1138789 - Loop Server Test Mode: NODE_ENV=test npm start fails to start the Loop Server

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Hello (Loop) :: Server, defect)

Description

[Vlad Filippov (:vladikoff)]

Hey, we used to use `NODE_ENV=test npm start` to test Loop's FxA Integration, but since version 0.15 I can no longer use that command to start the server.
See output:

```
➜  loop-server git:(master) ✗ NODE_ENV=test npm start

mozilla-loop-server@0.15.6 start /Users/vladikoff/mozilla/fxa-local-dev/loop-server
make runserver

{"Timestamp":1425356916406000000,"Logger":"mozilla-loop-server","Type":"Error: unknown type of connection in createClient()","Severity":0,"Pid":93496,"EnvVersion":"2.0"}
```

Any ideas?

Comment 1

[Rémy Hubscher (:natim)]

Hello you can use the loadtest configuration or create your dev configuration from the sample.json file.

The test file is used for tests only.

    NODE_ENV=loadtest node loop/index.js

Comment 2

[Alexis Metaireau (:alexis)]

I believe we've seen that in the past, yes. See https://github.com/mozilla-services/loop-server/commit/ff46052074b4b64aa87cb8b2460161b2fb4672d6

Adding the default port and host in the settings can probably resolve this. https://github.com/mozilla-services/loop-server/blob/master/config/test.json#L4-L12.

Comment 3

[Vlad Filippov (:vladikoff)]

Thank you for the information! I will update our FxA Test configs based on this.

Comment 4

[Alexis Metaireau (:alexis)]

This should fix it actually, without you needing to change anything: https://github.com/mozilla-services/loop-server/commit/ad77d042431268a305a67739a4600fad4ac554cf