Must be called just after registration, before anything else

def init(options, use_sigterm_handler=True):
    """
    Must be called just after registration, before anything else
    """
    # pylint: disable-msg=W0613
    global _AUTH, _OPTIONS

    if isinstance(options, dict):
        _OPTIONS = DEFAULT_OPTIONS.copy()
        _OPTIONS.update(options)
    else:
        for optname, optvalue in DEFAULT_OPTIONS.iteritems():
            if hasattr(options, optname):
                _OPTIONS[optname] = getattr(options, optname)
            else:
                _OPTIONS[optname] = optvalue

    if _OPTIONS['testmethods']:
        def fortytwo(request):
            "test GET method"
            return 42
        def ping(request):
            "test POST method"
            return request.payload_params()
        register(fortytwo, 'GET')
        register(ping, 'POST')

    if _OPTIONS['auth_basic_file']:
        _AUTH = HttpAuthentication(_OPTIONS['auth_basic_file'],
                                   realm = _OPTIONS['auth_basic']).parse_file()

    for name, cmd in _COMMANDS.iteritems():
        if cmd.safe_init:
            LOG.info("safe_init: %r", name)
            cmd.safe_init(_OPTIONS)

    if use_sigterm_handler:
        # signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, lambda *x: None) # XXX
        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm_handler)
        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigterm_handler)