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Description
This test case tests the ability of HTTPing to measure the latency of a web server
Setup
- A working web servers are required with the following configurations.
WEBSERVER
: A web server listening on port 80.WEBSERVER_ALTPORT
: A web server listening on port 8000.WEBSERVER_HTTPS
: A web server with HTTPS support.WEBSERVER_BASIC_AUTH
: A web server with basic HTTP authentication.
- Ensure the
httping
package is installed.
How to test
- Run HTTPing against WEBSERVER :
httping -g http://WEBSERVER/
- Run HTTPing against WEBSERVER_ALTPORT:
httping -h WEBSERVER_ALTPORT -p 8000
- Run HTTPing against WEBSERVER_HTTPS:
httping -l -g https://WEBSERVER_HTTPS/
- Run HTTPing against WEBSERVER_BASIC_AUTH:
httping -g http://WEBSERVER_BASIC_AUTH/ -A -U USERNAME -P PASSWORD
Expected Results
- In all cases, you should see HTTPing results which looks like ping output.