diff -r 7fd9232d4c88 -r 947cd22ec986 test-suite/start-test-suite.sh
--- a/test-suite/start-test-suite.sh	Sat Apr 19 13:10:09 2014 +0200
+++ b/test-suite/start-test-suite.sh	Sat Apr 19 17:00:40 2014 +0200
@@ -1,35 +1,88 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo "Starting test server"
+
+TESTSERVER_LOGS="/tmp/django_test_server_logs.`date +%F_%T`"
+
+cd ..
+nohup ./bin/django testserver --noinput localhost:8000 initial_data roles_generic test_suite > $TESTSERVER_LOGS 2>&1 &
+TESTSERVER_PID=$!
+cd "test-suite"
+
+# Exports browsers _BIN variables for karma
 export CHROME_BIN=`which chromium`
 if [ -z "$CHROME_BIN" ]; then
-    export CHROME_BIN=`which chrome`
+	export CHROME_BIN=`which chrome`
 fi
 if [[ -z "$CHROME_BIN" && $OSTYPE =~ ^darwin ]]; then
-    CHROME_BIN_BASE=`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'com.google.Chrome'"`
-    export CHROME_BIN="$CHROME_BIN_BASE/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
+	CHROME_BIN_BASE=`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'com.google.Chrome'"`
+	export CHROME_BIN="$CHROME_BIN_BASE/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
 fi
 export PHANTOMJS_BIN=`which phantomjs`
 
 export FIREFOX_BIN=`which firefox`
 if [[ -z "$FIREFOX_BIN" && $OSTYPE =~ ^darwin ]]; then
-    FIREFOX_BIN_BASE=`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'org.mozilla.firefox'"`
-    export FIREFOX_BIN="$FIREFOX_BIN_BASE/Contents/MacOS/firefox"
+	FIREFOX_BIN_BASE=`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'org.mozilla.firefox'"`
+	export FIREFOX_BIN="$FIREFOX_BIN_BASE/Contents/MacOS/firefox"
 fi
 
 export SAFARI_BIN=`which safari`
 if [[ -z "$SAFARI_BIN" && $OSTYPE =~ ^darwin ]]; then
-    SAFARI_BIN_BASE=`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'com.apple.Safari'"`
-    export SAFARI_BIN="$SAFARI_BIN_BASE/Contents/MacOS/safari"
+	SAFARI_BIN_BASE=`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'com.apple.Safari'"`
+	export SAFARI_BIN="$SAFARI_BIN_BASE/Contents/MacOS/safari"
 fi
 
-
-
 if [ -x ./node_modules/.bin/karma ]; then
    KARMA=./node_modules/.bin/karma
 else
    KARMA=`which karma`
 fi
 
+
+CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=10
+TESTSERVER_START_WAIT=15
+TESTSERVER_LOOP_WAIT=5
+TESTSERVER_WAIT_LOOP_NB=5
+
+SERVER_IP=`grep WORKSPACE_URL workspace.info.js | sed "s|^.*http://\([-._[:alnum:]]*\):.*$|\1|"`
+SERVER_PORT=`grep WORKSPACE_URL workspace.info.js | sed "s|^.*http://[-._[:alnum:]]*:\([0-9]*\)/.*$|\1|"`
+
+if [[ -x `which nc` ]]; then
+	SERVER_TEST_CMD="nc -w $CONNECTION_TIMEOUT -z $SERVER_IP $SERVER_PORT"
+elif [[ -x `which curl` ]]; then
+	SERVER_TEST_CMD="curl -m $CONNECTION_TIMEOUT --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://$SERVER_IP:$SERVER_PORT"
+elif [[ -x `which wget` ]]; then
+	SERVER_TEST_CMD="wget --timeout=$CONNECTION_TIMEOUT -q --spider http://$SERVER_IP:$SERVER_PORT"
+fi
+
+echo "Using '$SERVER_TEST_CMD' to probe test server $SERVER_IP:$SERVER_PORT availability"
+
+if [[ -z "$SERVER_TEST_CMD" ]]; then
+	echo "No http tool available so blindly waiting $TESTSERVER_START_WAIT seconds to let test server start"
+	sleep $TESTSERVER_START_WAIT
+else
+	for i in $(seq 1 $TESTSERVER_WAIT_LOOP_NB); do
+		echo "and waiting $TESTSERVER_LOOP_WAIT seconds"
+		sleep $TESTSERVER_LOOP_WAIT
+		if $SERVER_TEST_CMD; then
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	if [ $i -eq $TESTSERVER_WAIT_LOOP_NB ]; then
+		 echo "timeouted waiting for test server $SERVER_IP:$SERVER_PORT to start"
+		 exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+echo "---------------------"
+echo "$KARMA start $@"
 "$KARMA" start $@
 
+read -p "Keep testserver (PID $TESTSERVER_PID) running ? (y/N)" -n 1 -r -t 5
+echo    # (optional) move to a new line
 
+if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+kill $TESTSERVER_PID