docs: def start(self):
          """
          Start the HTTP server thread.
  
          """
          logging.info("HTTP server: "
                       "Starting to listen for requests on '%s:%s'..." %
                       (self.conf['addr'], self.conf['port']))
  
          self.my_server = MyWSGIRefServer(host=self.conf['addr'],
                                           port=self.conf['port'],
                                           romana_http=self)
  
          self.http_thread = threading.Thread(
                      target = APP.run,
                      name   = "HTTP",
                      kwargs = {"quiet" : True, "server" : self.my_server})
  
          self.http_thread.daemon = True
          self.http_thread.start()
          time.sleep(1)
          if not self.wsgi_server_started:
              # Set the global flag indicating that everything should stop
              CURRENT_STATE._stop_all = True