Webserver Stress Tool - User Manual

Contents

Welcome

Welcome to Webserver Stress Tool

Introduction: Testing Basics

Why testing?

The Business View

The Technical View

Performance, Load or Stress Testing?

Performance Tests

Load Tests

Stress Tests

Ramp Tests

Calculation of Load and Load Pattern

For Existing Websites

For New Websites

Playing With Numbers

When Should I Start Performance Testing?

Glossary

Webserver Stress Tool Features

Key Features

How much load can Webserver Stress Tool generate?

Webserver Stress Tool can be used for various tests

Testing Elements

Test results can be viewed as

Other Features:

Installation

System-Requirements

Installation/Deinstallation

Configuring Webserver Stress Tool

Selecting the Test Type and the Number of Users

Test Type

User Simulation

Project/Scenario Comments, Operator

Selecting the URLs or Editing the URL Script

Using Simple URL Sequences

Chossing the URL Sequencing

Using the URL Recorder

Setting Up the Data Merging Feature

Tutorial for Data Merging

Using Custom URL Scripts for Advanced URL Sequences

OnBeforeClick

OnBeforeClick Samples

OnAfterClick

OnAfterClick Samples

OnBeforeRequest

OnBeforeRequest Samples

OnAfterRequest

OnAfterRequest Samples

Advanced URL Script Samples

Reading a TOKEN from a page and reusing it on subsequent requests

Load-Testing SOAP Servers

Setting the Browser Simulation Parameters

Browser Simulation

Recursive Browsing

Setting Program Options

Advanced Settings

Logging

Local IP Addresses to use

Timer

Performance Tips&Tricks

Finding the Bottleneck of Your Test Setup

Network Issues

Test Client Issues

Running the Test

Reviewing Logfile Results

Summary Log and Detailed Log

User Logs

Results per User

Results per URL

Analyzing Graphical Results

Graph Basics

Usage of the Graphs

Hiding Graph Lines

Zooming/Panning Graphs

Graph's Context Menu

Graph Click Times & Errors (per URL)

Graph Click Times, Hits/s and Clicks/s

Graph Hierarchy

Graph Spectrum of Click Times

Graph Server and User Bandwidth

Graph Open Requests and Traffic

Graph Protocol Times

Graph Test Client's Health

Creating Reports

Report (Word)

Report (HTML)

Additional Features

Working with Different Test Scenarios

Command Line Interface

Running Several Tests at Once

Using Tokens

Appendix

Script Syntax for URL Scripts

Basic syntax

Script structure

Identifiers

Assign statements

Character strings

Comments

Variables

Indexes

Arrays

if statements

while statements

loop statements

for statements

select case statements

function and sub declaration

Additional Functions

Useful RFCs

Useful Books

Software License and Contact Information

Ordering Webserver Stress Tool

Order Online using a creditcard

Order online and pay by bank/wire transfer, check or cash

Order by fax

Order by postal mail or telephone

Purchase orders

Copyright

Support

Consulting, Custom Versions of the Software

License/Usage Terms

Disclaimer of Warranty