133 files changed, 622 insertions, 624 deletions
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts
index 1421824da..a5ce449f3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/cleaner.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoUUID1: string
  let videoUUID2: string
  let videoUUID3: string
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test AP cleaner', function () {
        videos: { cleanup_remote_interactions: true }
      }
    }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, config)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3, config)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts
index 5845045a3..720231f02 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/client.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeActivityPubGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test activitypub', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let video: { id: number, uuid: string, shortUUID: string }
  let playlist: { id: number, uuid: string, shortUUID: string }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Test activitypub', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts
index 34694a773..ddfe6cfe0 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/fetch.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createMultipleServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test ActivityPub fetcher', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts
index d2f71e857..bbec0d309 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/refresher.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  wait,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoUUID1: string
  let videoUUID2: string
  let videoUUID3: string
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ describe('Test AP refresher', function () {
      // The refresh should fail
      await waitJobs([ servers[0] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[1])
+      await servers[1].run()
      await servers[0].videos.get({ id: videoUUID3 })
    })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
index ab0eb256e..c173648b3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-c
 import {
  buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  wait
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { makeFollowRequest, makePOSTAPRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/activitypub'
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ import { buildGlobalHeaders } from '../../../lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activi
 const expect = chai.expect
-function setKeysOfServer (onServer: ServerInfo, ofServer: ServerInfo, publicKey: string, privateKey: string) {
+function setKeysOfServer (onServer: PeerTubeServer, ofServer: PeerTubeServer, publicKey: string, privateKey: string) {
  const url = 'http://localhost:' + ofServer.port + '/accounts/peertube'
  return Promise.all([
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ function setKeysOfServer (onServer: ServerInfo, ofServer: ServerInfo, publicKey:
  ])
 }
-function setUpdatedAtOfServer (onServer: ServerInfo, ofServer: ServerInfo, updatedAt: string) {
+function setUpdatedAtOfServer (onServer: PeerTubeServer, ofServer: PeerTubeServer, updatedAt: string) {
  const url = 'http://localhost:' + ofServer.port + '/accounts/peertube'
  return Promise.all([
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ function setUpdatedAtOfServer (onServer: ServerInfo, ofServer: ServerInfo, updat
  ])
 }
-function getAnnounceWithoutContext (server: ServerInfo) {
+function getAnnounceWithoutContext (server: PeerTubeServer) {
  const json = require(buildAbsoluteFixturePath('./ap-json/peertube/announce-without-context.json'))
  const result: typeof json = {}
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ function getAnnounceWithoutContext (server: ServerInfo) {
 }
 describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let url: string
  const keys = require(buildAbsoluteFixturePath('./ap-json/peertube/keys.json'))
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    url = servers[0].url + '/inbox'
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
      // Invalid peertube actor cache
      await killallServers([ servers[1] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[1])
+      await servers[1].run()
      const body = activityPubContextify(getAnnounceWithoutContext(servers[1]))
      const headers = buildGlobalHeaders(body)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts
index 7a6790ba8..62811f932 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/abuses.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import {
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { AbuseCreate, AbuseState } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
  const basePath = '/api/v1/abuses/'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userToken = ''
  let userToken2 = ''
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
@@ -404,12 +404,12 @@ describe('Test abuses API validators', function () {
  describe('When trying to manage messages of a remote abuse', function () {
    let remoteAbuseId: number
-    let anotherServer: ServerInfo
+    let anotherServer: PeerTubeServer
    before(async function () {
      this.timeout(50000)
-      anotherServer = await flushAndRunServer(2)
+      anotherServer = await createSingleServer(2)
      await setAccessTokensToServers([ anotherServer ])
      await doubleFollow(anotherServer, server)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts
index 223322626..e866593db 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/accounts.ts
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo
+  PeerTubeServer
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test accounts API validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/accounts/'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
  })
  describe('When listing accounts', function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts
index 14e45e503..b2a1cc4e2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/blocklist.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import {
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 describe('Test blocklist API validators', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    server = servers[0]
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts
index 69ff7dd96..a660c3d80 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/bulk.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { makePostBodyRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('Test bulk API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts
index 6fd26864e..1756d58ee 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/config.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ import { omit } from 'lodash'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { CustomConfig } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test config API validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/config/custom'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  const updateParams: CustomConfig = {
    instance: {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ describe('Test config API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts
index d2541777f..8c2b2a84b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/contact-form.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, killallServers, MockSmtpServer, reRunServer, ServerInfo } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, killallServers, MockSmtpServer, PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { ContactFormCommand } from '@shared/extra-utils/server'
 describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  const emails: object[] = []
  const defaultBody = {
    fromName: 'super name',
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
    emailPort = await MockSmtpServer.Instance.collectEmails(emails)
    // Email is disabled
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    command = server.contactForm
  })
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
    // Contact form is disabled
-    await reRunServer(server, { smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort }, contact_form: { enabled: false } })
+    await server.run({ smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort }, contact_form: { enabled: false } })
    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.CONFLICT_409 })
  })
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Test contact form API validators', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
    // Email & contact form enabled
-    await reRunServer(server, { smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort } })
+    await server.run({ smtp: { hostname: 'localhost', port: emailPort } })
    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromEmail: 'badEmail', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
    await command.send({ ...defaultBody, fromEmail: 'badEmail@', expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts
index 3d84fb3e6..043505e32 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/custom-pages.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import 'mocha'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { makeGetRequest, makePutBodyRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { makeGetRequest, makePutBodyRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-uti
 describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/custom-pages/homepage/instance'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('Test custom pages validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    const user = { username: 'user1', password: 'password' }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts
index 609f9566e..9c13e9daf 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/debug.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { makeGetRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-c
 describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/server/debug'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('Test debug API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts
index fae3712ce..0fd2b4925 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/follows.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeDeleteRequest, makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ import {
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 describe('Test server follows API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts
index 3786e8612..a370ec2d3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/jobs.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-c
 describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/jobs/failed'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test jobs API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts
index 20f27dd1d..eb5cdd1d8 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/live.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  LiveCommand,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makeUploadRequest,
  sendRTMPStream,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  stopFfmpeg
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/videos/live'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  let channelId: number
  let video: VideoCreateResult
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('Test video lives API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts
index cf8f77959..2eb074007 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/logs.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { makeGetRequest } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/requests/requests'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-c
 describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/server/logs'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('Test logs API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts
index d4b72c0f4..2b471ee7d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/plugins.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { PeerTubePlugin, PluginType } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = null
  const npmPlugin = 'peertube-plugin-hello-world'
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Test server plugins API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts
index fca92fde4..18b98a0f9 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/redundancy.ts
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ import {
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let userAccessToken = null
  let videoIdLocal: number
  let videoRemote: VideoCreateResult
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test server redundancy API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(80000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
index 1acfa0922..43cd81af9 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/search.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-function updateSearchIndex (server: ServerInfo, enabled: boolean, disableLocalSearch = false) {
+function updateSearchIndex (server: PeerTubeServer, enabled: boolean, disableLocalSearch = false) {
  return server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
    newConfig: {
      search: {
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ function updateSearchIndex (server: ServerInfo, enabled: boolean, disableLocalSe
 }
 describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts
index 83435c24a..c623240b7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/services.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import 'mocha'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test services API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let playlistUUID: string
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('Test services API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('Test services API validators', function () {
  })
 })
-function checkParamEmbed (server: ServerInfo, embedUrl: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, query = {}) {
+function checkParamEmbed (server: PeerTubeServer, embedUrl: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400, query = {}) {
  const path = '/services/oembed'
  return makeGetRequest({
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts
index 4ca544790..2c73e6a19 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/upload-quota.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode, randomInt } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  ImportsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  VideosCommand,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { VideoImportState, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test upload quota', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let rootId: number
  let command: VideosCommand
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Test upload quota', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts
index 913eca366..038c444b3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-notifications.ts
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserNotificationSetting, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test user notifications API validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts
index 885ad68e4..22cf130c2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/user-subscriptions.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-c
 describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/users/me/subscriptions'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test user subscriptions API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
index bce3f0774..c2c98f429 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
  makeUploadRequest,
  MockSmtpServer,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  UsersCommand
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
  let rootId: number
  let moderatorId: number
  let video: VideoCreateResult
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
-  let serverWithRegistrationDisabled: ServerInfo
+  let serverWithRegistrationDisabled: PeerTubeServer
  let userToken = ''
  let moderatorToken = ''
  let emailPort: number
@@ -48,8 +47,8 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
    {
      const res = await Promise.all([
-        flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig),
+        createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig),
-        flushAndRunServer(2)
+        createSingleServer(2)
      ])
      server = res[0]
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
          port: emailPort
        }
      }
-      await reRunServer(server, config)
+      await server.run(config)
      const fields = {
        ...baseCorrectParams,
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts
index 51609b982..b5d0e0778 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ import {
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoBlacklistType } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let notBlacklistedVideoId: string
  let remoteVideoUUID: string
  let userAccessToken1 = ''
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist API validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts
index 913f894b9..26aab79e7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-captions.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makeUploadRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/videos/'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  let video: VideoCreateResult
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test video captions API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts
index 8e6e32f20..62b8fa4f6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-channels.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
  makeUploadRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoChannelUpdate } from '@shared/models'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
  const videoChannelPath = '/api/v1/video-channels'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let accessTokenUser: string
  let command: ChannelsCommand
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Test video channels API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts
index 44af9d7e3..ea5340b40 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-comments.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoCreateResult } from '@shared/models'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
  let pathThread: string
  let pathComment: string
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let video: VideoCreateResult
  let userAccessToken: string
  let userAccessToken2: string
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Test video comments API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
index 1a6b6075f..627f0c7ad 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-imports.ts
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  ImportsCommand,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makeUploadRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/videos/imports'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  let channelId: number
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test video imports API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts
index e0e42ebb0..9d054b176 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/video-playlists.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import {
  checkBadSortPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  PlaylistsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  let playlist: VideoPlaylistCreateResult
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts
index cbfdef1db..e4e799cc7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-filter.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserRole } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
-async function testEndpoints (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode) {
+async function testEndpoints (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, filter: string, statusCodeExpected: HttpStatusCode) {
  const paths = [
    '/api/v1/video-channels/root_channel/videos',
    '/api/v1/accounts/root/videos',
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function testEndpoints (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string,
 }
 describe('Test video filters validators', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  let moderatorAccessToken: string
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('Test video filters validators', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
index 549c9fa1f..3c1f479e4 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import {
  checkBadCountPagination,
  checkBadStartPagination,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
  const myHistoryPath = '/api/v1/users/me/history/videos'
  const myHistoryRemove = myHistoryPath + '/remove'
  let watchingPath: string
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts
index 3597c81d3..c2139d74b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-overviews.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 import 'mocha'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test videos overview', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
  })
  describe('When getting videos overview', function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
index 69bdae7cf..c60de2640 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import {
  checkBadStartPagination,
  checkUploadVideoParam,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeDeleteRequest,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePutBodyRequest,
  makeUploadRequest,
  root,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { PeerTubeProblemDocument, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
  const path = '/api/v1/videos/'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken = ''
  let accountName: string
  let channelId: number
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts
index 1c380883c..a00833569 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-constraints.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  ConfigCommand,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  wait,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test live constraints', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let userId: number
  let userAccessToken: string
  let userChannelId: number
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('Test live constraints', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts
index 900bd6f5c..30d499e20 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-permanent.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  ConfigCommand,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  stopFfmpeg,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Permanent live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoUUID: string
  async function createLiveWrapper (permanentLive: boolean) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('Permanent live', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts
index 7a33df90a..d403f27bf 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-save-replay.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  ConfigCommand,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  stopFfmpeg,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { LiveVideoCreate, VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Save replay setting', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let liveVideoUUID: string
  let ffmpegCommand: FfmpegCommand
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Save replay setting', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts
index ad67d6285..3808964d1 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-socket-messages.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { VideoPrivacy, VideoState } from '@shared/models'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  stopFfmpeg,
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts
index 43222f9c9..4a137b185 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live-views.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  stopFfmpeg,
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/live/live.ts b/server/tests/api/live/live.ts
index 2cce1f448..7cfac522c 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/live/live.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/live/live.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import {
  checkResolutionsInMasterPlaylist,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
  LiveCommand,
  makeRawRequest,
-  reRunServer,
  sendRTMPStream,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  stopFfmpeg,
@@ -32,13 +31,13 @@ import { LiveVideo, LiveVideoCreate, VideoDetails, VideoPrivacy, VideoState, Vid
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test live', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let commands: LiveCommand[]
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -571,7 +570,7 @@ describe('Test live', function () {
      await commands[0].waitUntilSegmentGeneration({ videoUUID: liveVideoReplayId, resolution: 0, segment: 2 })
      await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[0])
+      await servers[0].run()
      await wait(5000)
    })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts
index 97a0d95c4..360b9de35 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/abuses.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
  AbusesCommand,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { AbuseMessage, AbusePredefinedReasonsString, AbuseState, AdminAbuse, Use
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test abuses', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let abuseServer1: AdminAbuse
  let abuseServer2: AdminAbuse
  let commands: AbusesCommand[]
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
    this.timeout(50000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
  describe('Comment abuses', function () {
-    async function getComment (server: ServerInfo, videoIdArg: number | string) {
+    async function getComment (server: PeerTubeServer, videoIdArg: number | string) {
      const videoId = typeof videoIdArg === 'string'
        ? await server.videos.getId({ uuid: videoIdArg })
        : videoIdArg
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ describe('Test abuses', function () {
  describe('Account abuses', function () {
-    function getAccountFromServer (server: ServerInfo, targetName: string, targetServer: ServerInfo) {
+    function getAccountFromServer (server: PeerTubeServer, targetName: string, targetServer: PeerTubeServer) {
      return server.accounts.get({ accountName: targetName + '@' + targetServer.host })
    }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts
index 6b56fdd65..fdfbcbced 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist-notification.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createMultipleServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function checkNotifications (server: ServerInfo, token: string, expected: UserNotificationType[]) {
+async function checkNotifications (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, expected: UserNotificationType[]) {
  const { data } = await server.notifications.list({ token, start: 0, count: 10, unread: true })
  expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(expected.length)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ async function checkNotifications (server: ServerInfo, token: string, expected:
 }
 describe('Test blocklist', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoUUID: string
  let userToken1: string
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts
index 9a4a3b3b9..593291e87 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/blocklist.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  CommentsCommand,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function checkAllVideos (server: ServerInfo, token: string) {
+async function checkAllVideos (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string) {
  {
    const { data } = await server.videos.listWithToken({ token })
    expect(data).to.have.lengthOf(5)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function checkAllVideos (server: ServerInfo, token: string) {
  }
 }
-async function checkAllComments (server: ServerInfo, token: string, videoUUID: string) {
+async function checkAllComments (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, videoUUID: string) {
  const { data } = await server.comments.listThreads({ videoId: videoUUID, start: 0, count: 25, sort: '-createdAt', token })
  const threads = data.filter(t => t.isDeleted === false)
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ async function checkAllComments (server: ServerInfo, token: string, videoUUID: s
 }
 async function checkCommentNotification (
-  mainServer: ServerInfo,
+  mainServer: PeerTubeServer,
-  comment: { server: ServerInfo, token: string, videoUUID: string, text: string },
+  comment: { server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, videoUUID: string, text: string },
  check: 'presence' | 'absence'
 ) {
  const command = comment.server.comments
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ async function checkCommentNotification (
 }
 describe('Test blocklist', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoUUID1: string
  let videoUUID2: string
  let videoUUID3: string
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Test blocklist', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    command = servers[0].blocklist
diff --git a/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts b/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts
index d23d23bcb..62cbf2e07 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/moderation/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import {
  BlacklistCommand,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  ImportsCommand,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -20,11 +19,11 @@ import { UserAdminFlag, UserRole, VideoBlacklist, VideoBlacklistType } from '@sh
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoId: number
  let command: BlacklistCommand
-  async function blacklistVideosOnServer (server: ServerInfo) {
+  async function blacklistVideosOnServer (server: PeerTubeServer) {
    const { data } = await server.videos.list()
    for (const video of data) {
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
    this.timeout(50000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ describe('Test video blacklist', function () {
          }
        }
      }
-      await reRunServer(servers[0], config)
+      await servers[0].run(config)
      {
        const user = { username: 'user_without_flag', password: 'password' }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts
index 5a5bdb0c8..d65551f0a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/admin-notifications.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import {
  MockJoinPeerTubeVersions,
  MockSmtpServer,
  prepareNotificationsTest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { PluginType, UserNotification, UserNotificationType } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test admin notifications', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
  let adminNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
  let emails: object[] = []
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts
index 133b6340f..d54819aaa 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/comments-notifications.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  MockSmtpServer,
  prepareNotificationsTest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserNotification } from '@shared/models'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { UserNotification } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test comments notifications', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let userToken: string
  let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
  let emails: object[] = []
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts
index e7c5badd2..3a294192b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/moderation-notifications.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import {
  MockInstancesIndex,
  MockSmtpServer,
  prepareNotificationsTest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  wait,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { AbuseState, CustomConfig, UserNotification, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test moderation notifications', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let userAccessToken: string
  let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
  let adminNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts
index 647d783b5..178b20687 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/notifications-api.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
  getAllNotificationsSettings,
  MockSmtpServer,
  prepareNotificationsTest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserNotification, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '@shared/models'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { UserNotification, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test notifications API', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
  let userToken: string
  let emails: object[] = []
diff --git a/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts b/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts
index 53f8c7594..b7c22d118 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/notifications/user-notifications.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
  ImportsCommand,
  MockSmtpServer,
  prepareNotificationsTest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  uploadRandomVideoOnServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { UserNotification, UserNotificationType, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/mo
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test user notifications', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let userAccessToken: string
  let userNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
  let adminNotifications: UserNotification[] = []
diff --git a/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts b/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts
index e193b968e..aff64e2eb 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/redundancy/manage-redundancy.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  RedundancyCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
  const targets: VideoRedundanciesTarget[] = [ 'my-videos', 'remote-videos' ]
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let video1Server2UUID: string
  let video2Server2UUID: string
  let redundanciesToRemove: number[] = []
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Test manage videos redundancy', function () {
        }
      }
    }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, config)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3, config)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts
index 0378cc122..217691fb6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy-constraints.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,18 @@ import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
-  let remoteServer: ServerInfo
+  let remoteServer: PeerTubeServer
-  let localServer: ServerInfo
+  let localServer: PeerTubeServer
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  const remoteServerConfig = {
    redundancy: {
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
    {
-      remoteServer = await flushAndRunServer(1, remoteServerConfig)
+      remoteServer = await createSingleServer(1, remoteServerConfig)
    }
    {
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
          }
        }
      }
-      localServer = await flushAndRunServer(2, config)
+      localServer = await createSingleServer(2, config)
    }
    servers = [ remoteServer, localServer ]
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
      }
    }
    await await killallServers([ localServer ])
-    await reRunServer(localServer, config)
+    await localServer.run(config)
    await uploadWrapper('video 2 server 2')
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ describe('Test redundancy constraints', function () {
      }
    }
    await killallServers([ localServer ])
-    await reRunServer(localServer, config)
+    await localServer.run(config)
    await uploadWrapper('video 3 server 2')
diff --git a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts
index 77ea2278e..9d5d96efd 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/redundancy/redundancy.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ import {
  checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
  makeGetRequest,
-  reRunServer,
  root,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -25,11 +24,11 @@ import { VideoPrivacy, VideoRedundancyStrategy, VideoRedundancyStrategyWithManua
 const expect = chai.expect
-let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
 let video1Server2UUID: string
 let video1Server2Id: number
-function checkMagnetWebseeds (file: { magnetUri: string, resolution: { id: number } }, baseWebseeds: string[], server: ServerInfo) {
+function checkMagnetWebseeds (file: { magnetUri: string, resolution: { id: number } }, baseWebseeds: string[], server: PeerTubeServer) {
  const parsed = magnetUtil.decode(file.magnetUri)
  for (const ws of baseWebseeds) {
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ function checkMagnetWebseeds (file: { magnetUri: string, resolution: { id: numbe
  expect(parsed.urlList).to.have.lengthOf(baseWebseeds.length)
 }
-async function flushAndRunServers (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategy | null, additionalParams: any = {}, withWebtorrent = true) {
+async function createSingleServers (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategy | null, additionalParams: any = {}, withWebtorrent = true) {
  const strategies: any[] = []
  if (strategy !== null) {
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ async function flushAndRunServers (strategy: VideoRedundancyStrategy | null, add
    }
  }
-  servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, config)
+  servers = await createMultipleServers(3, config)
  // Get the access tokens
  await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      return flushAndRunServers(strategy)
+      return createSingleServers(strategy)
    })
    it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      return flushAndRunServers(strategy)
+      return createSingleServers(strategy)
    })
    it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -388,7 +387,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      return flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 })
+      return createSingleServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 })
    })
    it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -458,7 +457,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(async function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      await flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 }, false)
+      await createSingleServers(strategy, { min_views: 3 }, false)
    })
    it('Should have 0 playlist redundancy on the first video', async function () {
@@ -519,7 +518,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      return flushAndRunServers(null)
+      return createSingleServers(null)
    })
    it('Should have 1 webseed on the first video', async function () {
@@ -575,7 +574,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
  describe('Test expiration', function () {
    const strategy = 'recently-added'
-    async function checkContains (servers: ServerInfo[], str: string) {
+    async function checkContains (servers: PeerTubeServer[], str: string) {
      for (const server of servers) {
        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: video1Server2UUID })
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
      }
    }
-    async function checkNotContains (servers: ServerInfo[], str: string) {
+    async function checkNotContains (servers: PeerTubeServer[], str: string) {
      for (const server of servers) {
        const video = await server.videos.get({ id: video1Server2UUID })
@@ -598,7 +597,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(async function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      await flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
+      await createSingleServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
      await enableRedundancyOnServer1()
    })
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
    before(async function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      await flushAndRunServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
+      await createSingleServers(strategy, { min_lifetime: '7 seconds', min_views: 0 })
      await enableRedundancyOnServer1()
@@ -691,7 +690,7 @@ describe('Test videos redundancy', function () {
      await waitJobs(servers)
      await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-      await reRunServer(servers[0], {
+      await servers[0].run({
        redundancy: {
          videos: {
            check_interval: '1 second',
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
index 71e9367e5..f5896ec25 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-channels.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  SearchCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let userServer2Token: string
  let videoServer2UUID: string
  let channelIdServer2: number
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub video channels search', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
index 7c99b954b..ada2d3d6c 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-video-playlists.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  SearchCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  wait,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let playlistServer1UUID: string
  let playlistServer2UUID: string
  let video2Server2: string
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub playlists search', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
index 0dfc63446..a015b72a7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-activitypub-videos.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  SearchCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoServer1UUID: string
  let videoServer2UUID: string
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub videos search', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts
index 7035fbd62..07e00a214 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-channels.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, SearchCommand, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, SearchCommand, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test channels search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let command: SearchCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
index b54c0da22..38edcf7c6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, SearchCommand, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, SearchCommand, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { BooleanBothQuery, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, VideoPlaylistType, VideosSearchQuery } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test videos search', function () {
  const localVideoName = 'local video' + new Date().toISOString()
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let command: SearchCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
index e15128c8e..b29c2d127 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-playlists.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  SearchCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test playlists search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let command: SearchCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts b/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts
index 478ebafc9..a9b0a4fcd 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/search/search-videos.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  SearchCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  stopFfmpeg,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test videos search', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let startDate: string
  let videoUUID: string
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test videos search', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts b/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts
index e9fb5b4b1..8dca2e5e5 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/auto-follows.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  MockInstancesIndex,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function checkFollow (follower: ServerInfo, following: ServerInfo, exists: boolean) {
+async function checkFollow (follower: PeerTubeServer, following: PeerTubeServer, exists: boolean) {
  {
    const body = await following.follows.getFollowers({ start: 0, count: 5, sort: '-createdAt' })
    const follow = body.data.find(f => f.follower.host === follower.host && f.state === 'accepted')
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ async function checkFollow (follower: ServerInfo, following: ServerInfo, exists:
  }
 }
-async function server1Follows2 (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
+async function server1Follows2 (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
  await servers[0].follows.follow({ targets: [ servers[1].host ] })
  await waitJobs(servers)
 }
-async function resetFollows (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
+async function resetFollows (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
  try {
    await servers[0].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[1] })
    await servers[1].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ async function resetFollows (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
 }
 describe('Test auto follows', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts b/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts
index acc17092d..5d8c87983 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/bulk.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
  BulkCommand,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
  const commentsUser3: { videoId: number, commentId: number }[] = []
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let user1Token: string
  let user2Token: string
  let user3Token: string
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Test bulk actions', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/config.ts b/server/tests/api/server/config.ts
index 479e177a8..a7191c5ef 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/config.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/config.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  makeGetRequest,
  parallelTests,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { CustomConfig } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
-function checkInitialConfig (server: ServerInfo, data: CustomConfig) {
+function checkInitialConfig (server: PeerTubeServer, data: CustomConfig) {
  expect(data.instance.name).to.equal('PeerTube')
  expect(data.instance.shortDescription).to.equal(
    'PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.'
@@ -204,12 +203,12 @@ function checkUpdatedConfig (data: CustomConfig) {
 }
 describe('Test config', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    const data = await server.config.getCustomConfig()
@@ -512,7 +511,7 @@ describe('Test config', function () {
        frameguard: { enabled: false }
      }
    }
-    server = await reRunServer(server, config)
+    await server.run(config)
    {
      const res = await makeGetRequest({
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts b/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts
index 353fed80a..f0905bb3b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/contact-form.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,21 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, MockSmtpServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, wait, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import {
-import { ContactFormCommand } from '@shared/extra-utils/server'
+  cleanupTests,
+  ContactFormCommand,
+  createSingleServer,
+  MockSmtpServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  wait,
+  waitJobs
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test contact form', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  const emails: object[] = []
  let command: ContactFormCommand
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test contact form', function () {
        port
      }
    }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    command = server.contactForm
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/email.ts b/server/tests/api/server/email.ts
index 258e835e7..b202cf8a7 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/email.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/email.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, MockSmtpServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, MockSmtpServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test emails', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userId: number
  let userId2: number
  let userAccessToken: string
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Test emails', function () {
        port: emailPort
      }
    }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts
index 887e400e9..4ed593b76 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follow-constraints.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createMultipleServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { PeerTubeProblemDocument, ServerErrorCode } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test follow constraints', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let video1UUID: string
  let video2UUID: string
  let userToken: string
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('Test follow constraints', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(90000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts
index 045024544..0aa328c5a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follows-moderation.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  FollowsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function checkServer1And2HasFollowers (servers: ServerInfo[], state = 'accepted') {
+async function checkServer1And2HasFollowers (servers: PeerTubeServer[], state = 'accepted') {
  const fns = [
    servers[0].follows.getFollowings.bind(servers[0].follows),
    servers[1].follows.getFollowers.bind(servers[1].follows)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function checkServer1And2HasFollowers (servers: ServerInfo[], state = 'acc
  }
 }
-async function checkNoFollowers (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
+async function checkNoFollowers (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
  const fns = [
    servers[0].follows.getFollowings.bind(servers[0].follows),
    servers[1].follows.getFollowers.bind(servers[1].follows)
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ async function checkNoFollowers (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
 }
 describe('Test follows moderation', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let commands: FollowsCommand[]
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts b/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
index d43064689..8856177b8 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/follows.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import {
  completeVideoCheck,
  dateIsValid,
  expectAccountFollows,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  FollowsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testCaptionFile,
  waitJobs
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import { Video, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test follows', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let followsCommands: FollowsCommand[]
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    followsCommands = servers.map(s => s.follows)
    // Get the access tokens
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts b/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
index de3dee826..5f20b0093 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/handle-down.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  CommentsCommand,
  completeVideoCheck,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ import { JobState, VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test handle downs', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let threadIdServer1: number
  let threadIdServer2: number
  let commentIdServer1: number
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    commentCommands = servers.map(s => s.comments)
    checkAttributes = {
@@ -176,8 +175,8 @@ describe('Test handle downs', function () {
  it('Should re-follow server 1', async function () {
    this.timeout(35000)
-    await reRunServer(servers[1])
+    await servers[1].run()
-    await reRunServer(servers[2])
+    await servers[2].run()
    await servers[1].follows.unfollow({ target: servers[0] })
    await waitJobs(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts b/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts
index aac075321..c291037f2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/homepage.ts
@@ -6,29 +6,28 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  CustomPagesCommand,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/index'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function getHomepageState (server: ServerInfo) {
+async function getHomepageState (server: PeerTubeServer) {
  const config = await server.config.getConfig()
  return config.homepage.enabled
 }
 describe('Test instance homepage actions', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let command: CustomPagesCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    command = server.customPage
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ describe('Test instance homepage actions', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    const page = await command.getInstanceHomepage()
    expect(page.content).to.equal('<picsou-magazine></picsou-magazine>')
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts b/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts
index 0c44e4dad..376cd10d0 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/jobs.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  dateIsValid,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test jobs', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts b/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts
index 2d141fd8c..bcd94dda3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/logs.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  LogsCommand,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -16,13 +15,13 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test logs', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let logsCommand: LogsCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    logsCommand = server.logs
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ describe('Test logs', function () {
      await killallServers([ server ])
-      await reRunServer(server, { log: { log_ping_requests: false } })
+      await server.run({ log: { log_ping_requests: false } })
      const now = new Date()
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts b/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts
index d589f51f3..f45222f2f 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/no-client.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as request from 'supertest'
-import { ServerInfo } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
+import { PeerTubeServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/servers'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer } from '../../../../shared/extra-utils/server/servers'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
 describe('Start and stop server without web client routes', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, {}, [ '--no-client' ])
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, {}, [ '--no-client' ])
  })
  it('Should fail getting the client', function () {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts b/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts
index 45a22e48d..db03d026a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/plugins.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  PluginsCommand,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testHelloWorldRegisteredSettings,
  wait
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import { PluginType } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test plugins', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let command: PluginsCommand
  before(async function () {
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
        index: { check_latest_versions_interval: '5 seconds' }
      }
    }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, configOverride)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, configOverride)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    command = server.plugins
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
    // Restart the server to take into account this change
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    {
      const body = await command.list({ pluginType: PluginType.PLUGIN })
@@ -326,7 +325,7 @@ describe('Test plugins', function () {
    await check()
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    await check()
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts b/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts
index de3cf02f2..c20b7a5f0 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/reverse-proxy.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test application behind a reverse proxy', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let videoId: string
  before(async function () {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Test application behind a reverse proxy', function () {
      }
    }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, config)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, config)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    const { uuid } = await server.videos.upload()
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/services.ts b/server/tests/api/server/services.ts
index 28f9ae3b6..69d030dbb 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/services.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/services.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, setDefaultVideoChannel } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, setDefaultVideoChannel } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { Video, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test services', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let playlistUUID: string
  let playlistDisplayName: string
  let video: Video
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('Test services', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts b/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts
index be5abad52..f07d0fd39 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/stats.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { ActivityType, VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let channelId
  const user = {
    username: 'user1',
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test stats (excluding redundancy)', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts b/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts
index d80362fee..f597ac60c 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/server/tracker.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as magnetUtil from 'magnet-uri'
 import * as WebTorrent from 'webtorrent'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, killallServers, reRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, killallServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test tracker', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let badMagnet: string
  let goodMagnet: string
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Test tracker', function () {
    const errCb = () => done(new Error('Tracker is enabled'))
    killallServers([ server ])
-      .then(() => reRunServer(server, { tracker: { enabled: false } }))
+      .then(() => server.run({ tracker: { enabled: false } }))
      .then(() => {
        const webtorrent = new WebTorrent()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Test tracker', function () {
    this.timeout(20000)
    killallServers([ server ])
-      .then(() => reRunServer(server))
+      .then(() => server.run())
      .then(() => {
        const webtorrent = new WebTorrent()
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts b/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
index 1b15a98dc..d2bb9c387 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  SubscriptionsCommand,
  waitJobs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  const users: { accessToken: string }[] = []
  let video3UUID: string
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts b/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts
index f8d7ae88e..e629966bb 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/users-multiple-servers.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import {
  checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testImage,
  waitJobs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { User } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let user: User
  let userId: number
  let videoUUID: string
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Test users with multiple servers', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120_000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts b/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts
index c8c226fa8..5dbe2af59 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/users-verification.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, MockSmtpServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, MockSmtpServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test users account verification', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userId: number
  let userAccessToken: string
  let verificationString: string
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Test users account verification', function () {
        port
      }
    }
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, overrideConfig)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/users.ts b/server/tests/api/users/users.ts
index 310136a37..6ae5410b3 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/users.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/users.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  makePutBodyRequest,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testImage,
  waitJobs
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import { AbuseState, OAuth2ErrorCode, UserAdminFlag, UserRole, Video, VideoPlayl
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test users', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let token: string
  let userToken: string
  let videoId: number
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1, {
+    server = await createSingleServer(1, {
      rates_limit: {
        login: {
          max: 30
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
      await server.sql.setTokenField(server.accessToken, 'refreshTokenExpiresAt', new Date().toISOString())
      await killallServers([ server ])
-      await reRunServer(server)
+      await server.run()
      await server.users.getMyInfo({ expectedStatus: HttpStatusCode.UNAUTHORIZED_401 })
    })
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ describe('Test users', function () {
      await server.sql.setTokenField(server.accessToken, 'refreshTokenExpiresAt', futureDate)
      await killallServers([ server ])
-      await reRunServer(server)
+      await server.run()
      const res = await server.login.refreshToken({ refreshToken: server.refreshToken })
      server.accessToken = res.body.access_token
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts
index b2952e38b..b9bf96650 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/audio-only.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { getAudioStream, getVideoStreamSize } from '@server/helpers/ffprobe-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createMultipleServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test audio only video transcoding', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoUUID: string
  before(async function () {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('Test audio only video transcoding', function () {
        }
      }
    }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
index 89d842307..562079a15 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import {
  completeVideoCheck,
  dateIsValid,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testImage,
  wait,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { VideoCommentThreadTree, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  const toRemove = []
  let videoUUID = ''
  let videoChannelId: number
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts
index 2f1cf8a55..b4fc5ee09 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/resumable-upload.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
  const defaultFixture = 'video_short.mp4'
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let rootId: number
  async function buildSize (fixture: string, size?: number) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe('Test resumable upload', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
index 12c1f7b2f..c0535be09 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/single-server.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
  checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
  cleanupTests,
  completeVideoCheck,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testImage,
  wait
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test a single server', function () {
  function runSuite (mode: 'legacy' | 'resumable') {
-    let server: ServerInfo = null
+    let server: PeerTubeServer = null
    let videoId: number | string
    let videoId2: string
    let videoUUID = ''
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('Test a single server', function () {
    before(async function () {
      this.timeout(30000)
-      server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+      server = await createSingleServer(1)
      await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts
index abc07194d..6caba6aa6 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-captions.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
  checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testCaptionFile,
  wait,
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video captions', function () {
  const uuidRegex = '[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}'
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoUUID: string
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts
index 352eb5ea3..cefddb68e 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-change-ownership.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import {
  ChangeOwnershipCommand,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  waitJobs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video change ownership - nominal', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  const firstUser = 'first'
  const secondUser = 'second'
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Test video change ownership - nominal', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(50000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ describe('Test video change ownership - nominal', function () {
 })
 describe('Test video change ownership - quota too small', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  const firstUser = 'first'
  const secondUser = 'second'
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe('Test video change ownership - quota too small', function () {
    this.timeout(50000)
    // Run one server
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.users.create({ username: secondUser, videoQuota: 10 })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
index 1efef932c..140fee7fe 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { ACTOR_IMAGES_SIZE } from '@server/initializers/constants'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  testFileExistsOrNot,
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import { User, VideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function findChannel (server: ServerInfo, channelId: number) {
+async function findChannel (server: PeerTubeServer, channelId: number) {
  const body = await server.channels.list({ sort: '-name' })
  return body.data.find(c => c.id === channelId)
 }
 describe('Test video channels', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let userInfo: User
  let secondVideoChannelId: number
  let totoChannel: number
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts
index adb59bd74..9709e0628 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-comments.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  CommentsCommand,
  dateIsValid,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testImage
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video comments', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let videoId: number
  let videoUUID: string
  let threadId: number
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('Test video comments', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
index b89247288..ce45eac80 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-description.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createMultipleServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video description', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoUUID = ''
  let videoId: number
  const longDescription = 'my super description for server 1'.repeat(50)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('Test video description', function () {
    this.timeout(40000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts
index 9d79f2683..4c4b18887 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-hls.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import {
  checkTmpIsEmpty,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeRawRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs,
  webtorrentAdd
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_AUDIO_RESOLUTION } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: ServerInfo[], videoUUID: string, hlsOnly: boolean, resolutions = [ 240, 360, 480, 720 ]) {
+async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: PeerTubeServer[], videoUUID: string, hlsOnly: boolean, resolutions = [ 240, 360, 480, 720 ]) {
  for (const server of servers) {
    const videoDetails = await server.videos.get({ id: videoUUID })
    const baseUrl = `http://${videoDetails.account.host}`
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function checkHlsPlaylist (servers: ServerInfo[], videoUUID: string, hlsOn
 }
 describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let videoUUID = ''
  let videoAudioUUID = ''
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe('Test HLS videos', function () {
        }
      }
    }
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, configOverride)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts
index 8b6542aa4..4ef55c3af 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-imports.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import {
  areHttpImportTestsDisabled,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  ImportsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testCaptionFile,
  testImage,
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import { VideoPrivacy, VideoResolution } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video imports', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let channelIdServer1: number
  let channelIdServer2: number
  if (areHttpImportTestsDisabled()) return
-  async function checkVideosServer1 (server: ServerInfo, idHttp: string, idMagnet: string, idTorrent: string) {
+  async function checkVideosServer1 (server: PeerTubeServer, idHttp: string, idMagnet: string, idTorrent: string) {
    const videoHttp = await server.videos.get({ id: idHttp })
    expect(videoHttp.name).to.equal('small video - youtube')
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
    expect(bodyCaptions.total).to.equal(2)
  }
-  async function checkVideoServer2 (server: ServerInfo, id: number | string) {
+  async function checkVideoServer2 (server: PeerTubeServer, id: number | string) {
    const video = await server.videos.get({ id })
    expect(video.name).to.equal('my super name')
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('Test video imports', function () {
    this.timeout(30_000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts
index 95395a582..b25dcda20 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-nsfw.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { BooleanBothQuery, CustomConfig, ResultList, Video, VideosOverview } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function createOverviewRes (overview: VideosOverview) {
 }
 describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  let customConfig: CustomConfig
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('Test video NSFW policy', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(50000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts
index 709f64c4d..9a682c12b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlist-thumbnails.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  testImage,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let playlistWithoutThumbnailId: number
  let playlistWithThumbnailId: number
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
  let video1: number
  let video2: number
-  async function getPlaylistWithoutThumbnail (server: ServerInfo) {
+  async function getPlaylistWithoutThumbnail (server: PeerTubeServer) {
    const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 10 })
    return body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist without thumbnail')
  }
-  async function getPlaylistWithThumbnail (server: ServerInfo) {
+  async function getPlaylistWithThumbnail (server: PeerTubeServer) {
    const body = await server.playlists.list({ start: 0, count: 10 })
    return body.data.find(p => p.displayName === 'playlist with thumbnail')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('Playlist thumbnail', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts
index 0dc53d4c0..71ca3e63a 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-playlists.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import {
  checkPlaylistFilesWereRemoved,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  PlaylistsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  testImage,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 async function checkPlaylistElementType (
-  servers: ServerInfo[],
+  servers: PeerTubeServer[],
  playlistId: string,
  type: VideoPlaylistElementType,
  position: number,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function checkPlaylistElementType (
 }
 describe('Test video playlists', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let playlistServer2Id1: number
  let playlistServer2Id2: number
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(3, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(3, { transcoding: { enabled: false } })
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
@@ -584,10 +584,10 @@ describe('Test video playlists', function () {
  })
  describe('Element type', function () {
-    let groupUser1: ServerInfo[]
+    let groupUser1: PeerTubeServer[]
-    let groupWithoutToken1: ServerInfo[]
+    let groupWithoutToken1: PeerTubeServer[]
-    let group1: ServerInfo[]
+    let group1: PeerTubeServer[]
-    let group2: ServerInfo[]
+    let group2: PeerTubeServer[]
    let video1: string
    let video2: string
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts
index de08a9e7b..5ec626155 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-privacy.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoCreateResult, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video privacy', function () {
-  const servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  const servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let anotherUserToken: string
  let privateVideoId: number
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ describe('Test video privacy', function () {
    this.timeout(50000)
    // Run servers
-    servers.push(await flushAndRunServer(1, dontFederateUnlistedConfig))
+    servers.push(await createSingleServer(1, dontFederateUnlistedConfig))
-    servers.push(await flushAndRunServer(2))
+    servers.push(await createSingleServer(2))
    // Get the access tokens
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts
index 3938b47c8..22b5cf1c2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-schedule-update.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ function in10Seconds () {
 }
 describe('Test video update scheduler', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let video2UUID: string
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
index 37450eeeb..2465d2d89 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import {
  buildAbsoluteFixturePath,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  generateHighBitrateVideo,
  generateVideoWithFramerate,
  makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs,
  webtorrentAdd
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
-function updateConfigForTranscoding (server: ServerInfo) {
+function updateConfigForTranscoding (server: PeerTubeServer) {
  return server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
    newConfig: {
      transcoding: {
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ function updateConfigForTranscoding (server: ServerInfo) {
 }
 describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let video4k: string
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30_000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts
index af1541dbd..db9150655 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-filter.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserRole, Video, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-async function getVideosNames (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.OK_200) {
+async function getVideosNames (server: PeerTubeServer, token: string, filter: string, statusCodeExpected = HttpStatusCode.OK_200) {
  const paths = [
    '/api/v1/video-channels/root_channel/videos',
    '/api/v1/accounts/root/videos',
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ async function getVideosNames (server: ServerInfo, token: string, filter: string
 }
 describe('Test videos filter', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(160000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
index 4b5e581d1..55e53cb94 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  HistoryCommand,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import { Video } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test videos history', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let video1UUID: string
  let video2UUID: string
  let video3UUID: string
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server, { history: { videos: { max_age: '10 days' } } })
+    await server.run({ history: { videos: { max_age: '10 days' } } })
    await wait(6000)
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ describe('Test videos history', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server, { history: { videos: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } })
+    await server.run({ history: { videos: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } })
    await wait(6000)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts
index f0657b334..70aa66549 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-overview.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideosOverview } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  function testOverviewCount (overview: VideosOverview, expected: number) {
    expect(overview.tags).to.have.lengthOf(expected)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('Test a videos overview', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts
index 238662cf3..0be03ddd2 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-views-cleaner.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoIdServer1: string
  let videoIdServer2: string
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-    await reRunServer(servers[0], { views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '10 days' } } } })
+    await servers[0].run({ views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '10 days' } } } })
    await wait(6000)
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ describe('Test video views cleaner', function () {
    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-    await reRunServer(servers[0], { views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } } })
+    await servers[0].run({ views: { videos: { remote: { max_age: '5 seconds' } } } })
    await wait(6000)
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/create-import-video-file-job.ts b/server/tests/cli/create-import-video-file-job.ts
index 26f4bdc8d..e8cd71e09 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/create-import-video-file-job.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/create-import-video-file-job.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, flushAndRunMultipleServers, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, doubleFollow, createMultipleServers, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, waitJobs } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoFile } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function assertVideoProperties (video: VideoFile, resolution: number, extname: s
 describe('Test create import video jobs', function () {
  this.timeout(60000)
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let video1UUID: string
  let video2UUID: string
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('Test create import video jobs', function () {
    this.timeout(90000)
    // Run server 2 to have transcoding enabled
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/create-transcoding-job.ts b/server/tests/cli/create-transcoding-job.ts
index c9bbab802..53f187f90 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/create-transcoding-job.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/create-transcoding-job.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test create transcoding jobs', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  const videosUUID: string[] = []
  const config = {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Test create transcoding jobs', function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
    // Run server 2 to have transcoding enabled
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await servers[0].config.updateCustomSubConfig({ newConfig: config })
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts b/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts
index eefc95a6d..53f47a85e 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { join } from 'path'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  generateHighBitrateVideo,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait,
  waitJobs
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import { VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test optimize old videos', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(200000)
    // Run server 2 to have transcoding enabled
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/peertube.ts b/server/tests/cli/peertube.ts
index a83aa7724..f19b6ae22 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/peertube.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/peertube.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  CLICommand,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  ImportsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  testHelloWorldRegisteredSettings,
  waitJobs
 } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test CLI wrapper', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  let cliCommand: CLICommand
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Test CLI wrapper', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.users.create({ username: 'user_1', password: 'super_password' })
@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@ describe('Test CLI wrapper', function () {
  })
  describe('Manage video redundancies', function () {
-    let anotherServer: ServerInfo
+    let anotherServer: PeerTubeServer
    let video1Server2: number
-    let servers: ServerInfo[]
+    let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
    before(async function () {
      this.timeout(120000)
-      anotherServer = await flushAndRunServer(2)
+      anotherServer = await createSingleServer(2)
      await setAccessTokensToServers([ anotherServer ])
      await doubleFollow(server, anotherServer)
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/plugins.ts b/server/tests/cli/plugins.ts
index 178a7a2d9..42651d79c 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/plugins.ts
@@ -4,21 +4,20 @@ import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  PluginsCommand,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test plugin scripts', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Test plugin scripts', function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    const config = await server.config.getConfig()
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Test plugin scripts', function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
    await killallServers([ server ])
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    const config = await server.config.getConfig()
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/prune-storage.ts b/server/tests/cli/prune-storage.ts
index 9912a36e0..5bf86462b 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/prune-storage.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/prune-storage.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import {
  cleanupTests,
  CLICommand,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
  makeGetRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  wait,
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
-async function countFiles (server: ServerInfo, directory: string) {
+async function countFiles (server: PeerTubeServer, directory: string) {
  const files = await readdir(server.servers.buildDirectory(directory))
  return files.length
 }
-async function assertNotExists (server: ServerInfo, directory: string, substring: string) {
+async function assertNotExists (server: PeerTubeServer, directory: string, substring: string) {
  const files = await readdir(server.servers.buildDirectory(directory))
  for (const f of files) {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function assertNotExists (server: ServerInfo, directory: string, substring
  }
 }
-async function assertCountAreOkay (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
+async function assertCountAreOkay (servers: PeerTubeServer[]) {
  for (const server of servers) {
    const videosCount = await countFiles(server, 'videos')
    expect(videosCount).to.equal(8)
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ async function assertCountAreOkay (servers: ServerInfo[]) {
 }
 describe('Test prune storage scripts', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  const badNames: { [directory: string]: string[] } = {}
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: true } })
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2, { transcoding: { enabled: true } })
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/regenerate-thumbnails.ts b/server/tests/cli/regenerate-thumbnails.ts
index 2df1a1157..d532a5c2b 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/regenerate-thumbnails.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/regenerate-thumbnails.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import { Video } from '@shared/models'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeRawRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
-async function testThumbnail (server: ServerInfo, videoId: number | string) {
+async function testThumbnail (server: PeerTubeServer, videoId: number | string) {
  const video = await server.videos.get({ id: videoId })
  const requests = [
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function testThumbnail (server: ServerInfo, videoId: number | string) {
 }
 describe('Test regenerate thumbnails script', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let video1: Video
  let video2: Video
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('Test regenerate thumbnails script', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/reset-password.ts b/server/tests/cli/reset-password.ts
index e0d6f220a..4a02db35d 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/reset-password.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/reset-password.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import 'mocha'
-import { cleanupTests, CLICommand, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, CLICommand, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test reset password scripts', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.users.create({ username: 'user_1', password: 'super password' })
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/update-host.ts b/server/tests/cli/update-host.ts
index d2d196456..fcbcb55ba 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/update-host.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/update-host.ts
@@ -4,18 +4,17 @@ import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  makeActivityPubGetRequest,
  parseTorrentVideo,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test update host scripts', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Test update host scripts', function () {
      }
    }
    // Run server 2 to have transcoding enabled
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(2, overrideConfig)
+    server = await createSingleServer(2, overrideConfig)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    // Upload two videos for our needs
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ describe('Test update host scripts', function () {
    await killallServers([ server ])
    // Run server with standard configuration
-    await reRunServer(server)
+    await server.run()
    await server.cli.execWithEnv(`npm run update-host`)
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/client.ts b/server/tests/client.ts
index caf6fb00c..959b34653 100644
--- a/server/tests/client.ts
+++ b/server/tests/client.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import { Account, HTMLServerConfig, ServerConfig, VideoPlaylistCreateResult, Vid
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeGetRequest,
  makeHTMLRequest,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  waitJobs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function checkIndexTags (html: string, title: string, description: string, css:
 }
 describe('Test a client controllers', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
  let account: Account
  const videoName = 'my super name for server 1'
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('Test a client controllers', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
diff --git a/server/tests/external-plugins/auth-ldap.ts b/server/tests/external-plugins/auth-ldap.ts
index ef624152e..aaaf23278 100644
--- a/server/tests/external-plugins/auth-ldap.ts
+++ b/server/tests/external-plugins/auth-ldap.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Official plugin auth-ldap', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let accessToken: string
  let userId: number
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.plugins.install({ npmName: 'peertube-plugin-auth-ldap' })
diff --git a/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-block-videos.ts b/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-block-videos.ts
index 3b4b48bf0..9cb86310b 100644
--- a/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-block-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-block-videos.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
  MockBlocklist,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { Video } from '@shared/models'
-async function check (server: ServerInfo, videoUUID: string, exists = true) {
+async function check (server: PeerTubeServer, videoUUID: string, exists = true) {
  const { data } = await server.videos.list()
  const video = data.find(v => v.uuid === videoUUID)
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ async function check (server: ServerInfo, videoUUID: string, exists = true) {
 }
 describe('Official plugin auto-block videos', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let blocklistServer: MockBlocklist
  let server1Videos: Video[] = []
  let server2Videos: Video[] = []
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Official plugin auto-block videos', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    for (const server of servers) {
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ describe('Official plugin auto-block videos', function () {
    await check(servers[0], video.uuid, true)
    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-    await reRunServer(servers[0])
+    await servers[0].run()
    await wait(2000)
    await check(servers[0], video.uuid, true)
diff --git a/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-mute.ts b/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-mute.ts
index 25b56a546..771201505 100644
--- a/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-mute.ts
+++ b/server/tests/external-plugins/auto-mute.ts
@@ -6,26 +6,25 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
  makeGetRequest,
  MockBlocklist,
-  reRunServer,
+  PeerTubeServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Official plugin auto-mute', function () {
  const autoMuteListPath = '/plugins/auto-mute/router/api/v1/mute-list'
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let blocklistServer: MockBlocklist
  let port: number
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    for (const server of servers) {
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ describe('Official plugin auto-mute', function () {
    }
    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-    await reRunServer(servers[0])
+    await servers[0].run()
    await wait(2000)
    {
diff --git a/server/tests/feeds/feeds.ts b/server/tests/feeds/feeds.ts
index 8bdafc644..7735299d3 100644
--- a/server/tests/feeds/feeds.ts
+++ b/server/tests/feeds/feeds.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ chai.config.includeStack = true
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test syndication feeds', () => {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[] = []
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[] = []
-  let serverHLSOnly: ServerInfo
+  let serverHLSOnly: PeerTubeServer
  let userAccessToken: string
  let rootAccountId: number
  let rootChannelId: number
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ describe('Test syndication feeds', () => {
    this.timeout(120000)
    // Run servers
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
-    serverHLSOnly = await flushAndRunServer(3, {
+    serverHLSOnly = await createSingleServer(3, {
      transcoding: {
        enabled: true,
        webtorrent: { enabled: false },
diff --git a/server/tests/misc-endpoints.ts b/server/tests/misc-endpoints.ts
index f7c9e6c26..a4f344fcc 100644
--- a/server/tests/misc-endpoints.ts
+++ b/server/tests/misc-endpoints.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, makeGetRequest, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, makeGetRequest, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test misc endpoints', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(120000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
  })
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/action-hooks.ts b/server/tests/plugins/action-hooks.ts
index 12d5c23c5..b96de4e90 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/action-hooks.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/action-hooks.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  killallServers,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  PluginsCommand,
-  reRunServer,
-  ServerInfo,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { ServerHookName, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test plugin action hooks', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoUUID: string
  let threadId: number
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ describe('Test plugin action hooks', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Test plugin action hooks', function () {
    await killallServers([ servers[0] ])
-    await reRunServer(servers[0], {
+    await servers[0].run({
      live: {
        enabled: true
      }
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/external-auth.ts b/server/tests/plugins/external-auth.ts
index 48f942f7f..c0834a14c 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/external-auth.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/external-auth.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  decodeQueryString,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  PluginsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  wait
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserRole } from '@shared/models'
 async function loginExternal (options: {
-  server: ServerInfo
+  server: PeerTubeServer
  npmName: string
  authName: string
  username: string
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async function loginExternal (options: {
 }
 describe('Test external auth plugins', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let cyanAccessToken: string
  let cyanRefreshToken: string
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('Test external auth plugins', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    for (const suffix of [ 'one', 'two', 'three' ]) {
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts b/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts
index 18479dcf5..5d94303a9 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/filter-hooks.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  ImportsCommand,
  makeRawRequest,
  PluginsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  waitJobs
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import { VideoDetails, VideoImportState, VideoPlaylist, VideoPlaylistPrivacy, Vi
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test plugin filter hooks', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  let videoUUID: string
  let threadId: number
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await setDefaultVideoChannel(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/html-injection.ts b/server/tests/plugins/html-injection.ts
index 0cb89f511..2902c39b7 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/html-injection.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/html-injection.ts
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeHTMLRequest,
  PluginsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test plugins HTML injection', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  let command: PluginsCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    command = server.plugins
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/id-and-pass-auth.ts b/server/tests/plugins/id-and-pass-auth.ts
index 203996af8..981bcad91 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/id-and-pass-auth.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/id-and-pass-auth.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, PluginsCommand, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PluginsCommand, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers, wait } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserRole } from '@shared/models'
 describe('Test id and pass auth plugins', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let crashAccessToken: string
  let crashRefreshToken: string
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('Test id and pass auth plugins', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    for (const suffix of [ 'one', 'two', 'three' ]) {
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-helpers.ts b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-helpers.ts
index cf16aaa9d..1d87b84ae 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-helpers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-helpers.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import {
  checkVideoFilesWereRemoved,
  cleanupTests,
  doubleFollow,
-  flushAndRunMultipleServers,
+  createMultipleServers,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  PluginsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  waitJobs
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-function postCommand (server: ServerInfo, command: string, bodyArg?: object) {
+function postCommand (server: PeerTubeServer, command: string, bodyArg?: object) {
  const body = { command }
  if (bodyArg) Object.assign(body, bodyArg)
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ function postCommand (server: ServerInfo, command: string, bodyArg?: object) {
 }
 describe('Test plugin helpers', function () {
-  let servers: ServerInfo[]
+  let servers: PeerTubeServer[]
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    servers = await flushAndRunMultipleServers(2)
+    servers = await createMultipleServers(2)
    await setAccessTokensToServers(servers)
    await doubleFollow(servers[0], servers[1])
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-router.ts b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-router.ts
index 1c53dd80c..dec8ca4bb 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-router.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-router.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  makeGetRequest,
  makePostBodyRequest,
  PluginsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test plugin helpers', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  const basePaths = [
    '/plugins/test-five/router/',
    '/plugins/test-five/0.0.1/router/'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('Test plugin helpers', function () {
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.plugins.install({ path: PluginsCommand.getPluginTestPath('-five') })
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-storage.ts b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-storage.ts
index 30e231439..5745914a5 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-storage.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-storage.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,22 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { pathExists, readdir, readFile } from 'fs-extra'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, makeGetRequest, PluginsCommand, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import {
+  cleanupTests,
+  createSingleServer,
+  makeGetRequest,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  PluginsCommand,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test plugin storage', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.plugins.install({ path: PluginsCommand.getPluginTestPath('-six') })
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-transcoding.ts b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-transcoding.ts
index 3a03065b0..3c54d3796 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-transcoding.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-transcoding.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { join } from 'path'
 import { getAudioStream, getVideoFileFPS, getVideoStreamFromFile } from '@server/helpers/ffprobe-utils'
 import {
  cleanupTests,
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  PluginsCommand,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel,
  testFfmpegStreamError,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
-async function createLiveWrapper (server: ServerInfo) {
+async function createLiveWrapper (server: PeerTubeServer) {
  const liveAttributes = {
    name: 'live video',
    channelId: server.store.channel.id,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function createLiveWrapper (server: ServerInfo) {
  return uuid
 }
-function updateConf (server: ServerInfo, vodProfile: string, liveProfile: string) {
+function updateConf (server: PeerTubeServer, vodProfile: string, liveProfile: string) {
  return server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
    newConfig: {
      transcoding: {
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ function updateConf (server: ServerInfo, vodProfile: string, liveProfile: string
 }
 describe('Test transcoding plugins', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(60000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await setDefaultVideoChannel([ server ])
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-unloading.ts b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-unloading.ts
index 26a27abca..6c405b7f5 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/plugin-unloading.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/plugin-unloading.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, makeGetRequest, PluginsCommand, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import {
+  cleanupTests,
+  createSingleServer,
+  makeGetRequest,
+  PeerTubeServer,
+  PluginsCommand,
+  setAccessTokensToServers
+} from '@shared/extra-utils'
 describe('Test plugins module unloading', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let server: PeerTubeServer = null
  const requestPath = '/plugins/test-unloading/router/get'
  let value: string = null
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.plugins.install({ path: PluginsCommand.getPluginTestPath('-unloading') })
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts b/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts
index d8d878026..8b25c6b75 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/translations.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
-import { PluginsCommand, setAccessTokensToServers } from '../../../shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PeerTubeServer, PluginsCommand, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, ServerInfo } from '../../../shared/extra-utils/server/servers'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test plugin translations', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  let command: PluginsCommand
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    command = server.plugins
diff --git a/server/tests/plugins/video-constants.ts b/server/tests/plugins/video-constants.ts
index facc6bbc1..953916e8e 100644
--- a/server/tests/plugins/video-constants.ts
+++ b/server/tests/plugins/video-constants.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils'
-import { cleanupTests, flushAndRunServer, PluginsCommand, ServerInfo, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { cleanupTests, createSingleServer, PluginsCommand, PeerTubeServer, setAccessTokensToServers } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 const expect = chai.expect
 describe('Test plugin altering video constants', function () {
-  let server: ServerInfo
+  let server: PeerTubeServer
  before(async function () {
    this.timeout(30000)
-    server = await flushAndRunServer(1)
+    server = await createSingleServer(1)
    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
    await server.plugins.install({ path: PluginsCommand.getPluginTestPath('-video-constants') })
diff --git a/server/tools/cli.ts b/server/tools/cli.ts
index 7d5eb72ed..52e6ea593 100644
--- a/server/tools/cli.ts
+++ b/server/tools/cli.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Command } from 'commander'
 import { Netrc } from 'netrc-parser'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { createLogger, format, transports } from 'winston'
-import { assignCommands, ServerInfo } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 import { UserRole } from '@shared/models'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../shared/models/videos'
 import { getAppNumber, isTestInstance, root } from '../helpers/core-utils'
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const config = require('application-config')(configName)
 const version = require('../../../package.json').version
-async function getAdminTokenOrDie (server: ServerInfo, username: string, password: string) {
+async function getAdminTokenOrDie (server: PeerTubeServer, username: string, password: string) {
  const token = await server.login.getAccessToken(username, password)
  const me = await server.users.getMyInfo({ token })
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function buildCommonVideoOptions (command: Command) {
    .option('-v, --verbose <verbose>', 'Verbosity, from 0/\'error\' to 4/\'debug\'', 'info')
 }
-async function buildVideoAttributesFromCommander (server: ServerInfo, command: Command, defaultAttributes: any = {}) {
+async function buildVideoAttributesFromCommander (server: PeerTubeServer, command: Command, defaultAttributes: any = {}) {
  const options = command.opts()
  const defaultBooleanAttributes = {
@@ -179,14 +179,11 @@ function getServerCredentials (program: Command) {
                })
 }
-function buildServer (url: string): ServerInfo {
+function buildServer (url: string) {
-  const server = { url, internalServerNumber: undefined }
+  return new PeerTubeServer({ url })
-  assignCommands(server)
-  return server
 }
-async function assignToken (server: ServerInfo, username: string, password: string) {
+async function assignToken (server: PeerTubeServer, username: string, password: string) {
  const bodyClient = await server.login.getClient()
  const client = { id: bodyClient.client_id, secret: bodyClient.client_secret }
diff --git a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
index caf1facc7..52aae3d2c 100644
--- a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
  getLogger,
  getServerCredentials
 } from './cli'
-import { ServerInfo } from '@shared/extra-utils'
+import { PeerTubeServer } from '@shared/extra-utils'
 const processOptions = {
  maxBuffer: Infinity
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ async function uploadVideoOnPeerTube (parameters: {
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
-async function getCategory (server: ServerInfo, categories: string[]) {
+async function getCategory (server: PeerTubeServer, categories: string[]) {
  if (!categories) return undefined
  const categoryString = categories[0]
diff --git a/server/tools/test-live.ts b/server/tools/test-live.ts
index bc31b6926..0cb0c3668 100644
--- a/server/tools/test-live.ts
+++ b/server/tools/test-live.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { program } from 'commander'
 import { LiveVideoCreate, VideoPrivacy } from '@shared/models'
 import {
-  flushAndRunServer,
+  createSingleServer,
  killallServers,
  sendRTMPStream,
-  ServerInfo,
+  PeerTubeServer,
  setAccessTokensToServers,
  setDefaultVideoChannel
 } from '../../shared/extra-utils'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async function run () {
  console.log('Starting server.')
-  const server = await flushAndRunServer(1, {}, [], { hideLogs: false, execArgv: [ '--inspect' ] })
+  const server = await createSingleServer(1, {}, [], { hideLogs: false, execArgv: [ '--inspect' ] })
  const cleanup = async () => {
    console.log('Killing server')
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async function run () {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-async function buildConfig (server: ServerInfo, commandType: CommandType) {
+async function buildConfig (server: PeerTubeServer, commandType: CommandType) {
  await server.config.updateCustomSubConfig({
    newConfig: {
      instance: {