conftest now simply returns an initialised simulator object

get_db_client -> influx_db

Merge branch 'mediaComponentConfig' of https://gitlab.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/FLAME/flame-clmc into endpointConfig

Also fixes field validation for unspecified metric data

Merge branch 'mediaComponentConfig' of https://gitlab.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/FLAME/flame-clmc into endpointConfig

Refactors simulator based fixtures in conftest and embeds MC config state into simulation boot sequence

Also removes superfluous file state & API state tests

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See merge request FLAME/flame-clmc!24

Restructure pytest package to use correct module names and provide setup.py to build a python package distribution, needed to more effectively reuse tests in the platform project build/test process

Restructure pytest package to use correct module names and provide setup.py to build a python package distribution, needed to more effectively reuse tests in the platform project build/test process

* Creates an measurement table called mediaComponentConfig
* Simulates 'stopped' and 'running' states for Apache endpoints in simulator
* Creates a pytest case in which configuration state changes are queried

Added a 1 second delay when posting the kapacitor configuration data to ensure the request is handled by the server before starting the test