tldr/pages/common/wrk.md

wrk

HTTP benchmarking tool. Homepage: https://github.com/wg/wrk.

• Run a benchmark for 30 seconds, using 12 threads, and keeping 400 HTTP connections open:

wrk -t{{12}} -c{{400}} -d{{30s}} "{{http://127.0.0.1:8080/index.html}}"

• Run a benchmark with a custom header:

wrk -t{{2}} -c{{5}} -d{{5s}} -H "{{Host: example.com}}" "{{http://example.com/index.html}}"

• Run a benchmark with a request timeout of 2 seconds:

wrk -t{{2}} -c{{5}} -d{{5s}} — timeout {{2s}} "{{http://example.com/index.html}}"