cbworkloadgen

Generates random data and performs reads and writes.

Syntax

The basic syntax is:

cbworkloadgen -n [host]:8091 -u [username] -p [password] [options]

Description

The cbworkloadgen tool is useful for testing Couchbase Servers and clusters. It is installed in the following locations:

Operating system Location

Linux

/opt/couchbase/bin/

Windows

C:\Program Files\Couchbase\Server\bin\

Mac OS X

/Applications/Couchbase Server.app/Contents/Resources/couchbase-core/bin/

Options

The following are the command options:

Table 1. cbworkloadgen options
Option Description

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit.

-r [number], --ratio-sets=[number]

The percentage of workload that are writes; the remainder is reads.

-n [host]:8091, --node=[host]:8091

Node’s ns_server ip:port.

-b [bucket-name], --bucket=[bucket-name]

Insert data to a different bucket other than default.

-i [number], --max-items=[number]

Number of inserted items.

-s [number], --size=[number]

Minimum value size.

--prefix=pymc

Prefix to use for memcached keys or json IDs.

-j, --json

Insert json data.

-l, --loop

Loop forever until interrupted by a user.

-u [username], --username=[username]

REST username for cluster or server node.

-p [password], --password=[password]

REST password for cluster or server node.

-t [number], --threads=[number]

Number of concurrent threads.

-v, --verbose

Verbose logging; more -Vs provide more verbosity.

Example

To generate workload on a given Couchbase Server node and open a port on that node:

cbworkloadgen -n 10.5.2.54:8091
	-r .9 -i 100000
	-s 100
	-b my-other-bucket
	-t 10

Response

If successful, the command produces a result similar to the following:

  [####################] 100.0% (1111110/estimated 1111110 msgs)
bucket: default, msgs transferred...
       :                total |       last |    per sec
 byte  :            111111000 |  111111000 |   636622.5
done