siege : An HTTP/HTTPS stress tester

about siege

http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/

In short , siege is an http/https stress tool.

root@ubuntu-1:~# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04" root@ubuntu-1:~# uname -ri 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64 root@ubuntu-1:~#

build siege from source code

root@ubuntu-1:/home/hattori# tar xzvf siege-3.0.1.tar.gz root@ubuntu-1:/home/hattori# cd siege-3.0.1/

root@ubuntu-1:/home/hattori/siege-3.0.1# ./configure config.status: executing default-6 commands -------------------------------------------------------- Configuration is complete Run the following commands to complete the installation:  make  make install To upgrade an old siegerc file (optional):  mv ~/.siegerc.new ~/.siegerc For complete documentation:        http://www.joedog.org -------------------------------------------------------- root@ubuntu-1:/home/hattori/siege-3.0.1#

root@ubuntu-1:/home/hattori/siege-3.0.1# make;make install # /usr/local/bin/siege --version SIEGE 3.0.1

make a config file ( vi /root/.siegerc )

root@ubuntu-1:~# egrep -v ^# /root/.siegerc | grep -v ^$ verbose = false quiet = false gmethod = HEAD show-logfile = true logging = true protocol = HTTP/1.1 chunked = true cache = false connection = close concurrent = 15 delay = 1 internet = false benchmark = true accept-encoding = gzip spinner = true unique = true

check the config file

# siege -C CURRENT  SIEGE  CONFIGURATION JoeDog/1.00 [en] (X11; I; Siege 3.0.1) Edit the resource file to change the settings. ---------------------------------------------- version:                        3.0.1 verbose:                        false quiet:                          false debug:                          false protocol:                       HTTP/1.1 get method:                     HEAD connection:                     close concurrent users:               15 time to run:                    n/a repetitions:                    n/a socket timeout:                 30 delay:                          0 sec internet simulation:            false benchmark mode:                 true failures until abort:           1024 named URL:                      none URLs file:                      /usr/local/etc/urls.txt logging:                        true log file:                       /usr/local/var/siege.log resource file:                  /root/.siegerc timestamped output:             false comma separated output:         false allow redirects:                true allow zero byte data:           true allow chunked encoding:         true upload unique files:            true allow redirects:                true allow zero byte data:           true allow chunked encoding:         true upload unique files:            true

create an URL file

root@ubuntu-1:~# egrep -v ^# /usr/local/etc/urls.txt PORT=http $(PORT)://192.168.10.100/

run siege. –b : benchmark mode , -t 5 : run 5 seconds

oot@ubuntu-1:~# siege -b -t5s ** SIEGE 3.0.1 ** Preparing 15 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege... Lifting the server siege...      done. Transactions:                   2460 hits Availability:                 100.00 % Elapsed time:                   4.49 secs Data transferred:              24.02 MB Response time:                  0.03 secs Transaction rate:             547.88 trans/sec Throughput:                     5.35 MB/sec Concurrency:                   14.92 Successful transactions:        2460 Failed transactions:               0 Longest transaction:            1.03 Shortest transaction:           0.00

generate https

edit /usr/local/etc/urls.txt

root@ubuntu-1:~# egrep -v ^# /usr/local/etc/urls.txt PORT=https $(PORT)://192.168.10.100/

run

root@ubuntu-1:~# siege -b -t5s ** SIEGE 3.0.1 ** Preparing 15 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege... Lifting the server siege...      done. Transactions:                   1758 hits Availability:                 100.00 % Elapsed time:                   4.53 secs Data transferred:              17.17 MB Response time:                  0.04 secs Transaction rate:             388.08 trans/sec Throughput:                     3.79 MB/sec Concurrency:                   14.81 Successful transactions:        1758 Failed transactions:               0 Longest transaction:            1.03 Shortest transaction:           0.00

-c 1000 : 1000 concurrent users

root@ubuntu-1:~# siege -c 1000 -b -t30s ** SIEGE 3.0.1 ** Preparing 1000 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege... Lifting the server siege...      done. Transactions:                  20761 hits Availability:                 100.00 % Elapsed time:                  29.95 secs Data transferred:             202.74 MB Response time:                  1.38 secs Transaction rate:             693.19 trans/sec Throughput:                     6.77 MB/sec Concurrency:                  957.43 Successful transactions:       20761 Failed transactions:               0 Longest transaction:           10.32 Shortest transaction:           0.07

increase # of file descriptors

root@ubuntu-1:~# ulimit -n 1024 root@ubuntu-1:~# ulimit -n 1024000 root@ubuntu-1:~# ulimit -n 1024000

3000 concurrent users

nnn siege terminated..

root@ubuntu-1:~# siege -c 3000 -b -t60s ** SIEGE 3.0.1 ** Preparing 3000 concurrent users for battle. The server is now under siege...*** buffer overflow detected ***: siege terminated *** buffer overflow detected ***: siege terminated

I am not able to find a solution to solve this error..