NAME

       tsung - A distributed multi-protocol load testing tool.

SYNOPSIS

       tsung  [  -f  configuration  file ]  [ -l log dir ]  [ -m filename ]  [ -r command ]  [ -X
       directory ]  [ -w delay ]  [ -L lifetime ]  [ -s ]  [ -n ]  [ -k ]  [ -v ]  [ -6 ]  [ -h ]
       [ start|stop|debug|status ]

DESCRIPTION

       tsung  is a distributed load testing tool. It is protocol-independent and can currently be
       used to stress and  benchmark  HTTP,  WebDAV,  LDAP,  PostgreSQL,  MySQL  and  Jabber/XMPP
       servers.

       It  simulates  user  behaviour using an XML description file, reports many measurements in
       real time (statistics can be customized with transactions, and  graphics  generated  using
       gnuplot).

       For  HTTP,  it supports 1.0 and 1.1, has a proxy mode to record sessions, supports GET and
       POST methods, Cookies, and Basic WWW-authentication. It also has support for SSL.

       Several config examples can be found in /usr/share/doc/tsung/examples/.

       start  start tsung load testing

       debug  start tsung with an interactive erlang shell

       stop   stop tsung

       status print current status of a running instance of tsung (must be run on the  controller
              host)

MANUAL

       A  manual  should  be  available  at  /usr/share/doc/tsung/user_manual.html.  It  is  also
       available online at

              http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/user_manual.html

OPTIONS

       -f filename
              specifies  the  configuration   file   to   use.   The   default   file   name   is
              ~/.tsung/tsung.xml. Use - for standard input

       -l logdir
              Specifies   the   log   directory   to   use.   The   default   log   dir  name  is
              ~/.tsung/log/YYYYMMDD-HHMM/

       -m monitoring_file
              Specifies the monitoring log file name  to  use.  The  default  log  file  name  is
              tsung.log. Use - for standard output

       -r command
              Specifies an alternative to ssh (rsh for ex.) for starting a slave node on a remote
              host

       -i id  set controller id (default is empty). Needed to start several  controllers  on  the
              same host.

       -F     Use long names for erlang nodes (FQDN)

       -s     Enable erlang smp on client nodes

       -p     set maximum erlang processes per vm (default is 250000)

       -X directory
              add additional erlang load paths (multiple -X arguments allowed)

       -L lifetime
              SSL session lifetime in seconds (600 sec by default)

       -w delay
              warmup delay in seconds (1 sec by default)

       -v     Show version

       -n     disable web GUI

       -k     keep web GUI (and controller) alive after the test has finished

       -6     Use IPv6 for tsung internal communications

       -h     Show usage

BUGS

       Please reports bugs to the mailing list <tsung-users@process-one.net>, see

              https://lists.process-one.net/mailman/listinfo/tsung-users

       for archives. You can also use the issue tracker

              https://github.com/processone/tsung/issues

SEE ALSO

       erlang(3)

AUTHORS

       Tsung is written by Nicolas Niclausse <nicolas@niclux.org>. Contributors list is available
       in /usr/share/doc/tsung/CONTRIBUTORS

                                           January 2004                                  TSUNG(1)