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+var Remote  = require("../js/remote.js").Remote;
+var Server  = require("./server.js").Server;
+
+var config  = require("./config.js");
+
+var test_setup = function (done, host) {
+  var self  = this;
+  var host  = host || config.server_default;
+
+  this.store  = this.store || {};
+
+  var data   = this.store[host] = this.store[host] || {};
+
+  data.server = Server.from_config(host).on('started', function () {
+      self.remote = data.remote = Remote.from_config(host).once('ledger_closed', done).connect();
+    }).start();
+};
+
+var test_teardown = function (done, host) { 
+  var host  = host || config.server_default;
+
+  var data  = this.store[host];
+
+  data.remote
+    .on('disconnected', function () {
+	data.server.on('stopped', done).stop();
+      })
+    .connect(false);
+};
+
+exports.test_setup = test_setup;
+exports.test_teardown = test_teardown;
+
+// vim:sw=2:sts=2:ts=8