Web Generator Toolkit

Tools

A collection of scripts for correctly emulating web traffic using standard load-test harnesses, such as:

• Apacher JMeter
• HP LoadRunner
• Selenium WebDriver
• Silk Performer

and others.

Installation and usage

1. Create the environment variable WEB_GEN_TOOLKIT pointing to the local bin directory (Use export in Unix/Linux or set in Windows)
2. cd to the local directory demo and % run_perf_jmeter_records_select.pl
3. cd to the local directory demo/select and % run_perf_arr_rt_jmeter_stats.pl
4. More details are provided in web-gen-toolkit_doc.pdf

Note: Be sure that the GD.pm module is in your Perl installation.

References

1. J. F. Brady and N. J. Gunther, "How to Emulate Web Traffic Using Standard Load Testing Tools," Proceedings of CMG imPACt 2016, La Jolla, California. Available online

2. J. F. Brady, "When Load Testing Large User Population Web Applications: The Devil is in The (Virtual) User Details," CMG Proceedings 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada.

3. D. M. Ciemiewicz, "What Do You Mean? Revisiting Statistics for Web Response Time Measurements," CMG Proceedings 2001, Anaheim, California. Available as PDF

4. N. J. Gunther, Analyzing Computer System Performance with Perl::PDQ, Springerr-Verlag (2011)

5. N. J. Gunther, Guerrilla Capacity Planning: A Tactical Approach to Planning for Highly Scalable Applications and Services, Springer-Verlag (2007)

6. Guerrilla Training Classes