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'\" t
.\"
.TH "\fBMYSQL\-STRESS\-TEST\fR" "1" "15 May 2020" "MariaDB 10.11" "MariaDB Database System"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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.nh
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.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl
.SH "NAME"
mysql-stress-test.pl \- server stress test program
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\fR\ 'u
\fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl\fR
Perl script performs stress\-testing of the MariaDB server\&.
.PP
\fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl\fR
requires a version of Perl that has been built with threads support\&.
.PP
Invoke
\fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl\fR
like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBmysql\-stress\-test\&.pl\fR
supports the following options:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: help option
.\" help option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-help\fR
.sp
Display a help message and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: abort-on-error option
.\" abort-on-error option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-abort\-on\-error=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR
.sp
Causes the program to abort if an error with severity less than or equal to N was encountered\&. Set to 1 to abort on any error\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: check-tests-file option
.\" check-tests-file option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-check\-tests\-file\fR
.sp
Periodically check the file that lists the tests to be run\&. If it has been modified, reread the file\&. This can be useful if you update the list of tests to be run during a stress test\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: cleanup option
.\" cleanup option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-cleanup\fR
.sp
Force cleanup of the working directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: log-error-details option
.\" log-error-details option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-log\-error\-details\fR
.sp
Log error details in the global error log file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: loop-count option
.\" loop-count option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-loop\-count=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR
.sp
In sequential test mode, the number of loops to execute before exiting\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: mysqltest option
.\" mysqltest option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-mysqltest=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The path name to the
\fBmysqltest\fR
program\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-database option
.\" server-database option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-database=\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
.sp
The database to use for the tests\&. The default is
test\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-host option
.\" server-host option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR
.sp
The host name of the local host to use for making a TCP/IP connection to the local server\&. By default, the connection is made to
localhost
using a Unix socket file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-logs-dir option
.\" server-logs-dir option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-logs\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
This option is required\&.
\fIpath\fR
is the directory where all client session logs will be stored\&. Usually this is the shared directory that is associated with the server used for testing\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-password option
.\" server-password option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-password=\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR
.sp
The password to use when connecting to the server\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-port option
.\" server-port option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
.sp
The TCP/IP port number to use for connecting to the server\&. The default is 3306\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-socket option
.\" server-socket option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-socket=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
For connections to
localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use\&. The default is
/tmp/mysql\&.sock\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: server-user option
.\" server-user option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-server\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR
.sp
The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server\&. The default is
root\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: sleep-time option
.\" sleep-time option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-sleep\-time=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR
.sp
The delay in seconds between test executions\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: stress-basedir option
.\" stress-basedir option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-stress\-basedir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
This option is required\&.
\fIpath\fR
is the working directory for the test run\&. It is used as the temporary location for result tracking during testing\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: stress-datadir option
.\" stress-datadir option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-stress\-datadir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The directory of data files to be used during testing\&. The default location is the
data
directory under the location given by the
\fB\-\-stress\-suite\-basedir\fR
option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: stress-init-file option
.\" stress-init-file option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-stress\-init\-file[=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
\fIfile_name\fR
is the location of the file that contains the list of tests to be run once to initialize the database for the testing\&. If missing, the default file is
stress_init\&.txt
in the test suite directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: stress-mode option
.\" stress-mode option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-stress\-mode=\fR\fB\fImode\fR\fR
.sp
This option indicates the test order in stress\-test mode\&. The
\fImode\fR
value is either
random
to select tests in random order or
seq
to run tests in each thread in the order specified in the test list file\&. The default mode is
random\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: stress-suite-basedir option
.\" stress-suite-basedir option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-stress\-suite\-basedir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
This option is required\&.
\fIpath\fR
is the directory that has the
t
and
\fIr\fR
subdirectories containing the test case and result files\&. This directory is also the default location of the
stress\-test\&.txt
file that contains the list of tests\&. (A different location can be specified with the
\fB\-\-stress\-tests\-file\fR
option\&.)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: stress-tests-file option
.\" stress-tests-file option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-stress\-tests\-file[=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
Use this option to run the stress tests\&.
\fIfile_name\fR
is the location of the file that contains the list of tests\&. If
\fIfile_name\fR
is omitted, the default file is
stress\-test\&.txt
in the stress suite directory\&. (See
\fB\-\-stress\-suite\-basedir\fR\&.)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: suite option
.\" suite option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-suite=\fR\fB\fIsuite_name\fR\fR
.sp
Run the named test suite\&. The default name is
main
(the regular test suite located in the
mysql\-test
directory)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: test-count option
.\" test-count option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-test\-count=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR
.sp
The number of tests to execute before exiting\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: test-duration option
.\" test-duration option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-test\-duration=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR
.sp
The duration of stress testing in seconds\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: threads option
.\" threads option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-threads=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR
.sp
The number of threads\&. The default is 1\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql-stress-test.pl: verbose option
.\" verbose option: mysql-stress-test.pl
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
.sp
Verbose mode\&. Print more information about what the program does\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 2007, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates, 2010-2020 MariaDB Foundation
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.sp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
.SH AUTHOR
MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).