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src/everest/bin/everest_script.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     ServerStatus,
     everserver_status,
     server_is_running,
+    start_experiment,
     start_server,
     wait_for_server,
 )
@@ -130,6 +131,11 @@ async def run_everest(options):
         print("Waiting for server ...")
         wait_for_server(options.config.output_dir, timeout=600)
         print("Everest server found!")
+
+        await start_experiment(server_context=ServerConfig.get_server_context(options.config.output_dir),
+                               config=options.config,
+                               debug=options.debug)
+
         run_detached_monitor(
             server_context=ServerConfig.get_server_context(options.config.output_dir),
             optimization_output_dir=options.config.optimization_output_dir,

src/everest/detached/__init__.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     OPT_PROGRESS_ID,
     SIM_PROGRESS_ENDPOINT,
     SIM_PROGRESS_ID,
+    START_ENDPOINT,
     STOP_ENDPOINT,
 )
 
@@ -51,6 +52,21 @@
 # everest.log file instead
 
 
+async def start_experiment(server_context: Tuple[str, str, Tuple[str, str]], config: EverestConfig, debug: bool = False) -> None:
+    try:
+        url, cert, auth = server_context
+        start_endpoint = "/".join([url, START_ENDPOINT])
+        response = requests.post(
+            start_endpoint,
+            verify=cert,
+            auth=auth,
+            proxies=PROXY,  # type: ignore
+        )
+        response.raise_for_status()
+    except:
+        raise ValueError("Failed to start experiment") from None
+
+
 async def start_server(config: EverestConfig, debug: bool = False) -> Driver:
     """
     Start an Everest server running the optimization defined in the config

src/everest/detached/jobs/everserver.py

@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ def main():
 
         update_everserver_status(status_path, ServerStatus.running)
 
-        response = requests.post(
-            url + "/" + START_ENDPOINT, verify=cert, auth=auth, proxies=PROXY
-        )
+        #response = requests.post(
+        #    url + "/" + START_ENDPOINT, verify=cert, auth=auth, proxies=PROXY
+        #)
 
         is_done = False
         while not is_done: