yandex-tank/README.md

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## Description
Yandex.Tank is an extendable open source load testing tool for advanced linux users which is especially good as a part of automated load testing suit.

## Main features
* different load generators supported:
  * Evgeniy Mamchits' [phantom](https://github.com/yandex-load/phantom) is a very fast (100 000+ RPS) shooter written in C++ (default)
  * [JMeter](http://jmeter.apache.org/) is an extendable and widely known one
  * BFG is an experimental Python-based generator that allows you to write your own shooter function (included)
* customizable reports in .html with pretty interactive charts based on [highcharts](http://www.highcharts.com/) library
* [graphite](https://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html) support
* several ammo formats supported like plain url list or access.log
* test autostop plugin
* customizable and extendable monitoring that works over SSH

## Installation and configuration
Installation at [ReadTheDocs](http://yandextank.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html)

## Get help
Documentation at [ReadTheDocs](https://yandextank.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)

Ask your questions at [Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/), use "load-testing" + "yandex" tags.

## See also
Evgeniy Mamchits' [phantom](https://github.com/yandex-load/phantom) - Phantom scalable IO Engine

BlazeMeter's [Sense](https://sense.blazemeter.com/) - service for storing and analysing performance test results

[Jenkins](https://jenkins-ci.org/) - an extendable open source continuous integration server that may be used to automate test execution.

[Graphite](https://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html) - an enterprise-scale monitoring tool, use it to store your test results and render graphs.

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main features 2014-06-06 16:46:09 +00:00			`* different load generators supported:`
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main features 2014-06-06 16:46:09 +00:00			`* [JMeter](http://jmeter.apache.org/) is an extendable and widely known one`
Update README.md 2014-06-06 16:48:22 +00:00			`* BFG is an experimental Python-based generator that allows you to write your own shooter function (included)`
main features 2014-06-06 16:46:09 +00:00			`* customizable reports in .html with pretty interactive charts based on [highcharts](http://www.highcharts.com/) library`
			`* [graphite](https://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html) support`
			`* several ammo formats supported like plain url list or access.log`
			`* test autostop plugin`
			`* customizable and extendable monitoring that works over SSH`

massive documentation update 2016-01-17 12:15:29 +00:00			`## Installation and configuration`
			`Installation at [ReadTheDocs](http://yandextank.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html)`
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Added https in external URLs. 2014-03-27 15:48:26 +00:00			`[Graphite](https://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html) - an enterprise-scale monitoring tool, use it to store your test results and render graphs.`
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