I’ve recently done some load testing using Locust.io. The setup was more complicated than other tools and I didn’t feel like it was well documented on their site. Here’s how I got Locust.io running on two different Linux platforms. Locust.io on RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS Naturally, these instructions will work on CentOS too. sudo yum -y install python-setuptools python-devel sudo yum -y install libevent libevent-develsudo yum -y install python-setuptools python-devel sudo yum -y install libevent libevent-devel One requirement of Locust.io is ZeroMQ. I found instructions to install that on their site......
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Load testing web applications is a big deal in a day of web scale traffic. There are countless ways to get traffic to a website, and when one of them goes right (like a slashdot or viral content), it can produce an enormous load in a very short time. Building and testing large scale software requires being able to simulate high levels of load. There are compelling commercial and open source load testing options available. Three that span much of the functional landscape are HP’s LoadRunner, Locust.io and Apache Jmeter. Let’s start with......
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