg += " !!!pids={}!!!".format(self.pids)
+        msg += " @{}".format(self.pretty_timestamp())
+        if letter2 != '=':
+            msg2 = ( ' BROKEN' if letter2 == 'B' else ' WARNING' )
+            # sometimes we have an empty plcindex
+            msg += " [{}=".format(msg2) \
+                   + " ".join(["{}@{}".format(s, i) if i else s for (i, s) in self.broken_steps]) \
+                   + "]"
+        return msg
+
+class TestBox(Box):
+    def __init__(self, hostname):
+        Box.__init__(self, hostname)
+        self.starting_ips = []
+        self.test_instances = []
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<TestBox {}>".format(self.hostname)
+
+    def reboot(self, options):
+        # 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', Starting.location], "Cleaning {}".format(Starting.location),
+                      dry_run=options.dry_run)
+
+    def get_test(self, buildname):
+        for i in self.test_instances:
+            if i.buildname == buildname:
+                return i
+
+    # we scan ALL remaining test results, even the ones not running
+    def add_timestamp(self, buildname, timestamp):
+        i = self.get_test(buildname)
+        if i:   
+            i.set_timestamp(timestamp)
+        else:   
+            i = TestInstance(buildname, 0)
+            i.set_timestamp(timestamp)
+            self.test_instances.append(i)
+
+    def add_running_test(self, pid, buildname):
+        i = self.get_test(buildname)
+        if not i:
+            self.test_instances.append(TestInstance(buildname, pid))
+            return
+        if i.pids:
+            print("WARNING: 2 concurrent tests run on same build {}".format(buildname))
+        i.add_pid(pid)
+
+    def add_broken(self, buildname, plcindex, step):
+        i = self.get_test(buildname)
+        if not i:
+            i = TestInstance(buildname)
+            self.test_instances.append(i)
+        i.set_broken(plcindex, step)
+
+    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('tm', end=' ')
+        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
+        # xxx would make sense above too
+        command = ['bash', '-c', "grep . /root/*/timestamp /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 /root/<buildname>/timestamp:<timestamp>
+            try:
+                (ts_file, timestamp) = ts_line.split(':')
+                ts_file = os.path.dirname(ts_file)
+                buildname = os.path.basename(ts_file)
+                timestamp = int(timestamp)
+                t = self.add_timestamp(buildname, timestamp)
+            except:
+                print('WARNING, could not parse ts line', ts_line)
+
+        # 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)
+                continue
+            header("TestBox.sense: command {} returned line that failed to match\n{}".format(command, line))
+            header(">>{}<<".format(line))
+
+        pids = self.backquote_ssh (['pgrep', 'run_log'], trash_err=True)
+        if not pids:
+            return
+        command = ['ls','-ld'] + ["/proc/{}/cwd".format(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():
+                continue
+            m = TestBox.matcher_proc.match(line)
+            if m: 
+                pid = m.group('pid')
+                buildname = m.group('buildname')
+                self.add_running_test(pid, buildname)
+                continue
+            header("TestBox.sense: command {} returned line that failed to match\n{}".format(command, line))
+            header(">>{}<<".format(line))
+        
+        
+    def line (self):
+        return self.hostname_fedora()
+
+    def list (self, verbose=False):
+        # verbose shows all tests
+        if verbose:
+            instances = self.test_instances
+            msg="tests"
+        else:
+            instances = [ i for i in self.test_instances if i.is_running() ]
+            msg="running tests"
+
+        if not instances:
+            header ("No {} on {}".format(msg, self.line()))
+        else:
+            header ("{} on {}".format(msg, self.line()))
+            instances.sort(key=timestamp_key)
+            for i in instances:
+                print(i.line())
+        # show 'starting' regardless of verbose
+        if self.starting_ips:
+            header("Starting IP addresses on {}".format(self.line()))
+            self.starting_ips.sort()
+            for starting in self.starting_ips:
+                print(starting)
+        else:
+            header("Empty 'starting' on {}".format(self.line()))
 
 ############################################################
 class Options: pass
 
 class Substrate:
 
-    def __init__ (self):
-        self.options=Options()
-        self.options.dry_run=False
-        self.options.verbose=False
-        self.options.probe=True
-        self.options.soft=True
-        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.qemu_boxes = [ QemuBox (h,m) for (h,m) in self.qemu_boxes_spec ()]
-        self.all_boxes = self.build_boxes + 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 __init__(self):
+        self.options = Options()
+        self.options.dry_run = False
+        self.options.verbose = False
+        self.options.reboot = False
+        self.options.soft = False
+        self.test_box = TestBox (self.test_box_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
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Substrate {}>".format(self.summary_line())
+
+    def summary_line (self):
+        msg  = "["
+        msg += " {} xp".format(len(self.plc_lxc_boxes))
+        msg += " {} xq".format(len(self.qemu_boxes))
+        msg += "]"
+        return msg
 
     def fqdn (self, hostname):
-        if hostname.find('.')<0: return "%s.%s"%(hostname,self.domain())
-        return hostname
-    def short_hostname (self, hostname):
-        if hostname.find('.')>=0: return hostname.split('.')[0]
+        if hostname.find('.') < 0:
+            return "{}.{}".format(hostname, self.domain())
         return hostname
 
     # return True if actual sensing takes place
-    def sense (self,force=False):
-        if self._sensed and not force: return False
-        print 'Sensing local substrate...',
-        for b in self.all_boxes: b.sense()
-        print 'Done'
-        self._sensed=True
+    def sense(self, force=False):
+        if self._sensed and not force:
+            return False
+        print('Sensing local substrate...', end=' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        for b in self.default_boxes:
+            b.sense(self.options)
+        print('Done')
+        self._sensed = True
         return True
 
-    def add_dummy_plc (self, plc_boxname, plcname):
+    def list(self, verbose=False):
+        for b in self.default_boxes:
+            b.list()
+
+    def add_dummy_plc(self, plc_boxname, plcname):
         for pb in self.plc_boxes:
-            if pb.hostname==plc_boxname:
+            if pb.hostname == plc_boxname:
                 pb.add_dummy(plcname)
-    def add_dummy_qemu (self, qemu_boxname, qemuname):
+                return True
+    def add_dummy_qemu(self, qemu_boxname, qemuname):
         for qb in self.qemu_boxes:
-            if qb.hostname==qemu_boxname:
+            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):
+    def provision(self, plcs, options):
         try:
             # attach each plc to a plc box and an IP address
-            plcs = [ self.provision_plc (plc,options) for plc in plcs ]
+            plcs = [ self.provision_plc(plc, options) for plc in plcs ]
             # attach each node/qemu to a qemu box with an IP address
-            plcs = [ self.provision_qemus (plc,options) for plc in plcs ]
+            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 ]
+            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'
+        except Exception as e:
+            print('* Could not provision this test on current substrate','--',e,'--','exiting')
             traceback.print_exc()
             sys.exit(1)
 
     # it is expected that a couple of options like ips_bplc and ips_vplc 
     # are set or unset together
     @staticmethod
-    def check_options (x,y):
-        if not x and not y: return True
-        return len(x)==len(y)
+    def check_options(x, y):
+        if not x and not y:
+            return True
+        return len(x) == len(y)
 
     # find an available plc box (or make space)
     # and a free IP address (using options if present)
-    def provision_plc (self, plc, options):
+    def provision_plc(self, plc, options):
         
-        assert Substrate.check_options (options.ips_bplc, options.ips_vplc)
+        assert Substrate.check_options(options.ips_bplc, options.ips_vplc)
 
         #### let's find an IP address for that plc
         # look in options 
@@ -694,211 +1122,292 @@ class Substrate:
             # we don't check anything here, 
             # it is the caller's responsability to cleanup and make sure this makes sense
             plc_boxname = options.ips_bplc.pop()
-            vplc_hostname=options.ips_vplc.pop()
+            vplc_hostname = options.ips_vplc.pop()
         else:
-            if self.sense(): self.list_all()
-            plc_boxname=None
-            vplc_hostname=None
+            if self.sense():
+                self.list()
+            plc_boxname = None
+            vplc_hostname = None
             # try to find an available IP 
             self.vplc_pool.sense()
-            couple=self.vplc_pool.next_free()
+            couple = self.vplc_pool.next_free()
             if couple:
-                (vplc_hostname,unused)=couple
+                (vplc_hostname, unused) = couple
             #### we need to find one plc box that still has a slot
-            max_free=0
+            max_free = 0
             # use the box that has max free spots for load balancing
             for pb in self.plc_boxes:
-                free=pb.free_spots()
-                if free>max_free:
-                    plc_boxname=pb.hostname
-                    max_free=free
+                free = pb.free_slots()
+                if free > max_free:
+                    plc_boxname = pb.hostname
+                    max_free = free
             # if there's no available slot in the plc_boxes, or we need a free IP address
             # make space by killing the oldest running instance
             if not plc_boxname or not vplc_hostname:
                 # find the oldest of all our instances
-                all_plc_instances=reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, 
-                                         [ pb.plc_instances for pb in self.plc_boxes ],
-                                         [])
-                all_plc_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
+                all_plc_instances = reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, 
+                                           [ pb.plc_instances for pb in self.plc_boxes ],
+                                           [])
+                all_plc_instances.sort(key=timestamp_key)
                 try:
-                    plc_instance_to_kill=all_plc_instances[0]
+                    plc_instance_to_kill = all_plc_instances[0]
                 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
-                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(),
-                                                                  freed_plc_boxname)
+                    msg = ""
+                    if not plc_boxname:
+                        msg += " PLC boxes are full"
+                    if not vplc_hostname:
+                        msg += " vplc IP pool exhausted"
+                    msg += " {}".format(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 = {} on {}'\
+                    .format(plc_instance_to_kill.line(), freed_plc_boxname)
                 plc_instance_to_kill.kill()
                 # use this new plcbox if that was the problem
                 if not plc_boxname:
-                    plc_boxname=freed_plc_boxname
+                    plc_boxname = freed_plc_boxname
                 # ditto for the IP address
                 if not vplc_hostname:
-                    vplc_hostname=freed_vplc_hostname
+                    vplc_hostname = freed_vplc_hostname
                     # record in pool as mine
                     self.vplc_pool.set_mine(vplc_hostname)
 
         # 
-        self.add_dummy_plc(plc_boxname,plc['name'])
+        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
-        vplc_short = self.short_hostname(vplc_hostname)
-        vservername = "%s-%d-%s" % (options.buildname,plc['index'],vplc_short)
-        plc_name = "%s_%s"%(plc['name'],vplc_short)
+        vplc_short = short_hostname(vplc_hostname)
+        vservername = "{}-{}-{}".format(options.buildname, plc['index'], vplc_short)
+        plc_name = "{}_{}".format(plc['name'], vplc_short)
 
-        utils.header( 'PROVISION plc %s in box %s at IP %s as %s'%\
-                          (plc['name'],plc_boxname,vplc_hostname,vservername))
+        utils.header('PROVISION plc {} in box {} at IP {} as {}'\
+                     .format(plc['name'], plc_boxname, vplc_hostname, vservername))
 
         #### apply in the plc_spec
         # # informative
-        # label=options.personality.replace("linux","")
-        mapper = {'plc': [ ('*' , {'host_box':plc_boxname,
-                                   # 'name':'%s-'+label,
-                                   'name': plc_name,
-                                   'vservername':vservername,
-                                   'vserverip':vplc_ip,
-                                   'PLC_DB_HOST':vplc_hostname,
-                                   'PLC_API_HOST':vplc_hostname,
-                                   'PLC_BOOT_HOST':vplc_hostname,
-                                   'PLC_WWW_HOST':vplc_hostname,
-                                   'PLC_NET_DNS1' : self.network_settings() [ 'interface_fields:dns1' ],
-                                   'PLC_NET_DNS2' : self.network_settings() [ 'interface_fields:dns2' ],
-                                   } ) ]
-                  }
+        # label = options.personality.replace("linux","")
+        mapper = {'plc' : [ ('*' , {'host_box' : plc_boxname,
+                                    'name' : plc_name,
+                                    'vservername' : vservername,
+                                    'vserverip' : vplc_ip,
+                                    'settings:PLC_DB_HOST' : vplc_hostname,
+                                    'settings:PLC_API_HOST' : vplc_hostname,
+                                    'settings:PLC_BOOT_HOST' : vplc_hostname,
+                                    'settings:PLC_WWW_HOST' : vplc_hostname,
+                                    'settings:PLC_NET_DNS1' : self.network_settings() [ 'interface_fields:dns1' ],
+                                    'settings:PLC_NET_DNS2' : self.network_settings() [ 'interface_fields:dns2' ],
+                                } ) ]
+              }
 
 
         # mappers only work on a list of plcs
-        return TestMapper([plc],options).map(mapper)[0]
+        return TestMapper([plc], options).map(mapper)[0]
 
     ##########
-    def provision_qemus (self, plc, options):
+    def provision_qemus(self, plc, options):
 
-        assert Substrate.check_options (options.ips_bnode, options.ips_vnode)
+        assert Substrate.check_options(options.ips_bnode, options.ips_vnode)
 
-        test_mapper = TestMapper ([plc], options)
+        test_mapper = TestMapper([plc], options)
         nodenames = test_mapper.node_names()
-        maps=[]
+        maps = []
         for nodename in nodenames:
 
             if options.ips_vnode:
                 # as above, it's a rerun, take it for granted
-                qemu_boxname=options.ips_bnode.pop()
-                vnode_hostname=options.ips_vnode.pop()
+                qemu_boxname = options.ips_bnode.pop()
+                vnode_hostname = options.ips_vnode.pop()
             else:
-                if self.sense(): self.list_all()
-                qemu_boxname=None
-                vnode_hostname=None
+                if self.sense():
+                    self.list()
+                qemu_boxname = None
+                vnode_hostname = None
                 # try to find an available IP 
                 self.vnode_pool.sense()
-                couple=self.vnode_pool.next_free()
+                couple = self.vnode_pool.next_free()
                 if couple:
-                    (vnode_hostname,unused)=couple
+                    (vnode_hostname, unused) = couple
                 # find a physical box
-                max_free=0
+                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
+                        qemu_boxname = qb.hostname
+                        max_free = free
                 # if we miss the box or the IP, kill the oldest instance
                 if not qemu_boxname or not vnode_hostname:
                 # find the oldest of all our instances
-                    all_qemu_instances=reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, 
-                                              [ qb.qemu_instances for qb in self.qemu_boxes ],
-                                              [])
-                    all_qemu_instances.sort(timestamp_sort)
+                    all_qemu_instances = reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, 
+                                                [ qb.qemu_instances for qb in self.qemu_boxes ],
+                                                [])
+                    all_qemu_instances.sort(key=timestamp_key)
                     try:
-                        qemu_instance_to_kill=all_qemu_instances[0]
+                        qemu_instance_to_kill = all_qemu_instances[0]
                     except:
-                        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
-                    freed_qemu_boxname=qemu_instance_to_kill.qemu_box.hostname
-                    freed_vnode_hostname=self.short_hostname(qemu_instance_to_kill.nodename)
+                        msg = ""
+                        if not qemu_boxname:
+                            msg += " QEMU boxes are full"
+                        if not vnode_hostname:
+                            msg += " vnode IP pool exhausted" 
+                        msg += " {}".format(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
-                    message='killing oldest qemu node = %s on %s'%(qemu_instance_to_kill.line(),
-                                                                   freed_qemu_boxname)
+                    message = 'killing oldest qemu node = {} on {}'.format(qemu_instance_to_kill.line(),
+                                                                           freed_qemu_boxname)
                     qemu_instance_to_kill.kill()
                     # use these freed resources where needed
                     if not qemu_boxname:
-                        qemu_boxname=freed_qemu_boxname
+                        qemu_boxname = freed_qemu_boxname
                     if not vnode_hostname:
-                        vnode_hostname=freed_vnode_hostname
+                        vnode_hostname = freed_vnode_hostname
                         self.vnode_pool.set_mine(vnode_hostname)
 
-            self.add_dummy_qemu (qemu_boxname,nodename)
-            mac=self.vnode_pool.retrieve_userdata(vnode_hostname)
-            ip=self.vnode_pool.get_ip (vnode_hostname)
-            self.vnode_pool.add_starting(vnode_hostname)
+            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, qemu_boxname)
 
             vnode_fqdn = self.fqdn(vnode_hostname)
-            nodemap={'host_box':qemu_boxname,
-                     'node_fields:hostname':vnode_fqdn,
-                     'interface_fields:ip':ip, 
-                     'interface_fields:mac':mac,
-                     }
+            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())
-            maps.append ( (nodename, nodemap) )
+            maps.append( (nodename, nodemap) )
 
-            utils.header("PROVISION node %s in box %s at IP %s with MAC %s"%\
-                             (nodename,qemu_boxname,vnode_hostname,mac))
+            utils.header("PROVISION node {} in box {} at IP {} with MAC {}"\
+                         .format(nodename, qemu_boxname, vnode_hostname, mac))
 
         return test_mapper.map({'node':maps})[0]
 
-    def localize_sfa_rspec (self,plc,options):
+    def localize_sfa_rspec(self, plc, options):
        
-        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_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
+        plc['sfa']['settings']['SFA_REGISTRY_HOST'] = plc['settings']['PLC_DB_HOST']
+        plc['sfa']['settings']['SFA_AGGREGATE_HOST'] = plc['settings']['PLC_DB_HOST']
+        plc['sfa']['settings']['SFA_SM_HOST'] = plc['settings']['PLC_DB_HOST']
+        plc['sfa']['settings']['SFA_DB_HOST'] = plc['settings']['PLC_DB_HOST']
+        plc['sfa']['settings']['SFA_PLC_URL'] = 'https://{}:443/PLCAPI/'.format(plc['settings']['PLC_API_HOST'])
+        return plc
 
     #################### release:
-    def release (self,options):
+    def release(self, options):
         self.vplc_pool.release_my_starting()
         self.vnode_pool.release_my_starting()
         pass
 
     #################### show results for interactive mode
-    def list_all (self):
-        self.sense()
-        for b in self.all_boxes: b.list()
-
-    def get_box (self,box):
-        for b in self.build_boxes + self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes:
-            if b.short_hostname()==box:
+    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
-        print "Could not find box %s"%box
+            try:
+                if b.shortname() == boxname.split('.')[0]:
+                    return b
+            except:
+                pass
+        print("Could not find box {}".format(boxname))
         return None
 
-    def list_box(self,box):
-        b=self.get_box(box)
-        if not b: return
-        b.sense()
-        b.list()
-
-    # can be run as a utility to manage the local infrastructure
-    def main (self):
-        parser=OptionParser()
-        parser.add_option ('-v',"--verbose",action='store_true',dest='verbose',default=False,
-                           help='verbose mode')
-        (options,args)=parser.parse_args()
-        if options.verbose:
-            self.options.verbose=True
-        if not args:
-            self.list_all()
+    # deal with the mix of boxes and names and stores the current focus 
+    # as a list of Box instances in self.focus_all
+    def normalize(self, box_or_names):
+        self.focus_all = []
+        for box in box_or_names:
+            if not isinstance(box, Box):
+                box = self.get_box(box)
+            if not box: 
+                print('Warning - could not handle box',box)
+            self.focus_all.append(box)
+        # elaborate by type
+        self.focus_build = [ x for x in self.focus_all if isinstance(x, BuildBox) ]
+        self.focus_plc = [ x for x in self.focus_all if isinstance(x, PlcBox) ]
+        self.focus_qemu = [ x for x in self.focus_all if isinstance(x, QemuBox) ]
+                             
+    def list_boxes(self):
+        print('Sensing', end=' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        for box in self.focus_all:
+            box.sense(self.options)
+        print('Done')
+        for box in self.focus_all:
+            box.list(self.options.verbose)
+
+    def reboot_boxes(self):
+        for box in self.focus_all:
+            box.reboot(self.options)
+
+    def sanity_check(self):
+        print('Sanity check')
+        self.sanity_check_plc()
+        self.sanity_check_qemu()
+
+    def sanity_check_plc(self):
+        pass
+
+    def sanity_check_qemu(self):
+        all_nodes = []
+        for box in self.focus_qemu:
+            all_nodes += box.node_names()
+        hash = {}
+        for node in all_nodes:
+            if node not in hash:
+                hash[node] = 0
+            hash[node]+=1
+        for (node,count) in list(hash.items()):
+            if count!=1:
+                print('WARNING - duplicate node', node)
+        
+
+    ####################
+    # 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 (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,
+                          help='add build boxes')
+        parser.add_option('-p', "--plc", action='store_true', dest='plcs', default=False,
+                          help='add plc boxes')
+        parser.add_option('-q', "--qemu", action='store_true', dest='qemus', default=False,
+                          help='add qemu boxes') 
+        parser.add_option('-a', "--all", action='store_true', dest='all', default=False,
+                          help='address all known  boxes, like -b -t -p -q')
+        parser.add_option('-v', "--verbose", action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
+                          help='verbose mode')
+        parser.add_option('-n', "--dry_run", action='store_true', dest='dry_run', default=False,
+                          help='dry run mode')
+        (self.options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+        boxes = args
+        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
+        
+        global verbose
+        verbose = self.options.verbose
+        # default scope is -b -p -q -t
+        if not boxes:
+            boxes = self.build_boxes + self.plc_boxes + self.qemu_boxes + [self.test_box]
+
+        self.normalize(boxes)
+
+        if self.options.reboot:
+            self.reboot_boxes()
         else:
-            for box in args:
-                self.list_box(box)
+            self.list_boxes()
+            self.sanity_check()