GAgargarplex·Mar 11, 2019
I used beeswithmachineguns at an old job :D too much fun!
https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
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newsapps / beeswithmachineguns
beeswithmachineguns
A utility for arming (creating) many bees (micro EC2 instances) to attack (load test) targets (web applications).
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A utility for arming (creating) many bees (micro EC2 instances) to attack (load test) targets (web applications).
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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11 sourcesBees with machineguns
https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
In Ask HN: What are you using for http load testing?Definitely not browser based but I've had good luck with Bees with Machine Guns[0] (Python EC2 load test swarm) for load testing. It's not as scriptable as a PhantomJS test, where you can have every actor follow their own script or anything like that, but it can sure generate a lot of requests a lot cheaper than some of the alternatives.
One thing we've done in the past is to generate a large background load with BWMG and then run a few PhantomJS/Selenium tests in a smaller test rig. It's a lot easier to get the load that way vs. trying to swarm Phantom or Selenium.
0: https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
In Selenium IDE alternatives for UI regression testingI've had a lot of success using Bees With Machine Guns
https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns/
(Also, the name is awesome)
In Two tools for quick and easy web application load testing during developmentOffer a performance testing service.
I saw a company pay $30K for 5 days access to a similar service.
Bootstrap the service by using this script under the hood and improve it overtime: https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
Use your $100K credit for spawning instance but also as a marketing hook:
"first 1 day free!"
In Ask HN: I just got $100k in AWS credits, how should I use it?Here's one to spin up some temporary EC2 instances: https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
In How to Generate Millions of HTTP Requests (2012)Hah, yeah. I think if I take up blogging again I'm going to just host it on a github page.
You might find this useful: https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
In Identify and Manage the Honey Badger DeveloperNot my repo, but there are some open source tools there. Under load testing it has Bees with Machine Guns ( https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns ), which is MIT licence.
In Show HN: A mostly complete 2014 "Tools of the Trade"Performance / Load Testing
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* BrowserMob (http://www.neustar.biz/enterprise/web-performance/how-load-t...) You can upload selenium scripts and they'll run it on X physical / Y virtual servers for a given period of time. It's a great tool to stress test your servers.
* Blitz.io (https://www.blitz.io/) Basically just a DDOS on your server.
* BeesWithMachineGuns (https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns) You can set this up with EC2 and DDOS your own server with it as well. This gives you a bit more control than blitz, but it requires a little work to get it up and running.
In Ask HN: Tools of the trade, 2013 editionShow HN: Beeswithmachineguns, lets you use EC2 to DDOS yourself
44 points · Open discussionI actually was pretty fond of this:
https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns
I don't remember how I came across it but it's the same concept: fire up a swarm of EC2 instances to pound the shit out of your site.
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