1. To simulate high-concurrency scenarios using the AB testing tool, open: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/platform/windows.html#down, as shown in Figure 1.
2. Select ApacheHaus and download the x64 binary file for version 2.4, as shown in Figure 2.
3. The downloaded file is named: httpd-2.4.25-x64-vc14-r1.zip, as shown in Figure 3.
4. After decompression, copy Apache24 to C:\Apache24, as shown in Figure 4.
5. In cmd, navigate to the directory: C:\Apache24\bin and run the command: httpd -k install to install Apache as a service. An error occurs: “The program can’t start because VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.” As shown in Figure 5.
6. Install Visual C++ 2015 and Visual C++ 2015 x64, as shown in Figure 6.
7. In cmd, navigate to the directory: C:\Apache24\bin and run the command: httpd -k install to install Apache as a service. An error occurs: . As shown in Figure 7.
Installing the ‘Apache2.4’ service
(OS 5)Access is denied. : AH00369: Failed to open the Windows service manager, perhaps you forgot to log in as Adminstrator?
8. Right-click the Windows icon and open Command Prompt (Admin), as shown in Figure 8.
9. Install again; the installation succeeds, as shown in Figure 9.
10. Edit C:\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf and change the default port to 8080, as shown in Figure 10.
11. Find Apache2.4 in the services list and start the service, as shown in Figure 11.
12. Open the URL: http://localhost:8080/. It runs successfully, as shown in Figure 12.
13. Because we are running a stress test for a POST request, we need to prepare the POST data file first. Create a new file: C:\Apache24\bin\post\amiscos.txt, as shown in Figure 13.
14. Edit the file: C:\Apache24\bin\post\amiscos.txt and fill in the data, as shown in Figure 14.
15. To execute a GET request, in cmd, navigate to the directory: C:\Apache24\bin and run the command: . An error occurs: , as shown in Figure 15.
Before using the tool, you can refer to the URL: https://www.shuijingwanwq.com/2017/04/14/1564/ (ab – Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool, translated into Chinese)
ab -c 3 -n 15 ‘http://www.xxx.com/v1/game-team-skills/2721’
This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 <$Revision: 1757674 $>
Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/
Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/
Benchmarking ‘http: (be patient)…apr_sockaddr_info_get() for ‘http:: No such host is known. (731001)
16. To execute a GET request, in cmd, navigate to the directory: C:\Apache24\bin and run the command: . The single quotes around the request URL were removed, and it ran successfully, as shown in Figure 16.
ab -c 3 -n 15 http://www.xxx.com/v1/game-team-skills/2721
17. To execute a POST request, in cmd, navigate to the directory: C:\Apache24\bin and run the command: . It runs successfully, as shown in Figure 17.
ab -c 3 -n 15 -p post/amiscos.txt -T application/x-www-form-urlencoded http://www.xxx.com/v1/amiscos
