Information about the package, siege, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The siege package is designed for, HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility.
Package Name:
siege
Summary:
HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility
Description:
Siege is an HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility. It was designed to let web developers measure the performance of their code under duress, to see how it will stand up to load on the internet. Siege supports basic authentication, cookies, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It allows the user hit a web server with a configurable number of concurrent simulated users. Those users place the web-server "under siege."
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.8
Release:
1.el6
Size:
92 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the siege package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install siege
This command will install siege on the server.
yum remove siege
This command will un-install siege on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove siege, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove siege
This command will un-install siege on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove siege when using the -y flag.
yum update siege
This command will update siege to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove siege, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update siege
This command will update siege to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove siege when using the -y flag.
yum info siege
This command will show you core information about the siege package.
yum deplist siege
This command will show you the dependencies for siege. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update siege
This command will check if there is an update waiting on siege. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.