def METHOD_NAME(self):
    self.couchURL = os.getenv("COUCHURL")
    self.server = CouchServer(self.couchURL)
    testname = self.id().split('.')[-1].lower()
    self.dbname = 'rotdb_unittest_%s' % testname
    self.arcname = 'rotdb_unittest_%s_archive' % testname
    self.seedname = 'rotdb_unittest_%s_seedcfg' % testname
    # set a long value for times, tests do operations explicitly
    self.timing = {'archive':timedelta(seconds=1), 'expire':timedelta(seconds=2)}
    self.db = RotatingDatabase(dbname = self.dbname, url = self.couchURL,
                               archivename = self.arcname, timing = self.timing)