How to Load Test Web-hosting using Blitz?
Create an account on Blitz. They offer 14 days free trial account, which you can use to test their service. You need to activate your account using Credit card. You can cancel your subscription anytime before 14 days to not be billed.Login to your Blitz account and first thing you need to do is add domain for which you want to do load test.
- With list domain feature you can test server load on any website with 500 users for 1 minute. This is good for those who have shared hosting, as shared hosting are not as great in handling huge concurrent connections.
- With Authorize domain feature you can bypass the above limit, and test with more concurrent virtual users.
- If you are running a test on your own website, you should
authorise the website. This would let you load test the server without
any limit. TO authorize your domain, click on your name at the top,
click on settings > Click on Blitz Keys > Authorisation
- f you are running a test on your own website, you should authorise the website. This would let you load test the server without any limit. TO authorize your domain, click on your name at the top, click on settings > Click on Blitz Keys > Authorisation
I used sFTP and created a file with the name given in this step and authorised my domain. (After adding the file, you need to add your domain and it will be authorized immediately)
Note: If you are using Cloudflare, you need to disable security on Cloudflare as it will not let you authorise the site or run the Blitz load test.
Once your domain is authorized, click on Play and configure your test settings. I recently moved to Kinsta Webhosting and wanted to test the performance of the my new hosting.
First test was for 60 seconds, scaling from 1-1000 concurrent users and here is what Blitz reported:
This rush generated 23,047 successful hits in 60 seconds and we transferred1.34 GB of data in and out of your app. The average hit rate of 384.12/secondtranslates to about 33,187,680 hits/day. The average response time was 273 ms.
Depending upon your requirement, you can run multiple tests and from various locations. They also offers a Chrome addon which makes testing a fun sport.
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As a developer or a Web-hosting end user, you would find Blitz to be useful service to test your server limit. Especially if you are developing a website for millions of concurrent users, this is the best way to know if your server can handle that much traffic or not.
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