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http_load — An HTTP benchmarking tool. Runs multiple HTTP fetches in parallel to test the throughput of a web se

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Problem

How to use the http_load command: An HTTP benchmarking tool. Runs multiple HTTP fetches in parallel to test the throughput of a web server. More information: <https://www.acme.com/software/http_load/>.

Solution

http_load — An HTTP benchmarking tool. Runs multiple HTTP fetches in parallel to test the throughput of a web server. More information: <https://www.acme.com/software/http_load/>.

Emulate 20 requests based on a given URL list file per second for 60 seconds:
http_load -rate {{20}} -seconds {{60}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}


Emulate 5 concurrent requests based on a given URL list file for 60 seconds:
http_load -parallel {{5}} -seconds {{60}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}


Emulate 1000 requests at 20 requests per second, based on a given URL list file:
http_load -rate {{20}} -fetches {{1000}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}


Emulate 1000 requests at 5 concurrent requests at a time, based on a given URL list file:
http_load -parallel {{5}} -fetches {{1000}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}

Code Snippets

Emulate 20 requests based on a given URL list file per second for 60 seconds

http_load -rate {{20}} -seconds {{60}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}

Emulate 5 concurrent requests based on a given URL list file for 60 seconds

http_load -parallel {{5}} -seconds {{60}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}

Emulate 1000 requests at 20 requests per second, based on a given URL list file

http_load -rate {{20}} -fetches {{1000}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}

Emulate 1000 requests at 5 concurrent requests at a time, based on a given URL list file

http_load -parallel {{5}} -fetches {{1000}} {{path/to/urls.txt}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/http_load

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