tpittson/apache-bench repository overview

⁠apache-bench (docker-apache-bench)

⁠summary

A lightweight docker image that for running the Apache Bench (ab) command line http benchmarking tool

⁠Usage

Show usage

docker run --rm tpittson/apache-bench

Simple example - 10 concurrent requests running for 30 seconds

docker run --rm tpittson/apache-bench -t 30 -c 10 https://www.google.co.uk/

If your target returns variable length responses use the -l flag so that these are not shown as failures

docker run --rm tpittson/apache-bench -t 30 -c 10 -l https://www.google.co.uk/

⁠Testing on Localhost

If you try and hit a URL on localhost it will actually try and connect internally within the container and fail. Instead of using localhost or 127.0.0.1 you can use host.docker.internal

docker run --rm tpittson/apache-bench -t 30 -c 10 -l http://host.docker.internal:8080/api/ping

⁠Links

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/ab.html⁠