From c509a4e6339514b73d991d8a9d1df68cddcfba59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Antoine=20Beaupr=C3=A9?= <anarcat@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:25:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update status of alternatives
---
howto/benchmark.md | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/howto/benchmark.md b/howto/benchmark.md
index 4fea3a8e0..62433d9c0 100644
--- a/howto/benchmark.md
+++ b/howto/benchmark.md
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ actually *more* than 1000Mbit/s (1158.32Mbit/s). Sometimes the above
benchmark even gives 152MB/s (1222Mbit/s), way beyond what a regular
GigE link should be able to provide.
+## wrk
+
+Note that wrk works similarly to `bombardier`, sampled above, and has
+the advantage of being already packaged in Debian. Simple cheat sheet:
+
+ sudo apt install wrk
+ echo "10.0.0.0 target.example.com" >> /etc/hosts
+ wrk --latency -c 100 --duration 2m https://target.example.com/
+
## Other tools
Siege has trouble going above ~100 concurrent clients because of its
@@ -116,20 +125,19 @@ limited, here's a set of interesting alternatives:
* [ali](https://github.com/nakabonne/ali) - golang, HTTP/2, real-time graph, duration, not in
Debian, mouse support, unsearchable name
* [bombardier](https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier) - golang, HTTP/2, better performance than siege in
- my (2017) tests, not in debian
+ my (2017) tests, not in Debian ([RFP](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=943733))
* [boom](https://github.com/tarekziade/boom) - python rewrite of apachebench, supports duration,
- HTTP/2, not in debian, unsearchable name
+ HTTP/2, not in Debian, unsearchable name
* [go-wrk](https://github.com/adjust/go-wrk/) - golang rewrite of wrk with HTTPS, had performance
issues in my first tests (2017), [no duration target](https://github.com/adjust/go-wrk/issues/2), not in
Debian
* [hey](https://github.com/rakyll/hey) - golang rewrite of apachebench, similar to boom, not in
debian ([ITP #943596](https://bugs.debian.org/943596)), unsearchable name
* [Jmeter](https://jmeter.apache.org/) - interactive behavior, can replay recorded sessions
- from browsers
+ from browsers, in Debian
* [k6.io](https://k6.io/) - commandline JMeter replacement with accompanied
"cloud" Software-as-a-service
* [Locust](https://locust.io/) - distributed, can model login and interactive
- behavior, not in Debian
- * [Tsung](http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/1/01/about/) - multi-protocol, distributed, erlang
- * [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk/) - multithreaded, epoll, Lua scriptable, no HTTPS, only in
- Debian unstable
+ behavior, not in Debian ([ITP](http://bugs.debian.org/982508))
+ * [Tsung](http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/1/01/about/) - multi-protocol, distributed, erlang, in Debian
+ * [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk/) - multithreaded, epoll, Lua scriptable, in Debian
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