siege
An HTTP/FTP load tester and benchmarking utility.
root@kali:~# siege -h
Usage: siege [options]
siege [options] URL
siege -g URL
Options:
-V, --version VERSION, prints the version number.
-h, --help HELP, prints this section.
-C, --config CONFIGURATION, show the current config.
-v, --verbose VERBOSE, prints notification to screen.
-q, --quiet QUIET turns verbose off and suppresses output.
-g, --get GET, pull down HTTP headers and display the
transaction. Great for application debugging.
-p, --print PRINT, like GET only it prints the entire page.
-c, --concurrent=NUM CONCURRENT users, default is 10
-r, --reps=NUM REPS, number of times to run the test.
-t, --time=NUMm TIMED testing where "m" is modifier S, M, or H
ex: --time=1H, one hour test.
-d, --delay=NUM Time DELAY, random delay before each request
-b, --benchmark BENCHMARK: no delays between requests.
-i, --internet INTERNET user simulation, hits URLs randomly.
-f, --file=FILE FILE, select a specific URLS FILE.
-R, --rc=FILE RC, specify an siegerc file
-l, --log[=FILE] LOG to FILE. If FILE is not specified, the
default is used: /var/log/siege.log
-m, --mark="text" MARK, mark the log file with a string.
between .001 and NUM. (NOT COUNTED IN STATS)
-H, --header="text" Add a header to request (can be many)
-A, --user-agent="text" Sets User-Agent in request
-T, --content-type="text" Sets Content-Type in request
-j, --json-output JSON OUTPUT, print final stats to stdout as JSON
--no-parser NO PARSER, turn off the HTML page parser
--no-follow NO FOLLOW, do not follow HTTP redirects
Copyright (C) 2024 by Jeffrey Fulmer, et al.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
siege.config
Builds a siege.conf template in the user's home directory.
root@kali:~# siege.config -h
siege.config
usage: siege.config [no arguments]
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Resource file already install as /root/.siege/siege.conf
Use your favorite editor to change your configuration by
editing the values in that file or remove it and run this
program again.
siege2csv
Run siege with an ever-increasing number of users
root@kali:~# man siege2csv
BOMBARDMENT(1) siege2csv BOMBARDMENT(1)
NAME
bombardment - Run siege with an ever-increasing number of users
SYNOPSIS
bombardment [urlfile] [clients] [increment] [trials] [delay] bombardment
urls.txt 5 10 20 1
DESCRIPTION
bombardment is part of the siege distribution. It calls siege with an ini-
tial number of clients. When that run finishes, it immediately calls siege
again with that number of clients plus the increment. It does this the
number of times specified in the fourth argument.
OPTIONS
urlfile
The name of the file containing one or more URLs for siege to test.
clients
The initial number of clients to be used on the first run.
increment
The number of clients to add to each ensuing run.
trials
The number of times to run siege.
delay
The is the amount of time, in seconds, that each client will wait
between requests. The siege default is overridden by bombardment
SEE ALSO
siege(1), siege2csv(1)
AUTHOR
Written by Peter Hutnick, et al.
JoeDog 2024-11-14 BOMBARDMENT(1)