http_load runs multiple http fetches in parallel, to test the throughput of a web server. However unlike most such test clients, it runs in a single process, so it doesn't bog down the client machine. It can be configured to do https fetches as well.

See the manual entry for more details.

Files in this distribution:

README    		this
Makefile		guess
http_load.c		source file
http_load.1		manual entry
timers.c		timers package
timers.h		headers for timers package
make_test_files   	simple script to create a set of test files

To build: If you're on a SysV-like machine (which includes old Linux systems but not new Linux systems), edit the Makefile and uncomment the SYSV_LIBS line. If you're doing SSL, uncomment those lines too. Otherwise, just do a make.

Clone the project in a new folder by the following commands:

	$ git clone https://github.com/AbdallahCoptan/HTTP_LOAD.git
	$ cd HTTP_LOAD

You just need to invoke a make command to install:

	$ cd HTTP_LOAD
	$ make
	$ sudo make install

To test if the http_load is installed successfully, by asking for the help by:

	$ ./http_load

Here is the output, which is the usage of the tool:

	usage:  ./http_load [-checksum] [-throttle] [-proxy host:port] [-verbose] [-timeout secs] [-sip sip_file]
		    -parallel N | -rate N [-jitter]
		    -fetches N | -seconds N
		    url_file
	One start specifier, either -parallel or -rate, is required.
	One end specifier, either -fetches or -seconds, is required.

To use the HTTP_LOAD utility, you need first to creat a file to contains the URLS or the servers you want to test so as following:

	$ cd HTTP_LOAD
	$ nano urls

And inside the file write each url in one line: (if you have apache server locally)

	http://127.0.0.1/
	http://10.10.1.200:80/  ## if remote Http server 
	http://google.com/
	...

NOW if you want to run the HTTP_LOAD test by the following command as an instance:

	$ ./http_load -rate 5 -seconds 10 urls

Here it is the output:

	49 fetches, 1 max parallel, 563990 bytes, in 10 seconds
	11510 mean bytes/connection
	4.9 fetches/sec, 56399 bytes/sec
	msecs/connect: 0.0879388 mean, 0.118 max, 0.065 min
	msecs/first-response: 0.204061 mean, 0.724 max, 0.161 min
	HTTP response codes:
	  code 200 -- 49

###Read More About HTTP Load Tools###

See also: test the HTTP PING , Test the HTTP GET and have a look for a page of other HTTP Load Test Tools

Actually, the work of the HTTP_LOAD tool is credited to the http_load page, but this unfortunately is not on github and that is why i upload it here and provide some help !!!

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