Adapted tests to use a locally started Redis instance.

platypush/backend/__init__.py

@@ -443,7 +443,10 @@ class Backend(Thread, EventGenerator, ExtensionWithManifest):
                 )
 
             if self.zeroconf:
+                try:
                     self.zeroconf.close()
+                except TimeoutError:
+                    pass
 
             if self.zeroconf_info:
                 self.bus.post(

platypush/config/__init__.py

@@ -219,8 +219,12 @@ class Config:
 
         config = {}
 
+        try:
             with open(cfgfile, 'r') as fp:
                 file_config = yaml.safe_load(fp)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print(f'Unable to open config file {cfgfile}')
+            return config
 
         if not file_config:
             return config

tests/conftest.py

@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ def app():
     logging.info('Starting Platypush test service')
 
     Config.init(config_file)
-    _app = Application(config_file=config_file, redis_queue='platypush-tests/bus')
+    _app = Application(
+        config_file=config_file,
+        redis_queue='platypush-tests/bus',
+        start_redis=True,
+        redis_port=16379,
+    )
     Thread(target=_app.run).start()
     logging.info(
         'Sleeping %d seconds while waiting for the daemon to start up',

tests/etc/config_test.yaml

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ backend.http:
   num_workers: 1
   use_werkzeug_server: True
 
-backend.redis:
-    disabled: False
+redis:
+  port: 16379