Michael Paquier wrote:

> The result of a couple of hours of hacking is attached:
> - 0001 is the refactoring adding PostgresNode and RecursiveCopy. I have
> also found that it is quite advantageous to move some of the routines that
> are synonyms of system() and the stuff used for logging into another
> low-level library that PostgresNode depends on, that I called TestBase in
> this patch. This way, all the infrastructure depends on the same logging
> management. Existing tests have been refactored to fit into the new code,
> and this leads to a couple of simplifications particularly in pg_rewind
> tests because there is no more need to have there routines for environment
> cleanup and logging. I have done tests on OSX and Windows using it and
> tests are passing. I have as well tested that ssl tests were working.

Here's another version of this.  I changed the packages a bit more.  For
starters, I moved the routines around a bit; some of your choices seemed
more about keeping stuff where it was originally rather than moving it
to where it made sense.  These are the routines in each module:

TestBase:  system_or_bail system_log run_log slurp_dir slurp_file
append_to_file

TestLib:    get_new_node teardown_node psql poll_query_until command_ok
command_fails command_exit_is program_help_ok program_version_ok
program_options_handling_ok command_like issues_sql_like

I tried to get rid of teardown_node by having a DESTROY method for
PostgresNode; that method would call "pg_ctl stop -m immediate".  That
would have been much cleaner.  However, when a test fails this doesn't
work sanely because the END block for File::Temp runs earlier than that
DESTROY block, which means the datadir is already gone by the time
pg_ctl stop runs, so the node stop doesn't work at all.  (Perhaps we
could fix this by noting postmaster's PID at start time, and then
sending a signal directly instead of relying on pg_ctl).

I moved all the initialization code (deleting stuff from environment,
detecting Windows, opening SimpleTie filedescs etc) into BEGIN blocks,
which run earlier than any other code.

I perltidy'ed PostgresNode (and all the other files actually), to have
the style match the rest of our code.  I also updated some code to be
more Perlish.

I added a lot of error checking in RecursiveCopy.

You had a "cat" call somewhere, which I replaced with slurp_file.


I considered updating RewindTest so that it didn't have to export the
node global variables, but decided not to, not because of the huge code
churn for the t/*.pl files but because of the problem with the DESTROY
method above: it didn't actually buy anything.

Hmm. I just noticed RewindTest sets $ENV{PGDATABASE} outside BEGIN.  Not
sure what to think of that.  Could instead pass the database name in
$node->getConnStr() calls, like run_pg_rewind() is already doing.

I tried all the t/ tests we have and all of them pass for me.  If I'm
able, I will push this on my Sunday late evening, so that I can fix
whatever gets red on Monday first thing ...

-- 
Álvaro Herrera                http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl b/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl
index 299dcf5..3b5d7af 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use TestBase;
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 14;
 
-my $tempdir = TestLib::tempdir;
+my $tempdir = TestBase::tempdir;
 my $xlogdir = "$tempdir/pgxlog";
 my $datadir = "$tempdir/data";
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
index dc96bbf..65ed4de 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Cwd;
 use Config;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestBase;
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 51;
 
@@ -9,8 +11,15 @@ program_help_ok('pg_basebackup');
 program_version_ok('pg_basebackup');
 program_options_handling_ok('pg_basebackup');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $tempdir = TestBase::tempdir;
+
+my $node = get_new_node();
+# Initialize node without replication settings
+$node->initNode(0);
+$node->startNode();
+my $pgdata = $node->getDataDir();
+
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
 
 command_fails(['pg_basebackup'],
 	'pg_basebackup needs target directory specified');
@@ -26,19 +35,19 @@ if (open BADCHARS, ">>$tempdir/pgdata/FOO\xe0\xe0\xe0BAR")
 	close BADCHARS;
 }
 
-configure_hba_for_replication "$tempdir/pgdata";
-system_or_bail 'pg_ctl', '-D', "$tempdir/pgdata", 'reload';
+$node->setReplicationConf();
+system_or_bail 'pg_ctl', '-D', $pgdata, 'reload';
 
 command_fails(
 	[ 'pg_basebackup', '-D', "$tempdir/backup" ],
 	'pg_basebackup fails because of WAL configuration');
 
-open CONF, ">>$tempdir/pgdata/postgresql.conf";
+open CONF, ">>$pgdata/postgresql.conf";
 print CONF "max_replication_slots = 10\n";
 print CONF "max_wal_senders = 10\n";
 print CONF "wal_level = archive\n";
 close CONF;
-restart_test_server;
+$node->restartNode();
 
 command_ok([ 'pg_basebackup', '-D', "$tempdir/backup" ],
 	'pg_basebackup runs');
@@ -81,13 +90,13 @@ command_fails(
 
 # Tar format doesn't support filenames longer than 100 bytes.
 my $superlongname = "superlongname_" . ("x" x 100);
-my $superlongpath = "$tempdir/pgdata/$superlongname";
+my $superlongpath = "$pgdata/$superlongname";
 
 open FILE, ">$superlongpath" or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
 close FILE;
 command_fails([ 'pg_basebackup', '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
 	'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
-unlink "$tempdir/pgdata/$superlongname";
+unlink "$pgdata/$superlongname";
 
 # The following tests test symlinks. Windows doesn't have symlinks, so
 # skip on Windows.
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ SKIP: {
 	# to our physical temp location.  That way we can use shorter names
 	# for the tablespace directories, which hopefully won't run afoul of
 	# the 99 character length limit.
-	my $shorter_tempdir = tempdir_short . "/tempdir";
+	my $shorter_tempdir = TestBase::tempdir_short . "/tempdir";
 	symlink "$tempdir", $shorter_tempdir;
 
 	mkdir "$tempdir/tblspc1";
@@ -120,7 +129,7 @@ SKIP: {
 			"-T$shorter_tempdir/tblspc1=$tempdir/tbackup/tblspc1" ],
 		'plain format with tablespaces succeeds with tablespace mapping');
 	ok(-d "$tempdir/tbackup/tblspc1", 'tablespace was relocated');
-	opendir(my $dh, "$tempdir/pgdata/pg_tblspc") or die;
+	opendir(my $dh, "$pgdata/pg_tblspc") or die;
 	ok( (   grep {
 		-l "$tempdir/backup1/pg_tblspc/$_"
 			and readlink "$tempdir/backup1/pg_tblspc/$_" eq
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_controldata/t/001_pg_controldata.pl b/src/bin/pg_controldata/t/001_pg_controldata.pl
index e2b0d42..343223b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_controldata/t/001_pg_controldata.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_controldata/t/001_pg_controldata.pl
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 13;
 
-my $tempdir = TestLib::tempdir;
-
 program_help_ok('pg_controldata');
 program_version_ok('pg_controldata');
 program_options_handling_ok('pg_controldata');
 command_fails(['pg_controldata'], 'pg_controldata without arguments fails');
 command_fails([ 'pg_controldata', 'nonexistent' ],
-	'pg_controldata with nonexistent directory fails');
-standard_initdb "$tempdir/data";
-command_like([ 'pg_controldata', "$tempdir/data" ],
+			  'pg_controldata with nonexistent directory fails');
+
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
+
+command_like([ 'pg_controldata', $node->getDataDir() ],
 	qr/checkpoint/, 'pg_controldata produces output');
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/001_start_stop.pl b/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/001_start_stop.pl
index f57abce..d76fe80 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/001_start_stop.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/001_start_stop.pl
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Config;
+use TestBase;
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 17;
 
-my $tempdir       = TestLib::tempdir;
-my $tempdir_short = TestLib::tempdir_short;
+my $tempdir       = TestBase::tempdir;
+my $tempdir_short = TestBase::tempdir_short;
 
 program_help_ok('pg_ctl');
 program_version_ok('pg_ctl');
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/002_status.pl b/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/002_status.pl
index 31f7c72..74cb68a 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/002_status.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/t/002_status.pl
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestBase;
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 3;
 
-my $tempdir       = TestLib::tempdir;
-my $tempdir_short = TestLib::tempdir_short;
+my $tempdir       = TestBase::tempdir;
+my $tempdir_short = TestBase::tempdir_short;
 
 command_exit_is([ 'pg_ctl', 'status', '-D', "$tempdir/nonexistent" ],
 	4, 'pg_ctl status with nonexistent directory');
 
-standard_initdb "$tempdir/data";
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
 
-command_exit_is([ 'pg_ctl', 'status', '-D', "$tempdir/data" ],
+command_exit_is([ 'pg_ctl', 'status', '-D', $node->getDataDir() ],
 	3, 'pg_ctl status with server not running');
 
 system_or_bail 'pg_ctl', '-l', "$tempdir/logfile", '-D',
-  "$tempdir/data", '-w', 'start';
-command_exit_is([ 'pg_ctl', 'status', '-D', "$tempdir/data" ],
+  $node->getDataDir(), '-w', 'start';
+command_exit_is([ 'pg_ctl', 'status', '-D', $node->getDataDir() ],
 	0, 'pg_ctl status with server running');
 
-system_or_bail 'pg_ctl', 'stop', '-D', "$tempdir/data", '-m', 'fast';
+system_or_bail 'pg_ctl', 'stop', '-D', $node->getDataDir(), '-m', 'fast';
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm b/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm
index a4c1737..2943b5d 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm
@@ -9,22 +9,20 @@ package RewindTest;
 # To run a test, the test script (in t/ subdirectory) calls the functions
 # in this module. These functions should be called in this sequence:
 #
-# 1. init_rewind_test - sets up log file etc.
+# 1. setup_cluster - creates a PostgreSQL cluster that runs as the master
 #
-# 2. setup_cluster - creates a PostgreSQL cluster that runs as the master
+# 2. start_master - starts the master server
 #
-# 3. start_master - starts the master server
-#
-# 4. create_standby - runs pg_basebackup to initialize a standby server, and
+# 3. create_standby - runs pg_basebackup to initialize a standby server, and
 #    sets it up to follow the master.
 #
-# 5. promote_standby - runs "pg_ctl promote" to promote the standby server.
+# 4. promote_standby - runs "pg_ctl promote" to promote the standby server.
 # The old master keeps running.
 #
-# 6. run_pg_rewind - stops the old master (if it's still running) and runs
+# 5. run_pg_rewind - stops the old master (if it's still running) and runs
 # pg_rewind to synchronize it with the now-promoted standby server.
 #
-# 7. clean_rewind_test - stops both servers used in the test, if they're
+# 6. clean_rewind_test - stops both servers used in the test, if they're
 # still running.
 #
 # The test script can use the helper functions master_psql and standby_psql
@@ -37,27 +35,23 @@ package RewindTest;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use TestLib;
-use Test::More;
-
 use Config;
+use Exporter 'import';
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Path qw(rmtree);
 use IPC::Run qw(run start);
+use TestBase;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More;
 
-use Exporter 'import';
 our @EXPORT = qw(
-  $connstr_master
-  $connstr_standby
-  $test_master_datadir
-  $test_standby_datadir
+  $node_master
+  $node_standby
 
-  append_to_file
   master_psql
   standby_psql
   check_query
 
-  init_rewind_test
   setup_cluster
   start_master
   create_standby
@@ -66,15 +60,9 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
   clean_rewind_test
 );
 
-our $test_master_datadir  = "$tmp_check/data_master";
-our $test_standby_datadir = "$tmp_check/data_standby";
-
-# Define non-conflicting ports for both nodes.
-my $port_master  = $ENV{PGPORT};
-my $port_standby = $port_master + 1;
-
-my $connstr_master  = "port=$port_master";
-my $connstr_standby = "port=$port_standby";
+# Our nodes.
+our $node_master;
+our $node_standby;
 
 $ENV{PGDATABASE} = "postgres";
 
@@ -82,16 +70,16 @@ sub master_psql
 {
 	my $cmd = shift;
 
-	system_or_bail 'psql', '-q', '--no-psqlrc', '-d', $connstr_master,
-	  '-c', "$cmd";
+	system_or_bail 'psql', '-q', '--no-psqlrc', '-d',
+	  $node_master->getConnStr(), '-c', "$cmd";
 }
 
 sub standby_psql
 {
 	my $cmd = shift;
 
-	system_or_bail 'psql', '-q', '--no-psqlrc', '-d', $connstr_standby,
-	  '-c', "$cmd";
+	system_or_bail 'psql', '-q', '--no-psqlrc', '-d',
+      $node_standby->getConnStr(), '-c', "$cmd";
 }
 
 # Run a query against the master, and check that the output matches what's
@@ -104,7 +92,7 @@ sub check_query
 	# we want just the output, no formatting
 	my $result = run [
 		'psql',          '-q', '-A', '-t', '--no-psqlrc', '-d',
-		$connstr_master, '-c', $query ],
+		$node_master->getConnStr(), '-c', $query ],
 	  '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr;
 
 	# We don't use ok() for the exit code and stderr, because we want this
@@ -125,56 +113,14 @@ sub check_query
 	}
 }
 
-# Run a query once a second, until it returns 't' (i.e. SQL boolean true).
-sub poll_query_until
-{
-	my ($query, $connstr) = @_;
-
-	my $max_attempts = 30;
-	my $attempts     = 0;
-	my ($stdout, $stderr);
-
-	while ($attempts < $max_attempts)
-	{
-		my $cmd = [ 'psql', '-At', '-c', "$query", '-d', "$connstr" ];
-		my $result = run $cmd, '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr;
-
-		chomp($stdout);
-		$stdout =~ s/\r//g if $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
-		if ($stdout eq "t")
-		{
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		# Wait a second before retrying.
-		sleep 1;
-		$attempts++;
-	}
-
-	# The query result didn't change in 30 seconds. Give up. Print the stderr
-	# from the last attempt, hopefully that's useful for debugging.
-	diag $stderr;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-sub append_to_file
-{
-	my ($filename, $str) = @_;
-
-	open my $fh, ">>", $filename or die "could not open file $filename";
-	print $fh $str;
-	close $fh;
-}
-
 sub setup_cluster
 {
 	# Initialize master, data checksums are mandatory
-	rmtree($test_master_datadir);
-	standard_initdb($test_master_datadir);
+	$node_master = get_new_node();
+	$node_master->initNode();
 
 	# Custom parameters for master's postgresql.conf
-	append_to_file(
-		"$test_master_datadir/postgresql.conf", qq(
+	$node_master->appendConf("postgresql.conf", qq(
 wal_level = hot_standby
 max_wal_senders = 2
 wal_keep_segments = 20
@@ -185,17 +131,11 @@ hot_standby = on
 autovacuum = off
 max_connections = 10
 ));
-
-	# Accept replication connections on master
-	configure_hba_for_replication $test_master_datadir;
 }
 
 sub start_master
 {
-	system_or_bail('pg_ctl' , '-w',
-				   '-D' , $test_master_datadir,
-				   '-l',  "$log_path/master.log",
-				   "-o", "-p $port_master", 'start');
+	$node_master->startNode();
 
 	#### Now run the test-specific parts to initialize the master before setting
 	# up standby
@@ -203,24 +143,19 @@ sub start_master
 
 sub create_standby
 {
+	$node_standby = get_new_node();
+	$node_master->backupNode('my_backup');
+	$node_standby->initNodeFromBackup($node_master, 'my_backup');
+	my $connstr_master = $node_master->getConnStr();
 
-	# Set up standby with necessary parameter
-	rmtree $test_standby_datadir;
-
-	# Base backup is taken with xlog files included
-	system_or_bail('pg_basebackup', '-D', $test_standby_datadir,
-				   '-p', $port_master, '-x');
-	append_to_file(
-		"$test_standby_datadir/recovery.conf", qq(
+	$node_standby->appendConf("recovery.conf", qq(
 primary_conninfo='$connstr_master application_name=rewind_standby'
 standby_mode=on
 recovery_target_timeline='latest'
 ));
 
 	# Start standby
-	system_or_bail('pg_ctl', '-w', '-D', $test_standby_datadir,
-				   '-l', "$log_path/standby.log",
-				   '-o', "-p $port_standby", 'start');
+	$node_standby->startNode();
 
 	# The standby may have WAL to apply before it matches the primary.  That
 	# is fine, because no test examines the standby before promotion.
@@ -234,14 +169,14 @@ sub promote_standby
 	# Wait for the standby to receive and write all WAL.
 	my $wal_received_query =
 "SELECT pg_current_xlog_location() = write_location FROM pg_stat_replication WHERE application_name = 'rewind_standby';";
-	poll_query_until($wal_received_query, $connstr_master)
+	poll_query_until($node_master, $wal_received_query)
 	  or die "Timed out while waiting for standby to receive and write WAL";
 
 	# Now promote slave and insert some new data on master, this will put
 	# the master out-of-sync with the standby. Wait until the standby is
 	# out of recovery mode, and is ready to accept read-write connections.
-	system_or_bail('pg_ctl', '-w', '-D', $test_standby_datadir, 'promote');
-	poll_query_until("SELECT NOT pg_is_in_recovery()", $connstr_standby)
+	system_or_bail('pg_ctl', '-w', '-D', $node_standby->getDataDir(), 'promote');
+	poll_query_until($node_standby, "SELECT NOT pg_is_in_recovery()")
 	  or die "Timed out while waiting for promotion of standby";
 
 	# Force a checkpoint after the promotion. pg_rewind looks at the control
@@ -256,9 +191,13 @@ sub promote_standby
 sub run_pg_rewind
 {
 	my $test_mode = shift;
+	my $master_pgdata = $node_master->getDataDir();
+	my $standby_pgdata = $node_standby->getDataDir();
+	my $standby_connstr = $node_standby->getConnStr('postgres');
+	my $tmp_folder = TestBase::tempdir;
 
 	# Stop the master and be ready to perform the rewind
-	system_or_bail('pg_ctl', '-D', $test_master_datadir, '-m', 'fast', 'stop');
+	$node_master->stopNode();
 
 	# At this point, the rewind processing is ready to run.
 	# We now have a very simple scenario with a few diverged WAL record.
@@ -267,20 +206,19 @@ sub run_pg_rewind
 
 	# Keep a temporary postgresql.conf for master node or it would be
 	# overwritten during the rewind.
-	copy("$test_master_datadir/postgresql.conf",
-		 "$tmp_check/master-postgresql.conf.tmp");
+	copy("$master_pgdata/postgresql.conf",
+		 "$tmp_folder/master-postgresql.conf.tmp");
 
 	# Now run pg_rewind
 	if ($test_mode eq "local")
 	{
 		# Do rewind using a local pgdata as source
 		# Stop the master and be ready to perform the rewind
-		system_or_bail('pg_ctl', '-D', $test_standby_datadir,
-					   '-m', 'fast', 'stop');
+		$node_standby->stopNode();
 		command_ok(['pg_rewind',
 					"--debug",
-					"--source-pgdata=$test_standby_datadir",
-					"--target-pgdata=$test_master_datadir"],
+					"--source-pgdata=$standby_pgdata",
+					"--target-pgdata=$master_pgdata"],
 				   'pg_rewind local');
 	}
 	elsif ($test_mode eq "remote")
@@ -289,33 +227,30 @@ sub run_pg_rewind
 		command_ok(['pg_rewind',
 					"--debug",
 					"--source-server",
-					"port=$port_standby dbname=postgres",
-					"--target-pgdata=$test_master_datadir"],
+					$standby_connstr,
+					"--target-pgdata=$master_pgdata"],
 				   'pg_rewind remote');
 	}
 	else
 	{
-
 		# Cannot come here normally
 		die("Incorrect test mode specified");
 	}
 
 	# Now move back postgresql.conf with old settings
-	move("$tmp_check/master-postgresql.conf.tmp",
-		 "$test_master_datadir/postgresql.conf");
+	move("$tmp_folder/master-postgresql.conf.tmp",
+		 "$master_pgdata/postgresql.conf");
 
 	# Plug-in rewound node to the now-promoted standby node
-	append_to_file(
-		"$test_master_datadir/recovery.conf", qq(
+	my $port_standby = $node_standby->getPort();
+	$node_master->appendConf('recovery.conf', qq(
 primary_conninfo='port=$port_standby'
 standby_mode=on
 recovery_target_timeline='latest'
 ));
 
 	# Restart the master to check that rewind went correctly
-	system_or_bail('pg_ctl', '-w', '-D', $test_master_datadir,
-				   '-l', "$log_path/master.log",
-				   '-o', "-p $port_master", 'start');
+	$node_master->restartNode();
 
 	#### Now run the test-specific parts to check the result
 }
@@ -323,22 +258,6 @@ recovery_target_timeline='latest'
 # Clean up after the test. Stop both servers, if they're still running.
 sub clean_rewind_test
 {
-	if ($test_master_datadir)
-	{
-		system
-		  'pg_ctl', '-D', $test_master_datadir, '-m', 'immediate', 'stop';
-	}
-	if ($test_standby_datadir)
-	{
-		system
-		  'pg_ctl', '-D', $test_standby_datadir, '-m', 'immediate', 'stop';
-	}
-}
-
-# Stop the test servers, just in case they're still running.
-END
-{
-	my $save_rc = $?;
-	clean_rewind_test();
-	$? = $save_rc;
+	teardown_node($node_master) if (defined($node_master));
+	teardown_node($node_standby) if (defined($node_standby));
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/001_basic.pl
index 1764b17..be7b929 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/001_basic.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/001_basic.pl
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+# Basic pg_rewind test.
+
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 8;
 
 use RewindTest;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More tests => 8;
 
 sub run_test
 {
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl
index d317f53..16d9366 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/003_extrafiles.pl
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 4;
 
 use File::Find;
-
 use RewindTest;
-
+use TestLib;
+use TestBase;
+use Test::More tests => 4;
 
 sub run_test
 {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ sub run_test
 	RewindTest::setup_cluster();
 	RewindTest::start_master();
 
-	my $test_master_datadir = $RewindTest::test_master_datadir;
+	my $test_master_datadir = $node_master->getDataDir();
 
 	# Create a subdir and files that will be present in both
 	mkdir "$test_master_datadir/tst_both_dir";
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ sub run_test
 	RewindTest::create_standby();
 
 	# Create different subdirs and files in master and standby
+	my $test_standby_datadir = $node_standby->getDataDir();
 
 	mkdir "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir";
 	append_to_file "$test_standby_datadir/tst_standby_dir/standby_file1",
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/004_pg_xlog_symlink.pl b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/004_pg_xlog_symlink.pl
index c5f72e2..1bc4bba 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/004_pg_xlog_symlink.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/t/004_pg_xlog_symlink.pl
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 #
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Path qw(rmtree);
-use TestLib;
+use RewindTest;
 use Test::More;
+use TestBase;
+
 if ($windows_os)
 {
 	plan skip_all => 'symlinks not supported on Windows';
@@ -17,17 +20,17 @@ else
 	plan tests => 4;
 }
 
-use RewindTest;
-
 sub run_test
 {
 	my $test_mode = shift;
 
-	my $master_xlogdir = "$tmp_check/xlog_master";
+	my $master_xlogdir = "${TestBase::tmp_check}/xlog_master";
 
 	rmtree($master_xlogdir);
 	RewindTest::setup_cluster();
 
+	my $test_master_datadir = $node_master->getDataDir();
+
 	# turn pg_xlog into a symlink
 	print("moving $test_master_datadir/pg_xlog to $master_xlogdir\n");
 	move("$test_master_datadir/pg_xlog", $master_xlogdir) or die;
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/010_clusterdb.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/010_clusterdb.pl
index dc0d78a..5dee16c 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/010_clusterdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/010_clusterdb.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 13;
 
@@ -7,20 +8,24 @@ program_help_ok('clusterdb');
 program_version_ok('clusterdb');
 program_options_handling_ok('clusterdb');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
-	[ 'clusterdb', 'postgres' ],
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+$ENV{PGDATABASE} = 'postgres';
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
+	[ 'clusterdb' ],
 	qr/statement: CLUSTER;/,
 	'SQL CLUSTER run');
 
-command_fails([ 'clusterdb', '-t', 'nonexistent', 'postgres' ],
-	'fails with nonexistent table');
+command_fails([ 'clusterdb', '-t', 'nonexistent' ],
+			  'fails with nonexistent table');
 
 psql 'postgres',
-'CREATE TABLE test1 (a int); CREATE INDEX test1x ON test1 (a); CLUSTER test1 USING test1x';
-issues_sql_like(
-	[ 'clusterdb', '-t', 'test1', 'postgres' ],
+	'CREATE TABLE test1 (a int); CREATE INDEX test1x ON test1 (a); CLUSTER test1 USING test1x';
+issues_sql_like($node,
+	[ 'clusterdb', '-t', 'test1' ],
 	qr/statement: CLUSTER test1;/,
 	'cluster specific table');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/011_clusterdb_all.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/011_clusterdb_all.pl
index 7769f70..9c1c8f8 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/011_clusterdb_all.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/011_clusterdb_all.pl
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 2;
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+# cluster -a is not compatible with -d, hence enforce environment variables
+# correctly.
+$ENV{PGDATABASE} = 'postgres';
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'clusterdb', '-a' ],
 	qr/statement: CLUSTER.*statement: CLUSTER/s,
 	'cluster all databases');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
index a44283c..784164c 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 13;
 
@@ -7,14 +8,17 @@ program_help_ok('createdb');
 program_version_ok('createdb');
 program_options_handling_ok('createdb');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'createdb', 'foobar1' ],
 	qr/statement: CREATE DATABASE foobar1/,
 	'SQL CREATE DATABASE run');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'createdb', '-l', 'C', '-E', 'LATIN1', '-T', 'template0', 'foobar2' ],
 	qr/statement: CREATE DATABASE foobar2 ENCODING 'LATIN1'/,
 	'create database with encoding');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/030_createlang.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/030_createlang.pl
index 7ff0a3e..9413153 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/030_createlang.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/030_createlang.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 14;
 
@@ -7,18 +8,22 @@ program_help_ok('createlang');
 program_version_ok('createlang');
 program_options_handling_ok('createlang');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
+
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+$ENV{PGDATABASE} = 'postgres';
 
 command_fails(
-	[ 'createlang', 'plpgsql', 'postgres' ],
+	[ 'createlang', 'plpgsql' ],
 	'fails if language already exists');
 
-psql 'postgres', 'DROP EXTENSION plpgsql';
-issues_sql_like(
-	[ 'createlang', 'plpgsql', 'postgres' ],
+psql $node->getConnStr('postgres'), 'DROP EXTENSION plpgsql';
+issues_sql_like($node,
+	[ 'createlang', 'plpgsql' ],
 	qr/statement: CREATE EXTENSION "plpgsql"/,
 	'SQL CREATE EXTENSION run');
 
-command_like([ 'createlang', '--list', 'postgres' ],
+command_like([ 'createlang', '--list' ],
 	qr/plpgsql/, 'list output');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/040_createuser.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/040_createuser.pl
index 4d44e14..c322c17 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/040_createuser.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/040_createuser.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 17;
 
@@ -7,24 +8,29 @@ program_help_ok('createuser');
 program_version_ok('createuser');
 program_options_handling_ok('createuser');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGDATABASE} = 'postgres';
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'createuser', 'user1' ],
 qr/statement: CREATE ROLE user1 NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;/,
 	'SQL CREATE USER run');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'createuser', '-L', 'role1' ],
 qr/statement: CREATE ROLE role1 NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT NOLOGIN;/,
 	'create a non-login role');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'createuser', '-r', 'user2' ],
 qr/statement: CREATE ROLE user2 NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;/,
 	'create a CREATEROLE user');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'createuser', '-s', 'user3' ],
 qr/statement: CREATE ROLE user3 SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;/,
 	'create a superuser');
 
-command_fails([ 'createuser', 'user1' ], 'fails if role already exists');
+command_fails([ 'createuser', 'user1' ],
+			  'fails if role already exists');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/050_dropdb.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/050_dropdb.pl
index 3065e50..5e0d984 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/050_dropdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/050_dropdb.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 11;
 
@@ -7,11 +8,14 @@ program_help_ok('dropdb');
 program_version_ok('dropdb');
 program_options_handling_ok('dropdb');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-psql 'postgres', 'CREATE DATABASE foobar1';
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+psql $node->getConnStr('postgres'), 'CREATE DATABASE foobar1';
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'dropdb', 'foobar1' ],
 	qr/statement: DROP DATABASE foobar1/,
 	'SQL DROP DATABASE run');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/060_droplang.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/060_droplang.pl
index 6a21d7e..7c5bc23 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/060_droplang.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/060_droplang.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 11;
 
@@ -7,10 +8,13 @@ program_help_ok('droplang');
 program_version_ok('droplang');
 program_options_handling_ok('droplang');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'droplang', 'plpgsql', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: DROP EXTENSION "plpgsql"/,
 	'SQL DROP EXTENSION run');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/070_dropuser.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/070_dropuser.pl
index bbb3b79..b8608cd 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/070_dropuser.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/070_dropuser.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 11;
 
@@ -7,11 +8,14 @@ program_help_ok('dropuser');
 program_version_ok('dropuser');
 program_options_handling_ok('dropuser');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
+
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
 
 psql 'postgres', 'CREATE ROLE foobar1';
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'dropuser', 'foobar1' ],
 	qr/statement: DROP ROLE foobar1/,
 	'SQL DROP ROLE run');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/080_pg_isready.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/080_pg_isready.pl
index f432505..b2014dd 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/080_pg_isready.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/080_pg_isready.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 10;
 
@@ -9,7 +10,10 @@ program_options_handling_ok('pg_isready');
 
 command_fails(['pg_isready'], 'fails with no server running');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
+
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
 
 command_ok(['pg_isready'], 'succeeds with server running');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/090_reindexdb.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/090_reindexdb.pl
index 42628c2..3873316 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/090_reindexdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/090_reindexdb.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 20;
 
@@ -7,35 +8,37 @@ program_help_ok('reindexdb');
 program_version_ok('reindexdb');
 program_options_handling_ok('reindexdb');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
 $ENV{PGOPTIONS} = '--client-min-messages=WARNING';
 
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX DATABASE postgres;/,
 	'SQL REINDEX run');
 
 psql 'postgres',
   'CREATE TABLE test1 (a int); CREATE INDEX test1x ON test1 (a);';
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', '-t', 'test1', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX TABLE test1;/,
 	'reindex specific table');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', '-i', 'test1x', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX INDEX test1x;/,
 	'reindex specific index');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', '-S', 'pg_catalog', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX SCHEMA pg_catalog;/,
 	'reindex specific schema');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', '-s', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX SYSTEM postgres;/,
 	'reindex system tables');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', '-v', '-t', 'test1', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX \(VERBOSE\) TABLE test1;/,
 	'reindex with verbose output');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/091_reindexdb_all.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/091_reindexdb_all.pl
index ffadf29..7d83533 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/091_reindexdb_all.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/091_reindexdb_all.pl
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 2;
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
 $ENV{PGOPTIONS} = '--client-min-messages=WARNING';
 
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'reindexdb', '-a' ],
 	qr/statement: REINDEX.*statement: REINDEX/s,
 	'reindex all databases');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/100_vacuumdb.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/100_vacuumdb.pl
index ac160ba..7103aae 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/100_vacuumdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/100_vacuumdb.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 18;
 
@@ -7,26 +8,29 @@ program_help_ok('vacuumdb');
 program_version_ok('vacuumdb');
 program_options_handling_ok('vacuumdb');
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: VACUUM;/,
 	'SQL VACUUM run');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '-f', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: VACUUM \(FULL\);/,
 	'vacuumdb -f');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '-F', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: VACUUM \(FREEZE\);/,
 	'vacuumdb -F');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '-z', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: VACUUM \(ANALYZE\);/,
 	'vacuumdb -z');
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '-Z', 'postgres' ],
 	qr/statement: ANALYZE;/,
 	'vacuumdb -Z');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/101_vacuumdb_all.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/101_vacuumdb_all.pl
index e90f321..728cdf6 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/101_vacuumdb_all.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/101_vacuumdb_all.pl
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 2;
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '-a' ],
 	qr/statement: VACUUM.*statement: VACUUM/s,
 	'vacuum all databases');
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/102_vacuumdb_stages.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/102_vacuumdb_stages.pl
index 57b980e..ddda9f5 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/102_vacuumdb_stages.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/102_vacuumdb_stages.pl
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 4;
 
-my $tempdir = tempdir;
-start_test_server $tempdir;
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+$node->startNode();
 
-issues_sql_like(
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '--analyze-in-stages', 'postgres' ],
 qr/.*statement:\ SET\ default_statistics_target=1;\ SET\ vacuum_cost_delay=0;
                    .*statement:\ ANALYZE.*
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ qr/.*statement:\ SET\ default_statistics_target=1;\ SET\ vacuum_cost_delay=0;
 	'analyze three times');
 
 
-issues_sql_like(
+issues_sql_like($node,
 	[ 'vacuumdb', '--analyze-in-stages', '--all' ],
 qr/.*statement:\ SET\ default_statistics_target=1;\ SET\ vacuum_cost_delay=0;
                    .*statement:\ ANALYZE.*
diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bf9853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+# PostgresNode, simple node representation for regression tests.
+#
+# Regression tests should use this basic class infrastructure to define nodes
+# that need used in the test modules/scripts.
+package PostgresNode;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use RecursiveCopy;
+use TestBase;
+use Test::More;
+
+sub new
+{
+	my $class  = shift;
+	my $pghost = shift;
+	my $pgport = shift;
+	my $self   = {
+		_port     => undef,
+		_host     => undef,
+		_basedir  => undef,
+		_applname => undef,
+		_logfile  => undef };
+
+	# Set up each field
+	$self->{_port}     = $pgport;
+	$self->{_host}     = $pghost;
+	$self->{_basedir}  = TestBase::tempdir;
+	$self->{_applname} = "node_$pgport";
+	$self->{_logfile}  = "$TestBase::log_path/node_$pgport.log";
+
+	bless $self, $class;
+	$self->dumpNodeInfo();
+
+	return $self;
+}
+
+# Get routines for various variables
+sub getPort
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	return $self->{_port};
+}
+
+sub getHost
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	return $self->{_host};
+}
+
+sub getConnStr
+{
+	my ($self, $dbname) = @_;
+	my $pgport = $self->getPort();
+	my $pghost = $self->getHost();
+	if (!defined($dbname))
+	{
+		return "port=$pgport host=$pghost";
+	}
+	return "port=$pgport host=$pghost dbname=$dbname";
+}
+
+sub getDataDir
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	my $basedir = $self->{_basedir};
+	return "$basedir/pgdata";
+}
+
+sub getApplName
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	return $self->{_applname};
+}
+
+sub getLogFile
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	return $self->{_logfile};
+}
+
+sub getArchiveDir
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	my $basedir = $self->{_basedir};
+	return "$basedir/archives";
+}
+
+sub getBackupDir
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	my $basedir = $self->{_basedir};
+	return "$basedir/backup";
+}
+
+# Dump node information
+sub dumpNodeInfo
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	print 'Data directory: ' . $self->getDataDir() . "\n";
+	print 'Backup directory: ' . $self->getBackupDir() . "\n";
+	print 'Archive directory: ' . $self->getArchiveDir() . "\n";
+	print 'Connection string: ' . $self->getConnStr() . "\n";
+	print 'Application name: ' . $self->getApplName() . "\n";
+	print 'Log file: ' . $self->getLogFile() . "\n";
+}
+
+sub setReplicationConf
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	my $pgdata = $self->getDataDir();
+
+	open my $hba, ">>$pgdata/pg_hba.conf";
+	print $hba "\n# Allow replication (set up by PostgresNode.pm)\n";
+	if (!$windows_os)
+	{
+		print $hba "local replication all trust\n";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		print $hba
+"host replication all 127.0.0.1/32 sspi include_realm=1 map=regress\n";
+	}
+	close $hba;
+}
+
+# Initialize a new cluster for testing.
+#
+# Authentication is set up so that only the current OS user can access the
+# cluster. On Unix, we use Unix domain socket connections, with the socket in
+# a directory that's only accessible to the current user to ensure that.
+# On Windows, we use SSPI authentication to ensure the same (by pg_regress
+# --config-auth).
+sub initNode
+{
+	my ($self, $repconf) = @_;
+	my $port   = $self->getPort();
+	my $pgdata = $self->getDataDir();
+	my $host   = $self->getHost();
+
+	$repconf = 1 if (!defined($repconf));
+
+	mkdir $self->getBackupDir();
+	mkdir $self->getArchiveDir();
+
+	system_or_bail('initdb', '-D', $pgdata, '-A', 'trust', '-N');
+	system_or_bail($ENV{PG_REGRESS}, '--config-auth', $pgdata);
+
+	open my $conf, ">>$pgdata/postgresql.conf";
+	print $conf "\n# Added by TestLib.pm)\n";
+	print $conf "fsync = off\n";
+	print $conf "log_statement = all\n";
+	print $conf "port = $port\n";
+	if ($windows_os)
+	{
+		print $conf "listen_addresses = '$host'\n";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		print $conf "unix_socket_directories = '$host'\n";
+		print $conf "listen_addresses = ''\n";
+	}
+	close $conf;
+
+	$self->setReplicationConf() if ($repconf);
+}
+
+sub appendConf
+{
+	my ($self, $filename, $str) = @_;
+
+	my $conffile = $self->getDataDir() . '/' . $filename;
+
+	append_to_file($conffile, $str);
+}
+
+sub backupNode
+{
+	my ($self, $backup_name) = @_;
+	my $backup_path = $self->getBackupDir() . '/' . $backup_name;
+	my $port        = $self->getPort();
+
+	print "# Taking backup $backup_name from node with port $port\n";
+	system_or_bail("pg_basebackup -D $backup_path -p $port -x");
+	print "# Backup finished\n";
+}
+
+sub initNodeFromBackup
+{
+	my ($self, $root_node, $backup_name) = @_;
+	my $backup_path = $root_node->getBackupDir() . '/' . $backup_name;
+	my $port        = $self->getPort();
+	my $root_port   = $root_node->getPort();
+
+	print
+"Initializing node $port from backup \"$backup_name\" of node $root_port\n";
+	die "Backup $backup_path does not exist" unless -d $backup_path;
+
+	mkdir $self->getBackupDir();
+	mkdir $self->getArchiveDir();
+
+	my $data_path = $self->getDataDir();
+	rmdir($data_path);
+	RecursiveCopy::copypath($backup_path, $data_path);
+	chmod(0700, $data_path);
+
+	# Base configuration for this node
+	$self->appendConf('postgresql.conf',
+		qq(
+port = $port
+));
+	$self->setReplicationConf();
+}
+
+sub startNode
+{
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	my $port   = $self->getPort();
+	my $pgdata = $self->getDataDir();
+	print("### Starting test server in $pgdata\n");
+	my $ret = system_log('pg_ctl', '-w', '-D', $self->getDataDir(),
+		'-l', $self->getLogFile(), 'start');
+
+	if ($ret != 0)
+	{
+		print "# pg_ctl failed; logfile:\n";
+		print slurp_file($self->getLogFile());
+		BAIL_OUT("pg_ctl failed");
+	}
+}
+
+sub stopNode
+{
+	my ($self, $mode) = @_;
+	my $port   = $self->getPort();
+	my $pgdata = $self->getDataDir();
+	$mode = 'fast' if (!defined($mode));
+	print "### Stopping node in $pgdata with port $port using mode $mode\n";
+	system_log('pg_ctl', '-D', $pgdata, '-m', $mode, 'stop');
+}
+
+sub restartNode
+{
+	my ($self)  = @_;
+	my $port    = $self->getPort();
+	my $pgdata  = $self->getDataDir();
+	my $logfile = $self->getLogFile();
+	system_log('pg_ctl', '-D', $pgdata, '-w', '-l', $logfile, 'restart');
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/test/perl/RecursiveCopy.pm b/src/test/perl/RecursiveCopy.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e58ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/perl/RecursiveCopy.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# RecursiveCopy, a simple recursive copy implementation
+package RecursiveCopy;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Basename;
+use File::Copy;
+
+sub copypath
+{
+	my $srcpath  = shift;
+	my $destpath = shift;
+
+	die "Cannot operate on symlinks" if -l $srcpath or -l $destpath;
+
+	# This source path is a file, simply copy it to destination with the
+	# same name.
+	die "Destination path $destpath exists as file" if -f $destpath;
+	if (-f $srcpath)
+	{
+		copy($srcpath, $destpath)
+			or die "copy $srcpath -> $destpath failed: $!";
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	die "Destination needs to be a directory" unless -d $srcpath;
+	mkdir($destpath) or die "mkdir($destpath) failed: $!";
+
+	# Scan existing source directory and recursively copy everything.
+	opendir(my $directory, $srcpath) or die "could not opendir($srcpath): $!";
+	while (my $entry = readdir($directory))
+	{
+		next if ($entry eq '.' || $entry eq '..');
+		RecursiveCopy::copypath("$srcpath/$entry", "$destpath/$entry")
+			or die "copypath $srcpath/$entry -> $destpath/$entry failed";
+	}
+	closedir($directory);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/test/perl/TestBase.pm b/src/test/perl/TestBase.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72c8481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/perl/TestBase.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Set of low-level routines dedicated to base tasks for regression tests, like
+# command execution and logging.
+#
+# This module should not depend on any other PostgreSQL regression test
+# modules.
+package TestBase;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Config;
+use Exporter 'import';
+use File::Basename;
+use File::Spec;
+use File::Temp ();
+use IPC::Run qw(run);
+use SimpleTee;
+use Test::More;
+
+our @EXPORT = qw(
+  system_or_bail
+  system_log
+  run_log
+  slurp_dir
+  slurp_file
+  append_to_file
+
+  $windows_os
+);
+
+our ($windows_os, $tmp_check, $log_path, $test_logfile);
+
+BEGIN
+{
+	$windows_os = $Config{osname} eq 'MSWin32' || $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
+
+	# Determine output directories, and create them.  The base path is the
+	# TESTDIR environment variable, which is normally set by the invoking
+	# Makefile.
+	$tmp_check = $ENV{TESTDIR} ? "$ENV{TESTDIR}/tmp_check" : "tmp_check";
+	$log_path = "$tmp_check/log";
+
+	mkdir $tmp_check;
+	mkdir $log_path;
+
+	# Open the test log file, whose name depends on the test name.
+	$test_logfile = basename($0);
+	$test_logfile =~ s/\.[^.]+$//;
+	$test_logfile = "$log_path/regress_log_$test_logfile";
+	open TESTLOG, '>', $test_logfile
+	  or die "could not open STDOUT to logfile \"$test_logfile\": $!";
+
+	# Hijack STDOUT and STDERR to the log file
+	open(ORIG_STDOUT, ">&STDOUT");
+	open(ORIG_STDERR, ">&STDERR");
+	open(STDOUT,      ">&TESTLOG");
+	open(STDERR,      ">&TESTLOG");
+
+	# The test output (ok ...) needs to be printed to the original STDOUT so
+	# that the 'prove' program can parse it, and display it to the user in
+	# real time. But also copy it to the log file, to provide more context
+	# in the log.
+	my $builder = Test::More->builder;
+	my $fh      = $builder->output;
+	tie *$fh, "SimpleTee", *ORIG_STDOUT, *TESTLOG;
+	$fh = $builder->failure_output;
+	tie *$fh, "SimpleTee", *ORIG_STDERR, *TESTLOG;
+
+	# Enable auto-flushing for all the file handles. Stderr and stdout are
+	# redirected to the same file, and buffering causes the lines to appear
+	# in the log in confusing order.
+	autoflush STDOUT 1;
+	autoflush STDERR 1;
+	autoflush TESTLOG 1;
+}
+
+#
+# Helper functions
+#
+sub tempdir
+{
+	return File::Temp::tempdir(
+		'tmp_testXXXX',
+		DIR => $ENV{TESTDIR} || cwd(),
+		CLEANUP => 1);
+}
+
+sub tempdir_short
+{
+	# Use a separate temp dir outside the build tree for the
+	# Unix-domain socket, to avoid file name length issues.
+	return File::Temp::tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+}
+
+sub system_log
+{
+	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @_) . "\n");
+	return system(@_);
+}
+
+sub system_or_bail
+{
+	if (system_log(@_) != 0)
+	{
+		BAIL_OUT("system $_[0] failed");
+	}
+}
+
+sub run_log
+{
+	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @{ $_[0] }) . "\n");
+	return run(@_);
+}
+
+sub slurp_dir
+{
+	my ($dir) = @_;
+	opendir(my $dh, $dir)
+	  or die "could not opendir \"$dir\": $!";
+	my @direntries = readdir $dh;
+	closedir $dh;
+	return @direntries;
+}
+
+sub slurp_file
+{
+	local $/;
+	local @ARGV = @_;
+	my $contents = <>;
+	$contents =~ s/\r//g if $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
+	return $contents;
+}
+
+sub append_to_file
+{
+	my ($filename, $str) = @_;
+
+	open my $fh, ">>", $filename or die "could not open \"$filename\": $!";
+	print $fh $str;
+	close $fh;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm b/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
index 02533eb..83202f6 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Config;
+use Cwd;
 use Exporter 'import';
+use File::Basename;
+use File::Spec;
+use File::Temp ();
+use IPC::Run qw(run start);
+use PostgresNode;
+use Test::More;
+use TestBase;
+
 our @EXPORT = qw(
-  tempdir
-  tempdir_short
-  standard_initdb
-  configure_hba_for_replication
-  start_test_server
-  restart_test_server
+  get_new_node
+  teardown_node
   psql
-  slurp_dir
-  slurp_file
-  system_or_bail
-  system_log
-  run_log
+  poll_query_until
 
   command_ok
   command_fails
@@ -27,197 +28,91 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
   program_options_handling_ok
   command_like
   issues_sql_like
-
-  $tmp_check
-  $log_path
-  $windows_os
 );
 
-use Cwd;
-use File::Basename;
-use File::Spec;
-use File::Temp ();
-use IPC::Run qw(run start);
+our ($test_pghost, $last_port_assigned);
+our (@all_nodes,   @active_nodes);
 
-use SimpleTee;
-
-use Test::More;
-
-our $windows_os = $Config{osname} eq 'MSWin32' || $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
-
-# Open log file. For each test, the log file name uses the name of the
-# file launching this module, without the .pl suffix.
-our ($tmp_check, $log_path);
-$tmp_check = $ENV{TESTDIR} ? "$ENV{TESTDIR}/tmp_check" : "tmp_check";
-$log_path = "$tmp_check/log";
-mkdir $tmp_check;
-mkdir $log_path;
-my $test_logfile = basename($0);
-$test_logfile =~ s/\.[^.]+$//;
-$test_logfile = "$log_path/regress_log_$test_logfile";
-open TESTLOG, '>', $test_logfile or die "Cannot open STDOUT to logfile: $!";
-
-# Hijack STDOUT and STDERR to the log file
-open(ORIG_STDOUT, ">&STDOUT");
-open(ORIG_STDERR, ">&STDERR");
-open(STDOUT, ">&TESTLOG");
-open(STDERR, ">&TESTLOG");
-
-# The test output (ok ...) needs to be printed to the original STDOUT so
-# that the 'prove' program can parse it, and display it to the user in
-# real time. But also copy it to the log file, to provide more context
-# in the log.
-my $builder = Test::More->builder;
-my $fh = $builder->output;
-tie *$fh, "SimpleTee", *ORIG_STDOUT, *TESTLOG;
-$fh = $builder->failure_output;
-tie *$fh, "SimpleTee", *ORIG_STDERR, *TESTLOG;
-
-# Enable auto-flushing for all the file handles. Stderr and stdout are
-# redirected to the same file, and buffering causes the lines to appear
-# in the log in confusing order.
-autoflush STDOUT 1;
-autoflush STDERR 1;
-autoflush TESTLOG 1;
-
-# Set to untranslated messages, to be able to compare program output
-# with expected strings.
-delete $ENV{LANGUAGE};
-delete $ENV{LC_ALL};
-$ENV{LC_MESSAGES} = 'C';
-
-delete $ENV{PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT};
-delete $ENV{PGDATA};
-delete $ENV{PGDATABASE};
-delete $ENV{PGHOSTADDR};
-delete $ENV{PGREQUIRESSL};
-delete $ENV{PGSERVICE};
-delete $ENV{PGSSLMODE};
-delete $ENV{PGUSER};
-
-if (!$ENV{PGPORT})
+BEGIN
 {
-	$ENV{PGPORT} = 65432;
+	# Set to untranslated messages, to be able to compare program output
+	# with expected strings.
+	delete $ENV{LANGUAGE};
+	delete $ENV{LC_ALL};
+	$ENV{LC_MESSAGES} = 'C';
+
+	delete $ENV{PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT};
+	delete $ENV{PGDATA};
+	delete $ENV{PGDATABASE};
+	delete $ENV{PGHOSTADDR};
+	delete $ENV{PGREQUIRESSL};
+	delete $ENV{PGSERVICE};
+	delete $ENV{PGSSLMODE};
+	delete $ENV{PGUSER};
+	delete $ENV{PGPORT};
+	delete $ENV{PGHOST};
+
+	# PGHOST is set once and for all through a single series of tests when
+	# this module is loaded.
+	$test_pghost = $windows_os ? "127.0.0.1" : TestBase::tempdir_short();
+	$ENV{PGHOST} = $test_pghost;
+	$ENV{PGDATABASE} = 'postgres';
+
+	# Tracking of last port value assigned to accelerate free port lookup.
+	# XXX: Should this use PG_VERSION_NUM?
+	$last_port_assigned = 90600 % 16384 + 49152;
+
+	# Tracker of active nodes
+	@all_nodes    = ();
+	@active_nodes = ();
 }
 
-$ENV{PGPORT} = int($ENV{PGPORT}) % 65536;
-
-
+# Build a new PostgresNode object, assigning a free port number.
 #
-# Helper functions
-#
-
-
-sub tempdir
+# We also register the node, to avoid the port number from being reused
+# for another node even when this one is not active.
+sub get_new_node
 {
-	return File::Temp::tempdir(
-		'tmp_testXXXX',
-		DIR => $ENV{TESTDIR} || cwd(),
-		CLEANUP => 1);
-}
+	my $found = 0;
+	my $port  = $last_port_assigned;
 
-sub tempdir_short
-{
-
-	# Use a separate temp dir outside the build tree for the
-	# Unix-domain socket, to avoid file name length issues.
-	return File::Temp::tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
-}
-
-# Initialize a new cluster for testing.
-#
-# The PGHOST environment variable is set to connect to the new cluster.
-#
-# Authentication is set up so that only the current OS user can access the
-# cluster. On Unix, we use Unix domain socket connections, with the socket in
-# a directory that's only accessible to the current user to ensure that.
-# On Windows, we use SSPI authentication to ensure the same (by pg_regress
-# --config-auth).
-sub standard_initdb
-{
-	my $pgdata = shift;
-	system_or_bail('initdb', '-D', "$pgdata", '-A' , 'trust', '-N');
-	system_or_bail($ENV{PG_REGRESS}, '--config-auth', $pgdata);
-
-	my $tempdir_short = tempdir_short;
-
-	open CONF, ">>$pgdata/postgresql.conf";
-	print CONF "\n# Added by TestLib.pm)\n";
-	print CONF "fsync = off\n";
-	if ($windows_os)
+	while ($found == 0)
 	{
-		print CONF "listen_addresses = '127.0.0.1'\n";
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		print CONF "unix_socket_directories = '$tempdir_short'\n";
-		print CONF "listen_addresses = ''\n";
-	}
-	close CONF;
+		$port++;
+		print "# Checking for port $port\n";
+		my $devnull = $windows_os ? "nul" : "/dev/null";
+		if (!run_log([ 'pg_isready', '-p', $port ]))
+		{
+			$found = 1;
 
-	$ENV{PGHOST}         = $windows_os ? "127.0.0.1" : $tempdir_short;
-}
-
-# Set up the cluster to allow replication connections, in the same way that
-# standard_initdb does for normal connections.
-sub configure_hba_for_replication
-{
-	my $pgdata = shift;
-
-	open HBA, ">>$pgdata/pg_hba.conf";
-	print HBA "\n# Allow replication (set up by TestLib.pm)\n";
-	if (! $windows_os)
-	{
-		print HBA "local replication all trust\n";
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		print HBA "host replication all 127.0.0.1/32 sspi include_realm=1 map=regress\n";
-	}
-	close HBA;
-}
-
-my ($test_server_datadir, $test_server_logfile);
-
-
-# Initialize a new cluster for testing in given directory, and start it.
-sub start_test_server
-{
-	my ($tempdir) = @_;
-	my $ret;
-
-	print("### Starting test server in $tempdir\n");
-	standard_initdb "$tempdir/pgdata";
-
-	$ret = system_log('pg_ctl', '-D', "$tempdir/pgdata", '-w', '-l',
-	  "$log_path/postmaster.log", '-o', "--log-statement=all",
-	  'start');
-
-	if ($ret != 0)
-	{
-		print "# pg_ctl failed; logfile:\n";
-		system('cat', "$log_path/postmaster.log");
-		BAIL_OUT("pg_ctl failed");
+			# Found a potential candidate port number.  Check first that it is
+			# not included in the list of registered nodes.
+			foreach my $node (@all_nodes)
+			{
+				$found = 0 if ($node->getPort() == $port);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	$test_server_datadir = "$tempdir/pgdata";
-	$test_server_logfile = "$log_path/postmaster.log";
+	print "# Found free port $port\n";
+
+	# Lock port number found by creating a new node
+	my $node = new PostgresNode($test_pghost, $port);
+
+	# Add node to list of nodes currently in use
+	push(@all_nodes,    $node);
+	push(@active_nodes, $node);
+	$last_port_assigned = $port;
+
+	return $node;
 }
 
-sub restart_test_server
+sub teardown_node
 {
-	print("### Restarting test server\n");
-	system_log('pg_ctl', '-D', $test_server_datadir, '-w', '-l',
-	  $test_server_logfile, 'restart');
-}
+	my $node = shift;
 
-END
-{
-	if ($test_server_datadir)
-	{
-		system_log('pg_ctl', '-D', $test_server_datadir, '-m',
-		  'immediate', 'stop');
-	}
+	$node->stopNode('immediate');
+	@active_nodes = grep { $_ ne $node } @active_nodes;
 }
 
 sub psql
@@ -225,56 +120,55 @@ sub psql
 	my ($dbname, $sql) = @_;
 	my ($stdout, $stderr);
 	print("# Running SQL command: $sql\n");
-	run [ 'psql', '-X', '-A', '-t', '-q', '-d', $dbname, '-f', '-' ], '<', \$sql, '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr or die;
+	run [ 'psql', '-X', '-A', '-t', '-q', '-d', $dbname, '-f', '-' ],
+	  '<', \$sql, '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr
+	  or die;
+	if ($stderr ne "")
+	{
+		print "#### Begin standard error\n";
+		print $stderr;
+		print "#### End standard error\n";
+	}
 	chomp $stdout;
 	$stdout =~ s/\r//g if $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
 	return $stdout;
 }
 
-sub slurp_dir
+# Run a query once a second, until it returns 't' (i.e. SQL boolean true).
+sub poll_query_until
 {
-	my ($dir) = @_;
-	opendir(my $dh, $dir) or die;
-	my @direntries = readdir $dh;
-	closedir $dh;
-	return @direntries;
-}
+	my ($node, $query) = @_;
 
-sub slurp_file
-{
-	local $/;
-	local @ARGV = @_;
-	my $contents = <>;
-	$contents =~ s/\r//g if $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
-	return $contents;
-}
+	my $max_attempts = 30;
+	my $attempts     = 0;
+	my ($stdout, $stderr);
 
-sub system_or_bail
-{
-	if (system_log(@_) != 0)
+	while ($attempts < $max_attempts)
 	{
-		BAIL_OUT("system $_[0] failed: $?");
+		my $cmd = [ 'psql', '-At', '-c', $query, '-d', $node->getConnStr() ];
+		my $result = run $cmd, '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr;
+
+		chomp($stdout);
+		$stdout =~ s/\r//g if $Config{osname} eq 'msys';
+		if ($stdout eq "t")
+		{
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		# Wait a second before retrying.
+		sleep 1;
+		$attempts++;
 	}
-}
 
-sub system_log
-{
-	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @_) ."\n");
-	return system(@_);
+	# The query result didn't change in 30 seconds. Give up. Print the stderr
+	# from the last attempt, hopefully that's useful for debugging.
+	diag $stderr;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-sub run_log
-{
-	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @{$_[0]}) ."\n");
-	return run (@_);
-}
-
-
 #
 # Test functions
 #
-
-
 sub command_ok
 {
 	my ($cmd, $test_name) = @_;
@@ -292,7 +186,7 @@ sub command_fails
 sub command_exit_is
 {
 	my ($cmd, $expected, $test_name) = @_;
-	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @{$cmd}) ."\n");
+	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @{$cmd}) . "\n");
 	my $h = start $cmd;
 	$h->finish();
 
@@ -303,8 +197,10 @@ sub command_exit_is
 	# assuming the Unix convention, which will always return 0 on Windows as
 	# long as the process was not terminated by an exception. To work around
 	# that, use $h->full_result on Windows instead.
-	my $result = ($Config{osname} eq "MSWin32") ?
-		($h->full_results)[0] : $h->result(0);
+	my $result =
+	    ($Config{osname} eq "MSWin32")
+	  ? ($h->full_results)[0]
+	  : $h->result(0);
 	is($result, $expected, $test_name);
 }
 
@@ -335,8 +231,8 @@ sub program_options_handling_ok
 	my ($cmd) = @_;
 	my ($stdout, $stderr);
 	print("# Running: $cmd --not-a-valid-option\n");
-	my $result = run [ $cmd, '--not-a-valid-option' ], '>', \$stdout, '2>',
-	  \$stderr;
+	my $result = run [ $cmd, '--not-a-valid-option' ], '>', \$stdout,
+	  '2>', \$stderr;
 	ok(!$result, "$cmd with invalid option nonzero exit code");
 	isnt($stderr, '', "$cmd with invalid option prints error message");
 }
@@ -354,11 +250,11 @@ sub command_like
 
 sub issues_sql_like
 {
-	my ($cmd, $expected_sql, $test_name) = @_;
-	truncate $test_server_logfile, 0;
+	my ($node, $cmd, $expected_sql, $test_name) = @_;
+	truncate $node->getLogFile(), 0;
 	my $result = run_log($cmd);
 	ok($result, "@$cmd exit code 0");
-	my $log = slurp_file($test_server_logfile);
+	my $log = slurp_file($node->getLogFile());
 	like($log, $expected_sql, "$test_name: SQL found in server log");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm b/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
index a6c77b5..ccd4754 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
+++ b/src/test/ssl/ServerSetup.pm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package ServerSetup;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Copy;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ sub copy_files
 
 sub configure_test_server_for_ssl
 {
-	my $tempdir    = $_[0];
+	my $pgdata     = $_[0];
 	my $serverhost = $_[1];
 
 	# Create test users and databases
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ sub configure_test_server_for_ssl
 	psql 'postgres', "CREATE DATABASE certdb";
 
 	# enable logging etc.
-	open CONF, ">>$tempdir/pgdata/postgresql.conf";
+	open CONF, ">>$pgdata/postgresql.conf";
 	print CONF "fsync=off\n";
 	print CONF "log_connections=on\n";
 	print CONF "log_hostname=on\n";
@@ -68,17 +69,17 @@ sub configure_test_server_for_ssl
 	close CONF;
 
 # Copy all server certificates and keys, and client root cert, to the data dir
-	copy_files("ssl/server-*.crt", "$tempdir/pgdata");
-	copy_files("ssl/server-*.key", "$tempdir/pgdata");
-	chmod(0600, glob "$tempdir/pgdata/server-*.key") or die $!;
-	copy_files("ssl/root+client_ca.crt", "$tempdir/pgdata");
-	copy_files("ssl/root+client.crl",    "$tempdir/pgdata");
+	copy_files("ssl/server-*.crt", $pgdata);
+	copy_files("ssl/server-*.key", $pgdata);
+	chmod(0600, glob "$pgdata/server-*.key") or die $!;
+	copy_files("ssl/root+client_ca.crt", $pgdata);
+	copy_files("ssl/root+client.crl",    $pgdata);
 
   # Only accept SSL connections from localhost. Our tests don't depend on this
   # but seems best to keep it as narrow as possible for security reasons.
   #
   # When connecting to certdb, also check the client certificate.
-	open HBA, ">$tempdir/pgdata/pg_hba.conf";
+	open HBA, ">$pgdata/pg_hba.conf";
 	print HBA
 "# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD\n";
 	print HBA
@@ -96,12 +97,13 @@ sub configure_test_server_for_ssl
 # the server so that the configuration takes effect.
 sub switch_server_cert
 {
-	my $tempdir  = $_[0];
+	my $node     = $_[0];
 	my $certfile = $_[1];
+	my $pgdata   = $node->getDataDir();
 
 	diag "Restarting server with certfile \"$certfile\"...";
 
-	open SSLCONF, ">$tempdir/pgdata/sslconfig.conf";
+	open SSLCONF, ">$pgdata/sslconfig.conf";
 	print SSLCONF "ssl=on\n";
 	print SSLCONF "ssl_ca_file='root+client_ca.crt'\n";
 	print SSLCONF "ssl_cert_file='$certfile.crt'\n";
@@ -110,5 +112,5 @@ sub switch_server_cert
 	close SSLCONF;
 
 	# Stop and restart server to reload the new config.
-	restart_test_server();
+	$node->restartNode();
 }
diff --git a/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl b/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
index 0d6f339..6a32af1 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
+++ b/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestBase;
 use TestLib;
 use Test::More tests => 38;
 use ServerSetup;
@@ -25,8 +27,6 @@ BEGIN
 # postgresql-ssl-regression.test.
 my $SERVERHOSTADDR = '127.0.0.1';
 
-my $tempdir = TestLib::tempdir;
-
 # Define a couple of helper functions to test connecting to the server.
 
 my $common_connstr;
@@ -74,10 +74,16 @@ chmod 0600, "ssl/client.key";
 
 #### Part 0. Set up the server.
 
-diag "setting up data directory in \"$tempdir\"...";
-start_test_server($tempdir);
-configure_test_server_for_ssl($tempdir, $SERVERHOSTADDR);
-switch_server_cert($tempdir, 'server-cn-only');
+diag "setting up data directory...";
+my $node = get_new_node();
+$node->initNode();
+# PGHOST is enforced here to set up the node, subsequent connections
+# will use a dedicated connection string.
+$ENV{PGHOST} = $node->getHost();
+$ENV{PGPORT} = $node->getPort();
+$node->startNode();
+configure_test_server_for_ssl($node->getDataDir(), $SERVERHOSTADDR);
+switch_server_cert($node, 'server-cn-only');
 
 ### Part 1. Run client-side tests.
 ###
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ test_connect_ok("sslmode=verify-ca host=wronghost.test");
 test_connect_fails("sslmode=verify-full host=wronghost.test");
 
 # Test Subject Alternative Names.
-switch_server_cert($tempdir, 'server-multiple-alt-names');
+switch_server_cert($node, 'server-multiple-alt-names');
 
 diag "test hostname matching with X509 Subject Alternative Names";
 $common_connstr =
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@ test_connect_fails("host=deep.subdomain.wildcard.pg-ssltest.test");
 
 # Test certificate with a single Subject Alternative Name. (this gives a
 # slightly different error message, that's all)
-switch_server_cert($tempdir, 'server-single-alt-name');
+switch_server_cert($node, 'server-single-alt-name');
 
 diag "test hostname matching with a single X509 Subject Alternative Name";
 $common_connstr =
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ test_connect_fails("host=deep.subdomain.wildcard.pg-ssltest.test");
 
 # Test server certificate with a CN and SANs. Per RFCs 2818 and 6125, the CN
 # should be ignored when the certificate has both.
-switch_server_cert($tempdir, 'server-cn-and-alt-names');
+switch_server_cert($node, 'server-cn-and-alt-names');
 
 diag "test certificate with both a CN and SANs";
 $common_connstr =
@@ -190,7 +196,7 @@ test_connect_fails("host=common-name.pg-ssltest.test");
 
 # Finally, test a server certificate that has no CN or SANs. Of course, that's
 # not a very sensible certificate, but libpq should handle it gracefully.
-switch_server_cert($tempdir, 'server-no-names');
+switch_server_cert($node, 'server-no-names');
 $common_connstr =
 "user=ssltestuser dbname=trustdb sslcert=invalid sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR";
 
@@ -199,7 +205,7 @@ test_connect_fails("sslmode=verify-full host=common-name.pg-ssltest.test");
 
 # Test that the CRL works
 diag "Testing client-side CRL";
-switch_server_cert($tempdir, 'server-revoked');
+switch_server_cert($node, 'server-revoked');
 
 $common_connstr =
 "user=ssltestuser dbname=trustdb sslcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=common-name.pg-ssltest.test";
@@ -233,7 +239,3 @@ test_connect_fails(
 test_connect_fails(
 "user=ssltestuser sslcert=ssl/client-revoked.crt sslkey=ssl/client-revoked.key"
 );
-
-
-# All done! Save the log, before the temporary installation is deleted
-copy("$tempdir/client-log", "./client-log");
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