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+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%
+%% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Basho Technologies, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% This file is provided to you under the Apache License,
+%% Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+%% except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain
+%% a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+%% software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+%% "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+%% KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+%% specific language governing permissions and limitations
+%% under the License.
+%%
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-module(machi_lifecycle_mgr_test).
+-compile(export_all).
+
+-ifdef(TEST).
+-ifndef(PULSE).
+
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+
+-include("machi.hrl").
+-include("machi_projection.hrl").
+
+-define(MGR, machi_chain_manager1).
+
+smoke_test_() ->
+    {timeout, 120, fun() -> smoke_test2() end}.
+
+smoke_test2() ->
+    catch application:stop(machi),
+    {ok, SupPid} = machi_sup:start_link(),
+    error_logger:tty(false),
+    Dir = "./" ++ atom_to_list(?MODULE) ++ ".datadir",
+    machi_flu1_test:clean_up_data_dir(Dir ++ "/*/*"),
+    machi_flu1_test:clean_up_data_dir(Dir),
+    Envs = [{flu_data_dir, Dir ++ "/data/flu"},
+            {flu_config_dir, Dir ++ "/etc/flu-config"},
+            {chain_config_dir, Dir ++ "/etc/chain-config"},
+            {platform_data_dir, Dir ++ "/data"},
+            {platform_etc_dir, Dir ++ "/etc"},
+            {not_used_pending, Dir ++ "/etc/pending"}
+           ],
+    EnvKeys = [K || {K, V} <- Envs],
+    undefined = application:get_env(machi, yo),
+    Cleanup = machi_flu1_test:get_env_vars(machi, EnvKeys ++ [yo]),
+    [begin
+         filelib:ensure_dir(V ++ "/unused"),
+         application:set_env(machi, K, V)
+     end || {K, V} <- Envs],
+    try
+        Prefix = <<"pre">>,
+        Chunk1 = <<"yochunk">>,
+        Host = "localhost",
+        PortBase = 60120,
+
+        Pa = #p_srvr{name=a,address="localhost",port=PortBase+0},
+        Pb = #p_srvr{name=b,address="localhost",port=PortBase+1},
+        Pc = #p_srvr{name=c,address="localhost",port=PortBase+2},
+        %% Pstore_a = machi_flu1:make_projection_server_regname(a),
+        %% Pstore_b = machi_flu1:make_projection_server_regname(b),
+        %% Pstore_c = machi_flu1:make_projection_server_regname(c),
+        Pstores = [Pstore_a, Pstore_b, Pstore_c] =
+            [machi_flu1:make_projection_server_regname(a),
+             machi_flu1:make_projection_server_regname(b),
+             machi_flu1:make_projection_server_regname(c)],
+        ChMgrs = [ChMgr_a, ChMgr_b, ChMgr_c] =
+            [machi_chain_manager1:make_chmgr_regname(a),
+             machi_chain_manager1:make_chmgr_regname(b),
+             machi_chain_manager1:make_chmgr_regname(c)],
+        Fits = [Fit_a, Fit_b, Fit_c] =
+            [machi_flu_psup:make_fitness_regname(a),
+             machi_flu_psup:make_fitness_regname(b),
+             machi_flu_psup:make_fitness_regname(c)],
+        Advance = machi_chain_manager1_test:make_advance_fun(
+                    Fits, [a,b,c], ChMgrs, 3),
+
+        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+        io:format("\nSTEP: Start 3 FLUs, no chain.\n", []),
+
+        [make_pending_config(P) || P <- [Pa,Pb,Pc] ],
+        {[_,_,_],[]} = machi_lifecycle_mgr:process_pending(),
+        [{ok, #projection_v1{epoch_number=0}} =
+             machi_projection_store:read_latest_projection(PSTORE, private)
+         || PSTORE <- Pstores],
+
+        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+        io:format("\nSTEP: Start chain = [a,b,c]\n", []),
+
+        C1 = #chain_def_v1{name=cx, mode=ap_mode, full=[Pa,Pb,Pc],
+                           local_run=[a,b,c]},
+        make_pending_config(C1),
+        {[],[_]} = machi_lifecycle_mgr:process_pending(),
+        Advance(),
+        [{ok, #projection_v1{all_members=[a,b,c]}} =
+             machi_projection_store:read_latest_projection(PSTORE, private)
+         || PSTORE <- Pstores],
+
+        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+        io:format("\nSTEP: Reset chain = [b,c]\n", []),
+
+        C2 = #chain_def_v1{name=cx, mode=ap_mode, full=[Pb,Pc],
+                           old_all=[a,b,c], old_witnesses=[],
+                           local_stop=[a], local_run=[b,c]},
+        make_pending_config(C2),
+        {[],[_]} = machi_lifecycle_mgr:process_pending(),
+        Advance(),
+        %% a should be down
+        {'EXIT', _} = (catch machi_projection_store:read_latest_projection(
+                               hd(Pstores), private)),
+        [{ok, #projection_v1{all_members=[b,c]}} =
+             machi_projection_store:read_latest_projection(PSTORE, private)
+         || PSTORE <- tl(Pstores)],
+
+        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+        io:format("\nSTEP: Reset chain = []\n", []),
+
+        C3 = #chain_def_v1{name=cx, mode=ap_mode, full=[],
+                           old_all=[b,c], old_witnesses=[],
+                           local_stop=[b,c], local_run=[]},
+        make_pending_config(C3),
+        {[],[_]} = machi_lifecycle_mgr:process_pending(),
+        Advance(),
+        %% a,b,c should be down
+        [{'EXIT', _} = (catch machi_projection_store:read_latest_projection(
+                                PSTORE, private))
+         || PSTORE <- Pstores],
+
+        ok
+    after
+        exit(SupPid, normal),
+        machi_util:wait_for_death(SupPid, 100),
+        error_logger:tty(true),
+        catch application:stop(machi),
+        %% machi_flu1_test:clean_up_data_dir(Dir ++ "/*/*"),
+        %% machi_flu1_test:clean_up_data_dir(Dir),
+        machi_flu1_test:clean_up_env_vars(Cleanup),
+        undefined = application:get_env(machi, yo)
+    end.
+
+make_pending_config(Term) ->
+    Dir = machi_lifecycle_mgr:get_pending_dir(x),
+    Blob = io_lib:format("~w.\n", [Term]),
+    ok = file:write_file(Dir ++ "/" ++ lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~w,~w,~w", tuple_to_list(os:timestamp()))),
+                         Blob).
+
+-endif. % !PULSE
+-endif. % TEST