WebLOAD Files

This tar file contains the following applications:

Testtalk - This is the WebLOAD program that enables communication between the systems in the load session.  
           The TestTalk is also installed with the console software in windows environment. All the hosts 
	   in the test session must be running TestTalk in the background for the test to operate.

Httpload128 - This is the load generator application that simulates multiple virtual clients that simultaneously 
              access the System Under Test (SUT). The httpload128 executes tests that load the SUT with a large 
              load, to enable complete scalability and stress testing. The test consists of multiple simultaneous 
	      request s made by virtual clients (which emulate web browsers) to Web Server.

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# Installation             #
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Following are the instructions for installing the WebLOAD applications 
1) Download the WebLoad-linux-version.tar.gz 
2) Create a working-directory wherever you want and copy the tar file to that directory
3) Enter to the working directory and unpack the tar file
   tar -zvxf WebLoad-linux-version.tar.gz
4) change you directiry by entering:
   cd radview/webload8.0/linux/bin/
5) Edit configuration file webload.ini
   change value of variable TV_TOP from
   /home/loadtv/TS2004/linux8.1.0
   to 
   /<path to directory where you put file WebLoad-linux-version.tar.gz>/radview/webload8.0
	
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# Running                  #
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Following are the instructions for running the testtalk:
1) Enter to the linux/bin directory under your working directory
   cd working-directory/linux/bin
2) Run the ./env_setup script. this script will prompt the user to set the DISPLAY and LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
   enviroment variables.
   DISPLAY - enter the IP address of the session that owns X server, followed by a screen address. 
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH - use the default values <working-directory>/linux/lib <working-directory>/linux/syslib

3) ./starttesttalk

Following are the instructions for running the httpload128: 

The load generator can run in a standalone mode. In this mode the load generator works independently
without being control by a console application. 
  
1) Enter to the linux/bin directory under your working directory
   cd working-directory/linux/bin
2) change global variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH :
   setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH <path to working-directory>/linux/lib:<path to working-directory>/linux/syslib
3) Run the load generator application 
   ./httpload128 test.js -r:10

Where:
	test.js is the specific test script (Agenda) that the load test execute
	r is the execution rounds number