diff -r 058bb3dc685f -r 0b59724cb3f2 cubicweb/wsgi/server.py
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+++ b/cubicweb/wsgi/server.py	Sat Jan 16 13:48:51 2016 +0100
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+# copyright 2003-2013 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
+#
+# This file is part of CubicWeb.
+#
+# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""dummy wsgi server for CubicWeb web instances"""
+
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+from cubicweb.wsgi.handler import CubicWebWSGIApplication
+from cubicweb import ConfigurationError
+from wsgiref import simple_server
+
+from logging import getLogger
+LOGGER = getLogger('cubicweb')
+
+
+def run(config):
+    config.check_writeable_uid_directory(config.appdatahome)
+
+    port = config['port'] or 8080
+    interface = config['interface']
+
+    app = CubicWebWSGIApplication(config)
+    handler_cls = simple_server.WSGIRequestHandler
+    httpd = simple_server.WSGIServer((interface, port), handler_cls)
+    httpd.set_app(app)
+    repo = app.appli.repo
+    try:
+        repo.start_looping_tasks()
+        LOGGER.info('starting http server on %s', config['base-url'])
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+    finally:
+        repo.shutdown()