many important fixes

drb_counter/drb_counter.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 # Make drb server
+# See Dockerfile for run instructions
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'drb/drb'
 #require 'pry'
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ class InMemoryQCounter
     puts "Environment: #{environment.inspect}"
     couch_settings = YAML.load_file(couch_settings_path)[environment]
     database = couch_settings['database']
-    db = CouchRest.database(database)
+    db = CouchRest.database(database) # for debug: db = CouchPotato.database.couchrest_database
     design_doc = "_design/order_counter"
     view_path = File.join design_doc, "_view/by_supplier_id_and_state"
     tries = 0
@@ -105,6 +106,6 @@ class InMemoryQCounter
   end
 end
 drb_port = 9022
-environment = (%w[production staging development test] & ARGV).first || 'development'
-DRb.start_service "druby://:#{drb_port}", InMemoryQCounter.new(reload_stats: false, environment: environment)
+environment = (%w[production staging development test] & [ENV['DRB_ENV']]).first || 'development'
+DRb.start_service "druby://:#{drb_port}", InMemoryQCounter.new(reload_stats: environment == 'production', environment: environment)
 DRb.thread.join