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Siege command to benchmark a Website

 In this post, How to benchmark a website with the Siege command line. Use Siege command to benchmark a Website.

siege command support both the HTTP/1.0 and 1.1 protocols, GET an POST ...

Requirements

  • Running instance of Ubuntu Server.
  • A user with sudo privileges.
  • A Website to test.

Install Siege

Login Ubuntu server, Open a terminal to install Siege.

sudo apt-get install siege -y
Siege command to benchmark a Website
 

After install, You need enable logging.

sudo nano /etc/siege/siegerc
Before
#logfile = $(HOME)/var/log/siege.log
After change
logfile = $(HOME)/var/log/siege.log

Save and close the file.

How to perform a test.


Example, we run a 5-minute and concurrent user load is 100.

siege https://SERVER -c 100 -t 5m

Where SERVER is the IP address or domain website for test.

The output terminal as below:



If you want to save log. You need run command below:

siege https://SERVER -c 100 -t 5m -l

How to test multiple site


You need test numerous sites  at once. You need create a file with list a website.

nano ~/huuphan-sites.txt

Add domain or IP address for test

www.example.org
192.168.3.7
save and close the file.

Run command as below:
siege -f ~/huuphan-sites.txt

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