ApacheBench - Docker

Docker container for ApacheBench (ab).

Prerequisites:

• Docker

Usage:

• Build container

docker build -t taherbs/ab:latest .

• Ab help doc

docker run --rm --tty taherbs/ab --help

• Run ab on a public website

# docker run --rm --tty CONTAINER_NAME -kl -t TIME_OUT -n NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS -c NUMBER_OF_CONCURRENCY WEB_SERVER_URL
docker run --rm --tty taherbs/ab -kl -t 60 -n 10 -c 10 http://www.yahoo.com/

• Run on a working local docker web container

# docker run --network WEB_CONTAINER_DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME --rm --tty CONTAINER_NAME -kl -t TIME_OUT -n NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS -c NUMBER_OF_CONCURRENCY http://CONTAINER_NAME/
docker inspect CONTAINER_NAME -f "{{json .NetworkSettings.Networks }}" # Get the network interface name
docker run --network=WEB_CONTAINER_DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME --rm --tty taherbs/ab -kl -t 60 -n 10 -c 10 http://CONTAINER_NAME/

Useful Articles

• Load Testing Apache with AB
• Testing the NGINX Load Balancing Efficiency with ApacheBench