tsung(1)

Usage

tsung [-f configuration file] [-l log dir] [-m filename] [-r command] [-X directory] [-w delay] [-L lifetime] [-s] [-n] [-k] [-v] [-6] [-h] [{start | stop | debug | status}]

Overview

tsung is a distributed load testing tool. It is protocol-independent and can currently be used to stress and benchmark HTTP, WebDAV, LDAP, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Jabber/XMPP servers.

It simulates user behaviour using an XML description file, reports many measurements in real time (statistics can be customized with transactions, and graphics generated using gnuplot).

For HTTP, it supports 1.0 and 1.1, has a proxy mode to record sessions, supports GET and POST methods, Cookies, and Basic WWW-authentication. It also has support for SSL.

Several config examples can be found in /usr/share/doc/tsung/examples/.

start: start tsung load testing

debug: start tsung with an interactive erlang shell

stop: stop tsung

status: print current status of a running instance of tsung (must be run on the controller host)

Manual

A manual should be available at /usr/share/doc/tsung/user_manual.html. It is also available online at

http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/user_manual.html

Options

-f filename: specifies the configuration file to use. The default file name is ~/.tsung/tsung.xml. Use - for standard input

-l logdir: Specifies the log directory to use. The default log dir name is ~/.tsung/log/YYYYMMDD-HHMM/

-m monitoring_file: Specifies the monitoring log file name to use. The default log file name is tsung.log. Use - for standard output

-r command: Specifies an alternative to ssh (rsh for ex.) for starting a slave node on a remote host

-i id: set controller id (default is empty). Needed to start several controllers on the same host.

-F: Use long names for erlang nodes (FQDN)

-s: Enable erlang smp on client nodes

-p: set maximum erlang processes per vm (default is 250000)

-X directory: add additional erlang load paths (multiple -X arguments allowed)

-L lifetime: SSL session lifetime in seconds (600 sec by default)

-w delay: warmup delay in seconds (1 sec by default)

-v: Show version

-n: disable web GUI

-k: keep web GUI (and controller) alive after the test has finished

-6: Use IPv6 for tsung internal communications

-h: Show usage

Releases

6 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

7–8
9–12

-L since Debian 9 (Stretch); -X since Debian 9 (Stretch); -k since Debian 9 (Stretch); -n since Debian 9 (Stretch); -p since Debian 9 (Stretch); -s since Debian 9 (Stretch); -w since Debian 9 (Stretch).

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