Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Httperf

The httperf is a simple command-line tool that can be downloaded from its official website at http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/ (it might also be available in the default repositories of your operating system). The source comes as a tar.gz archive and needs to be compiled using the standard method: ./configure, make, and make install.

Once installed, you may execute the following command:

[alex@example ~]$ httperf --server 192.168.1.10 --port 80 --uri /index.html --rate 300 --num-conn 30000 --num-call 1 --timeout 5

Replace the values in the preceding command with your own:

• --server: The website hostname you wish to test
• --uri: The path of the file that will be downloaded
• --rate: How many requests should be sent every ...