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Ddosify - High-performance load testing tool

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Ddosify - High-performance load testing tool quick start

Features

:heavy_check_mark: Protocol Agnostic - Currently supporting HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2. Other protocols are on the way.

:heavy_check_mark: Scenario-Based - Create your flow in a JSON file. Without a line of code!

:heavy_check_mark: Different Load Types - Test your system’s limits across different load types.

Installation

ddosify is available via Docker, Homebrew Tap, and downloadable pre-compiled binaries from the releases page for macOS, Linux and Windows.

Docker

docker run -it --rm ddosify/ddosify

Homebrew Tap (macOS and Linux)

brew install ddosify/tap/ddosify

apk, deb, rpm, Arch Linux packages

  • For arm architectures change ddosify_amd64 to ddosify_arm64 or ddosify_armv6.
  • Superuser privilege is required.

For Redhat based (Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, etc.) rpm -i https://github.com/ddosify/ddosify/releases/latest/download/ddosify_amd64.rpm # For Debian based (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.) wget https://github.com/ddosify/ddosify/releases/latest/download/ddosify_amd64.deb dpkg -i ddosify_amd64.deb # For Alpine wget https://github.com/ddosify/ddosify/releases/latest/download/ddosify_amd64.apk apk add --allow-untrusted ddosify_amd64.apk # For Arch Linux git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ddosify.git cd ddosify makepkg -sri

Using the convenience script (macOS and Linux)

  • The script requires root or sudo privileges to move ddosify binary to /usr/local/bin.
  • The script attempts to detect your operating system (macOS or Linux) and architecture (arm64, x86, amd64) to download the appropriate binary from the releases page.
  • By default, the script installs the latest version of ddosify.
  • If you have problems, check common issues
  • Required packages: curl and sudo

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddosify/ddosify/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

Go install from source (macOS, Linux, Windows)

go install -v go.ddosify.com/ddosify@latest

Easy Start

This section aims to show you how to use Ddosify without deep dive into its details easily.

  1. Simple load test

 ddosify -t target_site.com

The above command runs a load test with the default value that is 100 requests in 10 seconds.
2. ### Using some of the features

 ddosify -t target_site.com -n 1000 -d 20 -p HTTPS -m PUT -T 7 -P http://proxy_server.com:80

Ddosify sends a total of 1000 PUT requests to https://target_site.com over proxy http://proxy_server.com:80 in 20 seconds with a timeout of 7 seconds per request.
3. ### Usage for CI/CD pipelines (JSON output)

 ddosify -t target_site.com -o stdout-json | jq .avg_duration

Ddosify outputs the result in JSON format. Then jq (or any other command-line JSON processor) fetches the avg_duration. The rest depends on your CI/CD flow logic.
4. ### Scenario based load test

 ddosify -config config_examples/config.json

Ddosify first sends HTTP/2 POST request to https://test_site1.com/endpoint_1 using basic auth credentials test_user:12345 over proxy http://proxy_host.com:proxy_port and with a timeout of 3 seconds. Once the response is received, HTTPS GET request will be sent to https://test_site1.com/endpoint_2 along with the payload included in config_examples/payload.txt file with a timeout of 2 seconds. This flow will be repeated 20 times in 5 seconds and response will be written to stdout.

Details

You can configure your load test by the CLI options or a config file. Config file supports more features than the CLI. For example, you can’t create a scenario-based load test with CLI options.

CLI Flags

ddosify [FLAG]

Flag Description Type Default Required?
-t Target website URL. Example: https://ddosify.com string - Yes
-n Total request count int 100 No
-d Test duration in seconds. int 10 No
-p Protocol of the request. Supported protocols are HTTP, HTTPS. HTTP/2 support is only available by using a config file as described. More protocols will be added. string HTTPS No
-m Request method. Available methods for HTTP(s) are GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, UPDATE, PATCH string GET No
-b The payload of the network packet. AKA body for the HTTP. string - No
-a Basic authentication. Usage: -a username:password string - No
-h Headers of the request. You can provide multiple headers with multiple -h flag. string - No
-T Timeout of the request in seconds. int 5 No
-P Proxy address as host:port. -P http://user:pass@proxy_host.com:port' string - No
-o Test result output destination. Supported outputs are [stdout, stdout-json] Other output types will be added. string stdout No
-l Type of the load test. Ddosify supports 3 load types. string linear No
-config Config File of the load test. string - No
-version Prints version, git commit, built date (utc), go information and quit - - No

Load Types

Linear

ddosify -t target_site.com -l linear

Result:

linear load

Note: If the request count is too low for the given duration, the test might be finished earlier than you expect.

Incremental

ddosify -t target_site.com -l incremental

Result:

incremental load

Waved

ddosify -t target_site.com -l waved

Result:

waved load

Config File

Config file lets you use all capabilities of Ddosify.

The features you can use by config file;

  • Scenario creation
  • Custom load type creation
  • Payload from a file
  • Multipart/form-data payload
  • Extra connection configuration, like keep-alive enable/disable logic
  • HTTP2 support

Usage;

ddosify -config <json_config_path>

There is an example config file at config_examples/config.json. This file contains all of the parameters you can use. Details of each parameter;

  • request_count optionalThis is the equivalent of the -n flag. The difference is that if you have multiple steps in your scenario, this value represents the iteration count of the steps.
  • load_type optionalThis is the equivalent of the -l flag.
  • duration optionalThis is the equivalent of the -d flag.
  • manual_load optionalIf you are looking for creating your own custom load type, you can use this feature. The example below says that Ddosify will run the scenario 5 times, 10 times, and 20 times, respectively along with the provided durations. request_count and duration will be auto-filled by Ddosify according to manual_load configuration. In this example, request_count will be 35 and the duration will be 18 seconds. Also manual_load overrides load_type if you provide both of them. As a result, you don’t need to provide these 3 parameters when using manual_load.

“manual_load”: [ {“duration”: 5, “count”: 5}, {“duration”: 6, “count”: 10}, {“duration”: 7, “count”: 20} ]

  • proxy optionalThis is the equivalent of the -P flag.
  • output optionalThis is the equivalent of the -o flag.
  • steps mandatoryThis parameter lets you create your scenario. Ddosify runs the provided steps, respectively. For the given example file step id: 2 will be executed immediately after the response of step id: 1 is received. The order of the execution is the same as the order of the steps in the config file.Details of each parameter for a step;
    • id mandatoryEach step must have a unique integer id.
    • url mandatoryThis is the equivalent of the -t flag.
    • name optional Name of the step.
    • protocol optionalThis is the equivalent of the -p flag.
    • method optionalThis is the equivalent of the -m flag.
    • headers optionalList of headers with key:value format.
    • payload optionalThis is the equivalent of the -b flag.
    • payload_file optionalIf you need a long payload, we suggest using this parameter instead of payload.
    • payload_multipart optional Use this for multipart/form-data Content-Type.Accepts list of form-field objects, structured as below;

{ “name”: [field-name], “value”: [field-value|file-path|url], “type”: <text|file>, // Default “text” “src”: <local|remote> // Default “local” }

Example: Sending form name-value pairs;

“payload_multipart”: [ { “name”: “[field-name]”, “value”: “[field-value]” } ]

Example: Sending form name-value pairs and a local file;

“payload_multipart”: [ { “name”: “[field-name]”, “value”: “[field-value]”, }, { “name”: “[field-name]”, “value”: “./test.png”, “type”: “file” } ]

Example: Sending form name-value pairs and a local file and a remote file;

“payload_multipart”: [ { “name”: “[field-name]”, “value”: “[field-value]”, }, { “name”: “[field-name]”, “value”: “./test.png”, “type”: “file” }, { “name”: “[field-name]”, “value”: “http://test.com/test.png”, “type”: “file”, “src”: “remote” } ]

Note: Ddosify adds Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=[generated-boundary-value] header to the request when using payload_multipart.

  • timeout optionalThis is the equivalent of the -T flag.
  • sleep optional Sleep duration(ms) before executing the next step. Can be an exact duration or a range.Example: Sleep 1000ms after step-1;

“steps”: [ { “id”: 1, “url”: “target.com/endpoint1”, “sleep”: “1000” }, { “id”: 2, “url”: “target.com/endpoint2”, } ]

Example: Sleep between 300ms-500ms after step-1;

“steps”: [ { “id”: 1, “url”: “target.com/endpoint1”, “sleep”: “300-500” }, { “id”: 2, “url”: “target.com/endpoint2”, } ]

  • auth optionalBasic authentication.

“auth”: { “username”: “test_user”, “password”: “12345” }

  • others optionalThis parameter accepts dynamic key: value pairs to configure connection details of the protocol in use.

“others”: { “keep-alive”: true, // Default false “disable-compression”: false, // Default true “h2”: true, // Enables HTTP/2. Default false. “disable-redirect”: true // Default false }

Common Issues

macOS Security Issue

"ddosify" can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.
  • Open /usr/local/bin
  • Right click ddosify and select Open
  • Select Open
  • Close the opened terminal

Communication

You can join our Discord Server for issues, feature requests, feedbacks or anything else.

More

This repository includes the single-node version of the Ddosify Loader. Ddosify Cloud will be available soon. It will support multi-location based distributed load testing and more features.

Join the waitlist: https://ddosify.com

License

Licensed under the AGPLv3: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

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