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Nakabonne/ali: Generate HTTP load and plot the results in real-time

82 points by vinnyglennon 6y ago

akerro 6y ago
Similar tool I recommend https://k6.io/docs/ https://k6.io/docs/
- diggan 6y ago
  Looks real nice! Unfortunately doesn't have graphs like "ali" or other popular load testing tools, and the cloud version is very expensive (starts at $74/month) if you just want some nice visualization of your results.
  - sniku 6y ago
    k6 can be used together with Grafana[1] so you can get pretty charts for free :-) [1] https://k6.io/blog/k6-loves-grafana https://k6.io/blog/k6-loves-grafana
    - diggan 6y ago
      As a lover of Grafana, I love this! Thanks, didn't know. I'll definitely give k6 a try!
  - akerro 6y ago
    You can use it with influxdb and grafana which gives you 5seconds delay - almost real time I say.
- tomduncalf 6y ago
  I tried the cloud version of this out on someone's recommendation last week, and was impressed. It gets expensive quite fast looking at the price plans though. The k6 open source library behind it seems cool too.
diggan 6y ago
What's some alternatives to this, that also has "scenarios" or similar so you could simulate real user flows, but a lot of them? Should be self-hosted. What I've found so far: - jmeter - classic, true and tested, works well but config format is a hassle to deal with - gatling - works well in general, but the reporting in the open source version is very basic, probably because they have "enterprise" features around reporting (that starts at $400/month)
- rkwz 6y ago
  > jmeter - classic, true and tested, works well but config format is a hassle to deal with You can use Taurus [1] to write scenarios in yaml files instead of using JMeter's JMX. [1] https://gettaurus.org/kb/Basic1/ https://gettaurus.org/kb/Basic1/
  - diggan 6y ago
    That's neat, thanks for the suggesting! I've used https://github.com/flood-io/ruby-jmeter https://github.com/flood-io/ruby-jmeter that is similar to Taurus, ruby DSL for generating the JMX. Only had issues with some things not being supported but was easy to extend to support those features. Made a short presentation about ruby-jmeter a while ago (6 years): https://slides.com/victorbjelkholm-old/jmeter-ruby-do-performance-test-awesomely https://slides.com/victorbjelkholm-old/jmeter-ruby-do-perfor...
- stock_toaster 6y ago
  locust maybe?
- japgolly 6y ago
  There's also ab (Apache Benchmark) which is super simple and can be all you need sometimes.
  - williamdclt 6y ago
    And is included in MacOS (as I discovered after trying to install it for 10min). Simple example (-c is concurrency, -n is total number of requests to make, -H for headers): ab -c 20 -n 50000 'https://someurl.com/someendpoint'
japgolly 6y ago
Wow that's really nice! Thanks for sharing!
Jimmc414 6y ago
Thank you! I actually really need this right now.
je42 6y ago
I used in the past locust.io - has ui and supports scenarios etc.

82 points by vinnyglennon 6y ago

akerro 6y ago

Similar tool I recommend https://k6.io/docs/ https://k6.io/docs/

diggan 6y ago
Looks real nice! Unfortunately doesn't have graphs like "ali" or other popular load testing tools, and the cloud version is very expensive (starts at $74/month) if you just want some nice visualization of your results.
- sniku 6y ago
  k6 can be used together with Grafana[1] so you can get pretty charts for free :-) [1] https://k6.io/blog/k6-loves-grafana https://k6.io/blog/k6-loves-grafana
  - diggan 6y ago
    As a lover of Grafana, I love this! Thanks, didn't know. I'll definitely give k6 a try!
- akerro 6y ago
  You can use it with influxdb and grafana which gives you 5seconds delay - almost real time I say.
tomduncalf 6y ago
I tried the cloud version of this out on someone's recommendation last week, and was impressed. It gets expensive quite fast looking at the price plans though. The k6 open source library behind it seems cool too.

diggan 6y ago

What's some alternatives to this, that also has "scenarios" or similar so you could simulate real user flows, but a lot of them? Should be self-hosted. What I've found so far: - jmeter - classic, true and tested, works well but config format is a hassle to deal with - gatling - works well in general, but the reporting in the open source version is very basic, probably because they have "enterprise" features around reporting (that starts at $400/month)

rkwz 6y ago
> jmeter - classic, true and tested, works well but config format is a hassle to deal with You can use Taurus [1] to write scenarios in yaml files instead of using JMeter's JMX. [1] https://gettaurus.org/kb/Basic1/ https://gettaurus.org/kb/Basic1/
- diggan 6y ago
  That's neat, thanks for the suggesting! I've used https://github.com/flood-io/ruby-jmeter https://github.com/flood-io/ruby-jmeter that is similar to Taurus, ruby DSL for generating the JMX. Only had issues with some things not being supported but was easy to extend to support those features. Made a short presentation about ruby-jmeter a while ago (6 years): https://slides.com/victorbjelkholm-old/jmeter-ruby-do-performance-test-awesomely https://slides.com/victorbjelkholm-old/jmeter-ruby-do-perfor...
stock_toaster 6y ago
locust maybe?
japgolly 6y ago
There's also ab (Apache Benchmark) which is super simple and can be all you need sometimes.
- williamdclt 6y ago
  And is included in MacOS (as I discovered after trying to install it for 10min). Simple example (-c is concurrency, -n is total number of requests to make, -H for headers): ab -c 20 -n 50000 'https://someurl.com/someendpoint'

japgolly 6y ago

Wow that's really nice! Thanks for sharing!

Jimmc414 6y ago

Thank you! I actually really need this right now.

je42 6y ago

I used in the past locust.io - has ui and supports scenarios etc.