 The functiosns below in some cases return things, and in some cases set global variables!  Read docs.
 
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+
+db_hosts = [process.env.SMC_DB_HOSTS ? 'db0']
 
 start_time = new Date()
 global.start = ->

    require('smc-hub/storage').activity(opts)

console.log("activity()  -- makes activity the activity monitor object")

# make the global variable s be the compute server
global.compute_server = () ->
    return require('smc-hub/compute-client').compute_server
        db_hosts:db_hosts
        cb:(e,s)->
            global.s=s
console.log("compute_server() -- sets global variable s to compute server")
