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Usage: locust [OPTIONS] [UserClass ...]
Common options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f LOCUSTFILE, --locustfile LOCUSTFILE
Python module to import, e.g. '../other_test.py'. Either a .py file, multiple comma-separated .py files or a package directory. Defaults to 'locustfile'.
--config CONFIG Config file path
-H HOST, --host HOST Host to load test in the following format: http://10.21.32.33
-u NUM_USERS, --users NUM_USERS
Peak number of concurrent Locust users. Primarily used together with --headless or --autostart. Can be changed during a test by keyboard inputs w, W (spawn 1, 10 users) and s, S (stop 1,
10 users)
-r SPAWN_RATE, --spawn-rate SPAWN_RATE
Rate to spawn users at (users per second). Primarily used together with --headless or --autostart
-t RUN_TIME, --run-time RUN_TIME
Stop after the specified amount of time, e.g. (300s, 20m, 3h, 1h30m, etc.). Only used together with --headless or --autostart. Defaults to run forever.
-l, --list Show list of possible User classes and exit
Web UI options:
--web-host WEB_HOST Host to bind the web interface to. Defaults to '*' (all interfaces)
--web-port WEB_PORT, -P WEB_PORT
Port on which to run web host
--headless Disable the web interface, and start the test immediately. Use -u and -t to control user count and run time
--autostart Starts the test immediately (like --headless, but without disabling the web UI)
--autoquit AUTOQUIT Quits Locust entirely, X seconds after the run is finished. Only used together with --autostart. The default is to keep Locust running until you shut it down using CTRL+C
--web-auth WEB_AUTH Turn on Basic Auth for the web interface. Should be supplied in the following format: username:password
--tls-cert TLS_CERT Optional path to TLS certificate to use to serve over HTTPS
--tls-key TLS_KEY Optional path to TLS private key to use to serve over HTTPS
--class-picker Enable select boxes in the web interface to choose from all available User classes and Shape classes
Master options:
Options for running a Locust Master node when running Locust distributed. A Master node need Worker nodes that connect to it before it can run load tests.
--master Set locust to run in distributed mode with this process as master
--master-bind-host MASTER_BIND_HOST
Interfaces (hostname, ip) that locust master should bind to. Only used when running with --master. Defaults to * (all available interfaces).
--master-bind-port MASTER_BIND_PORT
Port that locust master should bind to. Only used when running with --master. Defaults to 5557.
--expect-workers EXPECT_WORKERS
How many workers master should expect to connect before starting the test (only when --headless/autostart is used).
--expect-workers-max-wait EXPECT_WORKERS_MAX_WAIT
How long should the master wait for workers to connect before giving up. Defaults to wait forever
Worker options:
Options for running a Locust Worker node when running Locust distributed.
Only the LOCUSTFILE (-f option) needs to be specified when starting a Worker, since other options such as -u, -r, -t are specified on the Master node.
--worker Set locust to run in distributed mode with this process as worker
--master-host MASTER_NODE_HOST
Host or IP address of locust master for distributed load testing. Only used when running with --worker. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.
--master-port MASTER_NODE_PORT
The port to connect to that is used by the locust master for distributed load testing. Only used when running with --worker. Defaults to 5557.
Tag options:
Locust tasks can be tagged using the @tag decorator. These options let specify which tasks to include or exclude during a test.
-T [TAG ...], --tags [TAG ...]
List of tags to include in the test, so only tasks with any matching tags will be executed
-E [TAG ...], --exclude-tags [TAG ...]
List of tags to exclude from the test, so only tasks with no matching tags will be executed
Request statistics options:
--csv CSV_PREFIX Store current request stats to files in CSV format. Setting this option will generate three files: [CSV_PREFIX]_stats.csv, [CSV_PREFIX]_stats_history.csv and [CSV_PREFIX]_failures.csv
--csv-full-history Store each stats entry in CSV format to _stats_history.csv file. You must also specify the '--csv' argument to enable this.
--print-stats Enable periodic printing of request stats in UI runs
--only-summary Disable periodic printing of request stats during --headless run
--reset-stats Reset statistics once spawning has been completed. Should be set on both master and workers when running in distributed mode
--html HTML_FILE Store HTML report to file path specified
--json Prints the final stats in JSON format to stdout. Useful for parsing the results in other programs/scripts. Use together with --headless and --skip-log for an output only with the json
data.
Logging options:
--skip-log-setup Disable Locust's logging setup. Instead, the configuration is provided by the Locust test or Python defaults.
--loglevel LOGLEVEL, -L LOGLEVEL
Choose between DEBUG/INFO/WARNING/ERROR/CRITICAL. Default is INFO.
--logfile LOGFILE Path to log file. If not set, log will go to stderr
Other options:
--show-task-ratio Print table of the User classes' task execution ratio. Use this with non-zero --user option if some classes define non-zero fixed_count attribute.
--show-task-ratio-json
Print json data of the User classes' task execution ratio. Use this with non-zero --user option if some classes define non-zero fixed_count attribute.
--version, -V Show program's version number and exit
--exit-code-on-error EXIT_CODE_ON_ERROR
Sets the process exit code to use when a test result contain any failure or error
-s STOP_TIMEOUT, --stop-timeout STOP_TIMEOUT
Number of seconds to wait for a simulated user to complete any executing task before exiting. Default is to terminate immediately. This parameter only needs to be specified for the master
process when running Locust distributed.
--equal-weights Use equally distributed task weights, overriding the weights specified in the locustfile.
--enable-rebalancing Allow to automatically rebalance users if new workers are added or removed during a test run.
User classes:
UserClass Optionally specify which User classes that should be used (available User classes can be listed with -l or --list)
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