NAME

       mysql-stress-test.pl - server stress test program

SYNOPSIS

       mysql-stress-test.pl [options]

DESCRIPTION

       The mysql-stress-test.pl Perl script performs stress-testing of the MariaDB server.

       mysql-stress-test.pl requires a version of Perl that has been built with threads support.

       Invoke mysql-stress-test.pl like this:

           shell> mysql-stress-test.pl [options]

       mysql-stress-test.pl supports the following options:

       •   --help

           Display a help message and exit.

       •   --abort-on-error=N

           Causes the program to abort if an error with severity less than or equal to N was encountered. Set to
           1 to abort on any error.

       •   --check-tests-file

           Periodically check the file that lists the tests to be run. If it has been modified, reread the file.
           This can be useful if you update the list of tests to be run during a stress test.

       •   --cleanup

           Force cleanup of the working directory.

       •   --log-error-details

           Log error details in the global error log file.

       •   --loop-count=N

           In sequential test mode, the number of loops to execute before exiting.

       •   --mysqltest=path

           The path name to the mysqltest program.

       •   --server-database=db_name

           The database to use for the tests. The default is test.

       •   --server-host=host_name

           The host name of the local host to use for making a TCP/IP connection to the local server. By
           default, the connection is made to localhost using a Unix socket file.

       •   --server-logs-dir=path

           This option is required.  path is the directory where all client session logs will be stored. Usually
           this is the shared directory that is associated with the server used for testing.

       •   --server-password=password

           The password to use when connecting to the server.

       •   --server-port=port_num

           The TCP/IP port number to use for connecting to the server. The default is 3306.

       •   --server-socket=file_name

           For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe
           to use. The default is /tmp/mysql.sock.

       •   --server-user=user_name

           The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server. The default is root.

       •   --sleep-time=N

           The delay in seconds between test executions.

       •   --stress-basedir=path

           This option is required.  path is the working directory for the test run. It is used as the temporary
           location for result tracking during testing.

       •   --stress-datadir=path

           The directory of data files to be used during testing. The default location is the data directory
           under the location given by the --stress-suite-basedir option.

       •   --stress-init-file[=path]

           file_name is the location of the file that contains the list of tests to be run once to initialize
           the database for the testing. If missing, the default file is stress_init.txt in the test suite
           directory.

       •   --stress-mode=mode

           This option indicates the test order in stress-test mode. The mode value is either random to select
           tests in random order or seq to run tests in each thread in the order specified in the test list
           file. The default mode is random.

       •   --stress-suite-basedir=path

           This option is required.  path is the directory that has the t and r subdirectories containing the
           test case and result files. This directory is also the default location of the stress-test.txt file
           that contains the list of tests. (A different location can be specified with the --stress-tests-file
           option.)

       •   --stress-tests-file[=file_name]

           Use this option to run the stress tests.  file_name is the location of the file that contains the
           list of tests. If file_name is omitted, the default file is stress-test.txt in the stress suite
           directory. (See --stress-suite-basedir.)

       •   --suite=suite_name

           Run the named test suite. The default name is main (the regular test suite located in the mysql-test
           directory).

       •   --test-count=N

           The number of tests to execute before exiting.

       •   --test-duration=N

           The duration of stress testing in seconds.

       •   --threads=N

           The number of threads. The default is 1.

       •   --verbose

           Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2007, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates, 2010-2015 MariaDB Foundation

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the
       GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
       even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
       Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write
       to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO

       For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at
       https://mariadb.com/kb/

AUTHOR

       MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).