https://coder.tw/en/tags/siege/Recent content in Siege on Lin's BlogHugoen-USFri, 06 Jan 2017 22:54:59 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/siege-http-load-testing/Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:54:59 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/siege-http-load-testing/<p>As a backend engineer, it&rsquo;s no surprise that I sometimes want to run a load test on a website. Load testing helps us understand how stable our server architecture is, and to some extent lets us observe how well our code performs. Common tools include ab and JMeter. I don&rsquo;t think anyone runs load tests by hand (lol). Today I&rsquo;m going to introduce Siege, a fairly complete yet simple HTTP load testing tool. It runs from the command line and helps you measure how well a website or API handles load. But keep in mind that performance testing involves many layers, and passing a load test doesn&rsquo;t mean you&rsquo;re bulletproof!</p>