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+/* eslint-env mocha */
+'use strict'
+
+const test = require('interface-ipfs-core')
+const parallel = require('async/parallel')
+
+const DaemonFactory = require('ipfsd-ctl')
+const df = DaemonFactory.create({ exec: 'src/cli/bin.js' })
+
+const nodes = []
+const common = {
+  setup: function (callback) {
+    callback(null, {
+      spawnNode: (cb) => {
+        df.spawn((err, _ipfsd) => {
+          if (err) {
+            return cb(err)
+          }
+
+          nodes.push(_ipfsd)
+          cb(null, _ipfsd.api)
+        })
+      }
+    })
+  },
+  teardown: function (callback) {
+    parallel(nodes.map((node) => (cb) => node.stop(cb)), callback)
+  }
+}
+
+test.bootstrap(common)