HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench 0.63

HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench is a Perl API for Apache benchmarking and regression testing. SYNOPSIS use HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench; my $b = HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench->new; # global configuration $b->concurrency(5); $b->priority("run_priority"); # add HTTP request sequences (aka: runs) my $run1 = HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench::Run->new ({ urls => ["http://localhost/one", "http://localhost/two"] }); $b->add_run($run1); my $run2 = HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench::Run->new ({ urls => ["http://localhost/three", "http://localhost/four"], cookies => ["Login_Cookie=b3dcc9bac34b7e60;"], order => "depth_first", repeat => 10, memory => 2 }); $b->add_run($run2); # send HTTP request sequences to server and time responses my $ro = $b->execute; # calculate hits/sec print ((1000*$b->total_requests/$b->total_time)." req/secn"); # show request times (in ms) for $run1, 1st repetition print join(, , @{$run1->request_times}) . "n"; # show response times (in ms) for $run2, 7th repetition print join(, , @{$run2->iteration(6)->response_times}) . "n"; # dump the entire regression object (WARNING, this could be a LOT OF DATA) use Data::Dumper; my $d = Data::Dumper->new([$ro]); print $d->Dumpxs; GOALS This project is meant to be the foundation of a complete benchmarking and regression testing suite for an advanced, transaction-based mod_perl site. We need to be able to stress our server to its limit while also having a way to verify the HTTP responses for correctness. Since our site is transaction-based (as opposed to content-based), we needed to extend the single-URL ab model to a multiple-URL sequence model. ApacheBench is based on the Apache 1.3.12 ab code (src/support/ab.c). Note: although this tool was designed to be used on an Apache mod_perl site, it is generally applicable to any HTTP-compliant server. Beware, however, that it sends a high volume of HTTP requests in a very short period of time, which may overwhelm some weaker HTTP server implementations like NT/IIS. ApacheBench sends sequences of HTTP requests to an HTTP server and keeps track of the time taken to receive a response, the data that was returned, the size of the data that was returned, and various other bits of information. Since it is implemented in C, it sends HTTP requests in a tight loop which can stress your server to 100% capacity, especially if invoked in multiple concurrent instances. It gives accurate time measurements down to the millisecond for each HTTP request-response interval. Included is a simplified re-implementation of ab using the ApacheBench Perl API. This should help get you started with ApacheBench..

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Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	Apache,  Apachebench,  Api,  Benchmarking,  Http,  Httpd,  Httpdbenchapachebench,  Libraries,  Perl,  Perl Api,  Programming,  Regression,  Server
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