Get basic environment creation beginning to work

server/environment.go

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+package server
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+// Defines the basic interface that all environments need to implement so that
+// a server can be properly controlled.
+type Environment interface {
+	// Starts a server instance. If the server instance is not in a state where it
+	// can be started an error should be returned.
+	Start() error
+
+	// Stops a server instance. If the server is already stopped an error should
+	// not be returned.
+	Stop() error
+
+	// Determines if the server instance exists. For example, in a docker environment
+	// this should confirm that the container is created and in a bootable state. In
+	// a basic CLI environment this can probably just return true right away.
+	Exists() bool
+
+	// Terminates a running server instance using the provided signal. If the server
+	// is not running no error should be returned.
+	Terminate(signal os.Signal) error
+
+	// Creates the necessary environment for running the server process. For example,
+	// in the Docker environment create will create a new container instance for the
+	// server.
+	Create() error
+}