---
name: "passenger-stress-test"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libapache2-mod-passenger"
version: "2.2.11debian-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/passenger-stress-test"
---

# passenger-stress-test(1)

stress tests a Phusion Passenger powered website.

## NAME

passenger-stress-test - stress tests a Phusion Passenger powered website.

## SYNOPSIS

**passenger-stress-test** \<*hostname*\> \<*app\_roo*t\> \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Stress test the given (Phusion Passenger-powered) website by

\- crawling it with multiple concurrently running crawlers.

\- gracefully restarting Apache at random times

\- restarting the target (Phusion Passenger-powered) application at random times

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --concurrency** \<*number*\>

  Number of crawlers to start (default = 20)

- **-p, --apache-restart-interval** \<*interval*\>

  Gracefully restart Apache after \<*interval*\> minutes (default = 1440)

- **-a, --app-restart-interval** \<*interval*\>

  Restart the application after \<*interval*\> minutes (default = 55)

- **-h, --help**

  Output help information and exit.

## SEE ALSO

[passenger-config(1)](/passenger-config/1.md), [passenger-memory-stats(8)](/passenger-memory-stats/8.md), [passenger-status(8)](/passenger-status/8.md)

User guide at http://www.modrails.com/documentation.html

## AUTHOR

Phusion Passenger is written by Phusion (http://www.phusion.nl)

"Phusion" and "Phusion Passenger" are trademarks of Hongli Lai & Ninh Bui.

This manual page was written by Neil Wilson \<neil@brightbox.co.uk\> for the Ubuntu project (but may be used by others).