README.md

Docker-Wrk

Summary

Repository name in GitHub Container Registry (new): ghcr.io/william-yeh/wrk and in Docker Hub (old): williamyeh/wrk

This repository contains Dockerized wrk, published to the public container registry via automated build mechanism.

Configuration

This docker image contains the following software stack:

• Distroless debian 11

• Basic libgcc stuff.

• wrk

Total image size is less than 30 MB.

Dependencies

• gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian11.

History

• 4.2.0 - Change base image from williamyeh/ansible:mini-alpine3 to gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian11.

• 4.0.2 - Change base image from scratch to williamyeh/ansible:mini-alpine3 (beginning from williamyeh/wrk:4.0.2).

• 4.0.1 - Change base image from debian:jessie to scratch (beginning from williamyeh/wrk:4.0.1).

• 1.2 - Add: demo screencast.

• 1.1 - Add: VOLUME /data for Lua script file.

• 1.0 - Initial release.

Installation

Pull all versions:

$ docker pull ghcr.io/william-yeh/wrk:latest

Pull specific version:

$ docker pull ghcr.io/william-yeh/wrk:4.2.0

Comparison

See the following screencast for a simple comparison between native vs. Dockerized versions of wrk: http://youtu.be/bXF6blDP0s0

Usage

Show usage

$ docker run --rm ghcr.io/william-yeh/wrk

Script example

$ docker run --rm  -v `pwd`:/data  \
      ghcr.io/william-yeh/wrk      \
      -s script.lua  http://www.google.com/

More examples

Digital Ocean has a great introduction to this utility: How To Benchmark HTTP Latency with wrk on Ubuntu 14.04