buildbot running a test server and retrieving output after running client tests

buildbot-background-server

class StopServer(ShellCommand):
  def _init_(self):
    ShellCommand.__init__(self, command=['pkill', '-f', 'my-server-name'],
                          workdir='build/python',
                          description='Stopping test server')

  def createSummary(self, log):
    buildername = self.getProperty("buildername")
    f = '/home/buildbot/slave/%s/build/python/nohup.out' % buildername
    output = open(f, "r").read()
    self.addCompleteLog('server output', output)


class StartServer(ShellCommand):
  def _init_(self):
    ShellCommand.__init__(self, command=['./start-test-server.sh'],
                          workdir='build/python', haltOnFailure=True,
                          description='Starting test server')

start-test-server.sh

#!/bin/bash
export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:${PWD}"
nohup my-serever-launcher.py >nohup.out 2>&1 &