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Ab Command: Execute Http Get Requests Concurrent

An engineer would use the command 'ab -n 100 -c 10 {{url}}' to benchmark the performance of a web server by sending 100 HTTP GET requests concurrently at a rate of 10 requests at a time. Exact CLI syntax to execute http get requests concurrent using Ab.

When to use this: An engineer would use the command 'ab -n 100 -c 10 {{url}}' to benchmark the performance of a web server by sending 100 HTTP GET requests concurrently at a rate of 10 requests at a time.

Command Syntax

ab -n 100 -c 10 <url>

Command Breakdown

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Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
-c
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Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

FAQ

Purpose: Exact syntax to execute http get requests concurrent using Ab.

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