how do i get the EmbeddedServer in this code snipp...

# getting-started

[calidion]

how do i get the EmbeddedServer in this code snippet:

var server = embeddedServer(
                    factory = Netty,
                    port = port,
                    host = host
                ) {
                    module(app)
                }.start(wait = false)

[Stephan Schröder]

probably you're question is already a sign of you having the wrong idea. You don't need to get the server. The server is started and being configured in app . And then the server simply listens on its port of incoming requests.
Here is a link to the doc that uses a slightly configuration style: https://ktor.io/docs/server-create-a-new-project.html#change-the-default-port

[calidion]

what should i do if I want to start/close the server programmatically?

[hfhbd]

Just call the embeddedServer function without start?

[calidion]

I need to test with real servers and close them accordingly.

[calidion]

Currently I can start the ktor server but cannot close it when testing is finished.

[calidion]

and the whole tests are stucked.

[Stephan Schröder]

how about with System.exit(0)
of course that'd also ends the tests 🤔

[Stephan Schröder]

according to the doc, embeddedServer is not used if you'd do test anyway

class ApplicationTest {
    @Test
    fun testRoot() = testApplication {
        application {
            module()
        }
        val response = client.get("/")
        assertEquals(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.status)
        assertEquals("Hello, world!", response.bodyAsText())
    }
}

but maybe you're doing some kind of integration tests, so this doesn't apply?

[calidion]

System.exit(0) is obviously not acceptable, because I may run multiple servers at the same process.

[calidion]

So EmbeddedServer should be accessible when created. and close it respectively.

[calidion]

should be able to run multiple servers

[hfhbd]

Wasn’t aware start returns the server. But I use this code:
https://github.com/hfhbd/RateLimit/blob/09832f3caf0b1f971ab7207cb5d0e80f5cf52f18/src/jvmTest/kotlin/app/softwork/ratelimit/DatabaseStorageTest.kt#L89

[calidion]

thanks.