GitHub Maelstrom: Stress Testing API Reliability
An Effective Tool for API Load and Stress Testing with Detailed Logging and Email Notifications
Key Aspects
- Features
- Configuration
- Usage
- Handling Interruptions
- Example Output
- Troubleshooting
- License
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Maelstrom Features
Key Features
Maelstrom is a powerful tool designed to stress-test your API reliability using concurrent threads, providing latency metrics to ensure your API performs optimally under pressure. It offers several key features including configurable parameters, detailed logging, email notifications, graceful shutdown, latency metrics, and multi-threaded design.
Configurable Parameters
One of the standout features of Maelstrom is its ability to customize the stress test according to your needs. You can set the number of requests, concurrency level, URL to test, retry limits, response time thresholds, and success rate thresholds. This flexibility allows you to tailor the test to your specific API requirements.
Maelstrom Usage Instructions
Preparing the Configuration File
To get started with Maelstrom, you'll need to prepare a configuration file named 'maelstrom.conf'. This file should include all the necessary parameters such as the number of requests, concurrent threads, URL to test, retry limit, response time threshold, success rate threshold, and email notifications settings.
Running the Stress Test
Once your configuration file is set up, you can make the script executable and run it. The script will then perform the stress test based on your specified parameters, providing real-time updates and results upon completion.
Maelstrom Common Issues and Problems
Handling Interruptions
Maelstrom is designed to handle interruptions gracefully. If you need to stop the test, you can do so by pressing 'Ctrl+C' or sending a termination signal. The script will ensure that the results are logged and email notifications are sent if configured.
Troubleshooting
If you encounter issues with the mail command not being found, it's likely because a mail utility like 'mailx' or 'sendmail' is not installed. Installing one of these utilities will resolve the issue and allow Maelstrom to send email notifications as intended.
Maelstrom Compatibility
Prerequisites
Maelstrom requires certain tools to be installed on your system for it to function properly. These include 'Curl' for making HTTP requests, a mail utility like 'mailx' or 'sendmail' for sending email notifications, and 'bc' for floating-point arithmetic in shell scripts.