WebStone Dynamic Workload
WebStone now includes a workload that tests dynamically generated
Web pages.
To use the dynamic workload models, you must install a dynamic module
on the Web server to be tested. The Web server must also be configured such
that a request for "/file.dyn-send?size=1024" (for example) will cause the
module to be run, and will return 1024 bytes of data.
Example configuration (Netscape server, executable is "nsapi-send"):
cd src
make nsapi
cp nsapi-send.so /usr/lib
cd /usr/ns-home/httpd-80/config
in magnus.conf, add the line:
Init fn=load-modules shlib=nsapi.so funcs=nsapi-send
in obj.conf, add the line:
Service method=(GET|HEAD) fn=nsapi-send \
type=magnus-internal/dyn-send
in mime.types, add the line:
type=magnus-internal/dyn-send exts=dyn-send
restart the Web server
Example code for CGI and NS-API is included as src/cgi-send.c
and src/nsapi-send.c - if you implement other APIs, please forward a copy
of your code to the WebStone mailing list or to the WebStone authors.
Included workloads:
conf/workload.dynamic-heavy: All content is dynamically generated.
conf/filelist.dynamic-medium: About 50% of content is dynamically
generated.
conf/filelist.dynamic-light: About 25% of content is dynamically
generated.
As always, we encourage you to design your own workloads, tailored for your
environment.
