diff --git a/pages/linux/http_load.md b/pages/linux/http_load.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6f39bd7fa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/http_load.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# http_load + +> A HTTP benchmarking tool. +> Runs multiple HTTP fetches in parallel to test the throughput of a web server. +> More information: . + +- 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}}`