Required settings

The required settings (shown in order) are as follows. 

<host> <port> <log> <num connections> <num iterations>

Their usage is as follows.

Setting Description
<host> Target host for requests.
<port> Port on which the target host is listening for requests.
<log>

Log file of the query portion of the MDEX Engine URLs and optional associated information (that is, the portion that resides in the last three columns of the MDEX Engine request log).

This log file is used for HTTP request generation. URLs and associated information from the <log> file are replayed in order.

Each line of the <log> file contains three columns:
  • A URL (required)
  • A POST body (URL-encoded and optional)
  • HTTP headers (URL-encoded and optional).

If a dash (-) is found in an optional column, the column is ignored.

<num connections> Maximum number of outstanding requests to allow before waiting for replies. In other words, the number of simultaneous HTTP connection streams to keep open at all times. This number emulates multiple clients for the target server. For example, using <num connections> of 16 emulates 16 concurrent clients querying the target server at all times.
<num iterations>

Number of times to replay the URL query log.

All outstanding requests are processed before a new iteration is started.