This article covers how to test load in web servers using siege benchmarking tool. In fact, Siege is an HTTP load testing tool that you can use to send hundreds of concurrent visitors on your website at once to check how it will perform under pressure and how much availability your server can provide.

How to Install Siege on Ubuntu Linux system ?

It is a very easy task to install Siege on our Ubuntu server. Execute the following command to install siege on Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get install siege -y

This article covers how to install Siege benchmarking tool on Ubuntu Linux System using two methods: using the APT and the tar.gz package. Siege allows you to test a web server with n number of users t number of times. Siege offers three modes of operation: Regression, internet simulation, and brute force.

Once the Siege is installed, you can verify the installed version of Siege using the following command:

$ siege --version