A utility for arming (creating) many bees (micro EC2 instances) to attack (load test) targets (web applications).
Also, retribution for this shameful act against a proud hive.
- Python 2.6 – 3.6
- boto
- paramiko
pip install https://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns/archive/master.zip
git clone git://github.com/newsapps/beeswithmachineguns.git cd beeswithmachineguns mkvirtualenv --no-site-packages beesenv easy_install pip pip install -r requirements.txt
Bees uses boto to communicate with EC2 and thus supports all the same methods of storing credentials that it does. These include declaring environment variables, machine-global configuration files, and per-user configuration files. You can read more about these options on boto’s configuration page.
At minimum, create a .boto file in your home directory with the following contents:
[Credentials] aws_access_key_id = <your access key> aws_secret_access_key = <your secret key>
The credentials used must have sufficient access to EC2.
Make sure the .boto file is only accessible by the current account:
chmod 600 .boto
A typical bees session looks something like this:
bees up -s 4 -g public -k frakkingtoasters bees attack -n 10000 -c 250 -u http://www.ournewwebbyhotness.com/ bees down
A bees session where this is being called from a python file, while specifying content type and a payload file.
This is a working example, all of these objects exist in the us-east-1 region.
import bees import json sOptions = '{"post_file":"data.json","contenttype":"application/json"}' options = json.loads(sOptions) bees.up(1,'bees-sg','us-east-1b','ami-5d155d37','m3.medium','ubuntu','commerce-bees','subnet-b12880e8') bees.attack('<URL TO TEST>',2,2,**options) bees.down()
In this case the data.json is a simple json file, mind the path.
This spins up 4 servers in security group ‘public’ using the EC2 keypair ‘frakkingtoasters’, whose private key is expected to reside at ~/.ssh/frakkingtoasters.pem.
Note: the default EC2 security group is called ‘default’ and by default it locks out SSH access. I recommend creating a ‘public’ security group for use with the bees and explicitly opening port 22 on that group.
It then uses those 4 servers to send 10,000 requests, 250 at a time, to attack OurNewWebbyHotness.com.
Lastly, it spins down the 4 servers. Please remember to do this—we aren’t responsible for your EC2 bills.
If you wanted 3 agents requesting url A and one requesting url B, your attack would look as follows (empty url → use previous):
bees attack -n 10000 -c 250 -u 'http://url.a,,,http://url.b'
For complete options type:
bees -hhurl is an http server load tester similar to ab/siege/weighttp/wrk with support for multithreading, parallelism, ssl, url ranges, and an api-server for querying the running performance statistics. hurl is primarily useful for benchmarking http server applications.
For more information about hurl please visit https://github.com/VerizonDigital/hlx
Multi regional testing was added so user can call up multiple bees from different regions simultaneously. Users have the ability to “up”, “attack”, and “down” instances from single command. “regions.json” file is supplied which contains public ami images with hurl pre installed for all regions.What kind of changes were made that’s different from the old?
Instead of writing bees information into a single ~/.bees file, each zone recognized in arguments creates a new unique bees file. Bees.py was modified to read these files. Up, attack, and down functions are run with threads.
example .bees files in user home directory
$ ls ~/.bees* | xargs -0 basename .bees.ap-southeast-1b .bees.eu-west-1b .bees.us-west-2b
Having the ability to generate a lot of HTTPS requests from many different regions around the world allows us to better test our platforms and services. This is also real helpful when there are tools that need to be tested for such things as location of requests.
Command line arguments are still the same however to add multiple zones with multiple amis, the values must be comma delimited. The ami and zones must also be in same order for it to work. So for example “-i ami-zone1,ami-zone2,ami-zone3 -z zone1,zone2,zone3”../bees up -s 2 -k bees -g bees2 -l ubuntu -i ami-9342c0e0,ami-fd489d 9e,ami-e8c93e88 -z eu-west-1b,ap-southeast-1b,us-west-2bIn order to use the hurl platform, —hurl or -j must be supplied. Attacks will run concurrently and return a summarized output. The output is summarized per region. More information can be seen if user supplies the -o, —long_output options.
./bees attack --hurl -u $testurl -S20 -M1000 -H "Accept : text/html"Bringing down bees is the same and will bring down all bees for all regions
./bees down
regions used: eu-west-1b,ap-southeast-1b,us-west-2b
Some options were added to work with hurl
$ ./bees --help Usage: bees COMMAND [options] Bees with Machine Guns A utility for arming (creating) many bees (small EC2 instances) to attack (load test) targets (web applications). commands: up Start a batch of load testing servers. attack Begin the attack on a specific url. down Shutdown and deactivate the load testing servers. report Report the status of the load testing servers. Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit up: In order to spin up new servers you will need to specify at least the -k command, which is the name of the EC2 keypair to use for creating and connecting to the new servers. The bees will expect to find a .pem file with this name in ~/.ssh/. Alternatively, bees can use SSH Agent for the key. -k KEY, --key=KEY The ssh key pair name to use to connect to the new servers. -s SERVERS, --servers=SERVERS The number of servers to start (default: 5). -g GROUP, --group=GROUP The security group(s) to run the instances under (default: default). -z ZONE, --zone=ZONE The availability zone to start the instances in (default: us-east-1d). -i INSTANCE, --instance=INSTANCE The instance-id to use for each server from (default: ami-ff17fb96). -t TYPE, --type=TYPE The instance-type to use for each server (default: t1.micro). -l LOGIN, --login=LOGIN The ssh username name to use to connect to the new servers (default: newsapps). -v SUBNET, --subnet=SUBNET The vpc subnet id in which the instances should be launched. (default: None). -b BID, --bid=BID The maximum bid price per spot instance (default: None). attack: Beginning an attack requires only that you specify the -u option with the URL you wish to target. -u URL, --url=URL URL of the target to attack. -K KEEP_ALIVE, --keepalive=KEEP_ALIVE Keep-Alive connection. -p POST_FILE, --post-file=POST_FILE The POST file to deliver with the bee's payload. -m MIME_TYPE, --mime-type=MIME_TYPE The MIME type to send with the request. -n NUMBER, --number=NUMBER The number of total connections to make to the target (default: 1000). -C COOKIES, --cookies=COOKIES Cookies to send during http requests. The cookies should be passed using standard cookie formatting, separated by semi-colons and assigned with equals signs. -Z CIPHERS, --ciphers=CIPHERS Openssl SSL/TLS cipher name(s) to use for negotiation. Passed directly to ab's -Z option. ab-only. -c CONCURRENT, --concurrent=CONCURRENT The number of concurrent connections to make to the target (default: 100). -H HEADERS, --headers=HEADERS HTTP headers to send to the target to attack. Multiple headers should be separated by semi-colons, e.g header1:value1;header2:value2 -e FILENAME, --csv=FILENAME Store the distribution of results in a csv file for all completed bees (default: ''). -P CONTENTTYPE, --contenttype=CONTENTTYPE ContentType header to send to the target of the attack. -S SECONDS, --seconds=SECONDS hurl only: The number of total seconds to attack the target (default: 60). -X VERB, --verb=VERB hurl only: Request command -HTTP verb to use -GET/PUT/etc. Default GET -M RATE, --rate=RATE hurl only: Max Request Rate. -a THREADS, --threads=THREADS hurl only: Number of parallel threads. Default: 1 -f FETCHES, --fetches=FETCHES hurl only: Num fetches per instance. -d TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT hurl only: Timeout (seconds). -E SEND_BUFFER, --send_buffer=SEND_BUFFER hurl only: Socket send buffer size. -F RECV_BUFFER, --recv_buffer=RECV_BUFFER hurl only: Socket receive buffer size. -T TPR, --tpr=TPR The upper bounds for time per request. If this option is passed and the target is below the value a 1 will be returned with the report details (default: None). -R RPS, --rps=RPS The lower bounds for request per second. If this option is passed and the target is above the value a 1 will be returned with the report details (default: None). -A basic_auth, --basic_auth=basic_auth BASIC authentication credentials, format auth- username:password (default: None). -j, --hurl use hurl -o, --long_output display hurl output -L, --responses_per hurl only: Display http(s) response codes per interval instead of request statistics
A bringing up bees example
$ ./bees up -s 2 -k bees -g bees2 -l ubuntu -i ami-9342c0e0,ami-fd489d 9e,ami-e8c93e88 -z eu-west-1b,ap-southeast-1b,us-west-2b Connecting to the hive. GroupId found: bees2 Placement: eu-west-1b Attempting to call up 2 bees. Connecting to the hive. GroupId found: bees2 Placement: ap-southeast-1b Attempting to call up 2 bees. Connecting to the hive. GroupId found: bees2 Placement: us-west-2b Attempting to call up 2 bees. Waiting for bees to load their machine guns... Waiting for bees to load their machine guns... . Waiting for bees to load their machine guns... . . . . . . . . . . . . Bee i-5568c1d9 is ready for the attack. Bee i-5668c1da is ready for the attack. Bee i-2cf8aba2 is ready for the attack. The swarm has assembled 2 bees. Bee i-2bf8aba5 is ready for the attack. The swarm has assembled 2 bees. Bee i-d05a6c08 is ready for the attack. Bee i-d15a6c09 is ready for the attack. The swarm has assembled 2 bees. $ ./bees report Read 2 bees from the roster: eu-west-1b Bee i-5568c1d9: running @ 54.194.192.20 Bee i-5668c1da: running @ 54.194.197.233 Read 2 bees from the roster: ap-southeast-1b Bee i-2cf8aba2: running @ 52.77.228.132 Bee i-2bf8aba5: running @ 52.221.250.224 Read 2 bees from the roster: us-west-2b Bee i-d05a6c08: running @ 54.187.100.142 Bee i-d15a6c09: running @ 54.201.177.125
A bees attack example
$ ./bees attack --hurl -u $testurl -S20 -M1000 -H "Accept : text/html" eu-west-1b Read 2 bees from the roster: eu-west-1b Connecting to the hive. Assembling bees. ap-southeast-1b Read 2 bees from the roster: ap-southeast-1b Connecting to the hive. Assembling bees. us-west-2b Read 2 bees from the roster: us-west-2b Connecting to the hive. Assembling bees. Each of 2 bees will fire 500 rounds, 50 at a time. Stinging URL so it will be cached for the attack. Organizing the swarm. Bee 0 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is joining the swarm. Each of 2 bees will fire 500 rounds, 50 at a time. Stinging URL so it will be cached for the attack. Organizing the swarm. Bee 0 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 0 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Each of 2 bees will fire 500 rounds, 50 at a time. Stinging URL so it will be cached for the attack. Organizing the swarm. Bee 0 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 0 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 0 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 1 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Offensive complete. Summarized Results Total bytes: 32806393 Seconds: 20 Connect-ms-max: 8.751000 1st-resp-ms-max: 288.797000 1st-resp-ms-mean: 41.120797 Fetches/sec mean: 881.607553 connect-ms-min: 0.000000 Total fetches: 35274 bytes/sec mean: 819934.329261 end2end-ms-min mean: 7.538500 mean-bytes-per-conn: 930.044494 connect-ms-mean: 0.022659 Response Codes: 2xx: 372 3xx: 0 4xx: 34802 5xx: 0 Mission Assessment: Target crushed bee offensive. The swarm is awaiting new orders. Offensive complete. Summarized Results Total bytes: 7820249 Seconds: 20 Connect-ms-max: 198.442000 1st-resp-ms-max: 799.969000 1st-resp-ms-mean: 183.104679 Fetches/sec mean: 265.758560 connect-ms-min: 0.000000 Total fetches: 10633 bytes/sec mean: 195457.360660 end2end-ms-min mean: 167.372500 mean-bytes-per-conn: 735.470800 connect-ms-mean: 1.685486 Response Codes: 2xx: 423 3xx: 0 4xx: 10110 5xx: 0 Mission Assessment: Target crushed bee offensive. The swarm is awaiting new orders. Offensive complete. Summarized Results Total bytes: 26038521 Seconds: 20 Connect-ms-max: 15.233000 1st-resp-ms-max: 401.819000 1st-resp-ms-mean: 42.217669 Fetches/sec mean: 873.584785 connect-ms-min: 0.000000 Total fetches: 34953 bytes/sec mean: 650784.075365 end2end-ms-min mean: 11.345000 mean-bytes-per-conn: 744.958106 connect-ms-mean: 0.037327 Response Codes: 2xx: 411 3xx: 0 4xx: 34442 5xx: 0 Mission Assessment: Target crushed bee offensive. The swarm is awaiting new orders.
A bees attack example with —long_output
$ ./bees attack --hurl -u $testurl -S20 -M1000 -H "Accept : text/html" --long_output eu-west-1b Read 2 bees from the roster: eu-west-1b Connecting to the hive. Assembling bees. ap-southeast-1b Read 2 bees from the roster: ap-southeast-1b Connecting to the hive. Assembling bees. us-west-2b Read 2 bees from the roster: us-west-2b Connecting to the hive. Assembling bees. Each of 2 bees will fire 500 rounds, 50 at a time. Stinging URL so it will be cached for the attack. Organizing the swarm. Bee 0 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is joining the swarm. Each of 2 bees will fire 500 rounds, 50 at a time. Stinging URL so it will be cached for the attack. Organizing the swarm. Bee 0 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is joining the swarm. Each of 2 bees will fire 500 rounds, 50 at a time. Stinging URL so it will be cached for the attack. Organizing the swarm. Bee 0 is joining the swarm. Bee 1 is joining the swarm. Bee 0 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 1 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 1 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 0 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 0 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! Bee 1 is firing her machine gun. Bang bang! hurl http://can.192bf.transactcdn.com/00192BF/test.html/config.workflow:ContinueWarranty -p 50 -H "Accept : text/html" -H "Content-Type : text/plain" -o /tmp/tmp.aAojMFs3ob -l 20 -A 1000 -j i-fb457323 ec2-54-186-204-52.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com Running 1 threads 50 parallel connections per thread with 1 reqests per connection +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | Cmpltd / Total | IdlKil | Errors | kBytes Recvd | Elapsed | Req/s | MB/s | +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 505 / 505 | 0 | 0 | 313.02 | 1.00s | 1007.98s | 0.61s | | 970 / 970 | 0 | 0 | 633.81 | 1.50s | 930.00s | 0.63s | | 1442 / 1442 | 0 | 0 | 961.08 | 2.00s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 1900 / 1900 | 0 | 0 | 1276.81 | 2.50s | 916.00s | 0.62s | | 2376 / 2376 | 0 | 0 | 1606.85 | 3.00s | 952.00s | 0.64s | | 2835 / 2835 | 0 | 0 | 1922.85 | 3.50s | 918.00s | 0.62s | | 3310 / 3310 | 0 | 0 | 2252.20 | 4.00s | 950.00s | 0.64s | | 3769 / 3769 | 0 | 0 | 2568.62 | 4.50s | 918.00s | 0.62s | | 4243 / 4243 | 0 | 0 | 2897.27 | 5.00s | 946.11s | 0.64s | | 4706 / 4706 | 0 | 0 | 3215.84 | 5.50s | 926.00s | 0.62s | | 5178 / 5178 | 0 | 0 | 3543.10 | 6.00s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 5641 / 5641 | 0 | 0 | 3862.09 | 6.50s | 926.00s | 0.62s | | 6114 / 6114 | 0 | 0 | 4190.05 | 7.00s | 946.00s | 0.64s | | 6581 / 6581 | 0 | 0 | 4511.81 | 7.50s | 934.00s | 0.63s | | 7053 / 7053 | 0 | 0 | 4839.07 | 8.00s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 7514 / 7514 | 0 | 0 | 5156.25 | 8.50s | 922.00s | 0.62s | | 7975 / 7975 | 0 | 0 | 5475.88 | 9.00s | 920.16s | 0.62s | | 8450 / 8450 | 0 | 0 | 5803.62 | 9.50s | 950.00s | 0.64s | | 8910 / 8910 | 0 | 0 | 6122.53 | 10.00s | 920.00s | 0.62s | | 9382 / 9382 | 0 | 0 | 6447.58 | 10.50s | 944.00s | 0.63s | | 9844 / 9844 | 0 | 0 | 6766.37 | 11.00s | 924.00s | 0.62s | | 10316 / 10316 | 0 | 0 | 7093.14 | 11.50s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 10778 / 10778 | 0 | 0 | 7411.51 | 12.00s | 924.00s | 0.62s | | 11250 / 11250 | 0 | 0 | 7738.70 | 12.50s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 11710 / 11710 | 0 | 0 | 8056.08 | 13.00s | 920.00s | 0.62s | | 12184 / 12184 | 0 | 0 | 8384.46 | 13.50s | 946.11s | 0.64s | | 12644 / 12644 | 0 | 0 | 8701.20 | 14.00s | 920.00s | 0.62s | | 13119 / 13119 | 0 | 0 | 9030.51 | 14.50s | 950.00s | 0.64s | | 13582 / 13582 | 0 | 0 | 9349.72 | 15.00s | 926.00s | 0.62s | | 14053 / 14053 | 0 | 0 | 9676.28 | 15.50s | 942.00s | 0.64s | | 14516 / 14516 | 0 | 0 | 9994.85 | 16.00s | 926.00s | 0.62s | | 14987 / 14987 | 0 | 0 | 10321.41 | 16.50s | 942.00s | 0.64s | | 15450 / 15450 | 0 | 0 | 10640.41 | 17.00s | 926.00s | 0.62s | | 15922 / 15922 | 0 | 0 | 10967.66 | 17.50s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 16386 / 16386 | 0 | 0 | 11287.13 | 18.00s | 926.15s | 0.62s | | 16386 / 16386 | 0 | 0 | 11287.13 | 18.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 16855 / 16855 | 0 | 0 | 11612.32 | 19.00s | 938.00s | 0.64s | | 17320 / 17320 | 0 | 0 | 11932.69 | 19.50s | 930.00s | 0.63s | | 17794 / 17794 | 0 | 0 | 12261.34 | 20.00s | 948.00s | 0.64s | Bee: i-fb457323 max-parallel: 50 1st-resp-ms-min: 10.036 response-codes 200: 184 403: 17560 seconds: 20.006 connect-ms-max: 8.729 1st-resp-ms-max: 130.893 bytes: 16541472.0 1st-resp-ms-mean: 40.5336982642 end2end-ms-mean: 40.5487644838 fetches-per-sec: 889.433170049 connect-ms-min: 0.0 fetches: 17794 bytes-per-sec: 826825.552334 end2end-ms-min: 10.053 end2end-ms-max: 130.907 mean-bytes-per-conn: 929.609531303 connect-ms-mean: 0.0224927299369 hurl http://can.192bf.transactcdn.com/00192BF/test.html/config.workflow:ContinueWarranty -p 50 -H "Accept : text/html" -H "Content-Type : text/plain" -o /tmp/tmp.PkGEethemi -l 20 -A 1000 -j i-fa457322 ec2-54-186-127-166.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com Running 1 threads 50 parallel connections per thread with 1 reqests per connection +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | Cmpltd / Total | IdlKil | Errors | kBytes Recvd | Elapsed | Req/s | MB/s | +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 499 / 499 | 0 | 0 | 309.51 | 1.00s | 998.00s | 0.60s | | 965 / 965 | 0 | 0 | 631.24 | 1.50s | 930.14s | 0.63s | | 1435 / 1435 | 0 | 0 | 957.58 | 2.00s | 940.00s | 0.64s | | 1900 / 1900 | 0 | 0 | 1279.25 | 2.50s | 930.00s | 0.63s | | 2373 / 2373 | 0 | 0 | 1607.67 | 3.00s | 946.00s | 0.64s | | 2834 / 2834 | 0 | 0 | 1925.72 | 3.50s | 922.00s | 0.62s | | 3306 / 3306 | 0 | 0 | 2253.45 | 4.00s | 944.00s | 0.64s | | 3781 / 3781 | 0 | 0 | 2581.00 | 4.50s | 950.00s | 0.64s | | 4246 / 4246 | 0 | 0 | 2903.87 | 5.00s | 928.14s | 0.63s | | 4701 / 4701 | 0 | 0 | 3217.97 | 5.50s | 910.00s | 0.61s | | 5181 / 5181 | 0 | 0 | 3551.25 | 6.00s | 960.00s | 0.65s | | 5666 / 5666 | 0 | 0 | 3885.54 | 6.50s | 970.00s | 0.65s | | 6135 / 6135 | 0 | 0 | 4210.28 | 7.00s | 938.00s | 0.63s | | 6605 / 6605 | 0 | 0 | 4535.90 | 7.50s | 940.00s | 0.64s | | 7072 / 7072 | 0 | 0 | 4857.96 | 8.00s | 934.00s | 0.63s | | 7553 / 7553 | 0 | 0 | 5191.88 | 8.50s | 962.00s | 0.65s | | 8020 / 8020 | 0 | 0 | 5514.13 | 9.00s | 932.14s | 0.63s | | 8497 / 8497 | 0 | 0 | 5845.30 | 9.50s | 954.00s | 0.65s | | 8966 / 8966 | 0 | 0 | 6168.91 | 10.00s | 938.00s | 0.63s | | 9437 / 9437 | 0 | 0 | 6495.93 | 10.50s | 942.00s | 0.64s | | 9921 / 9921 | 0 | 0 | 6829.96 | 11.00s | 968.00s | 0.65s | | 10389 / 10389 | 0 | 0 | 7154.90 | 11.50s | 936.00s | 0.63s | | 10389 / 10389 | 0 | 0 | 7154.90 | 12.00s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 10857 / 10857 | 0 | 0 | 7477.18 | 12.50s | 936.00s | 0.63s | | 11323 / 11323 | 0 | 0 | 7800.74 | 13.00s | 932.00s | 0.63s | | 11790 / 11790 | 0 | 0 | 8124.22 | 13.50s | 932.14s | 0.63s | | 12257 / 12257 | 0 | 0 | 8448.48 | 14.00s | 934.00s | 0.63s | | 12718 / 12718 | 0 | 0 | 8765.89 | 14.50s | 922.00s | 0.62s | | 13191 / 13191 | 0 | 0 | 9094.32 | 15.00s | 946.00s | 0.64s | | 13670 / 13670 | 0 | 0 | 9424.86 | 15.50s | 958.00s | 0.65s | | 14133 / 14133 | 0 | 0 | 9746.34 | 16.00s | 926.00s | 0.63s | | 14603 / 14603 | 0 | 0 | 10070.01 | 16.50s | 940.00s | 0.63s | | 15067 / 15067 | 0 | 0 | 10392.18 | 17.00s | 928.00s | 0.63s | | 15532 / 15532 | 0 | 0 | 10712.58 | 17.50s | 928.14s | 0.62s | | 16012 / 16012 | 0 | 0 | 11045.87 | 18.00s | 960.00s | 0.65s | | 16487 / 16487 | 0 | 0 | 11372.79 | 18.50s | 950.00s | 0.64s | | 16963 / 16963 | 0 | 0 | 11703.30 | 19.00s | 952.00s | 0.65s | | 17451 / 17451 | 0 | 0 | 12040.73 | 19.50s | 976.00s | 0.66s | | 17919 / 17919 | 0 | 0 | 12365.67 | 20.00s | 936.00s | 0.63s | Bee: i-fa457322 max-parallel: 50 1st-resp-ms-min: 7.623 response-codes 200: 183 403: 17686 seconds: 20.006 connect-ms-max: 8.547 1st-resp-ms-max: 140.328 bytes: 16676307.0 1st-resp-ms-mean: 39.7687282444 end2end-ms-mean: 39.7864872125 fetches-per-sec: 895.681295611 connect-ms-min: 0.0 fetches: 17919 bytes-per-sec: 833565.280416 end2end-ms-min: 7.636 end2end-ms-max: 140.342 mean-bytes-per-conn: 930.649422401 connect-ms-mean: 0.0225320387263 Offensive complete. Summarized Results Total bytes: 33217779 Seconds: 20 Connect-ms-max: 8.729000 1st-resp-ms-max: 140.328000 1st-resp-ms-mean: 40.151213 Fetches/sec mean: 892.557233 connect-ms-min: 0.000000 Total fetches: 35713 bytes/sec mean: 830195.416375 end2end-ms-min mean: 8.844500 mean-bytes-per-conn: 930.129477 connect-ms-mean: 0.022512 Response Codes: 2xx: 367 3xx: 0 4xx: 35246 5xx: 0 Mission Assessment: Target crushed bee offensive. The swarm is awaiting new orders. hurl http://can.192bf.transactcdn.com/00192BF/test.html/config.workflow:ContinueWarranty -p 50 -H "Accept : text/html" -H "Content-Type : text/plain" -o /tmp/tmp.L7eQsLiKs9 -l 20 -A 1000 -j i-9e6fc612 ec2-54-194-180-232.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com Running 1 threads 50 parallel connections per thread with 1 reqests per connection +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | Cmpltd / Total | IdlKil | Errors | kBytes Recvd | Elapsed | Req/s | MB/s | +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 484 / 484 | 0 | 0 | 220.82 | 1.00s | 968.00s | 0.43s | | 957 / 957 | 0 | 0 | 463.33 | 1.50s | 944.11s | 0.47s | | 1409 / 1409 | 0 | 0 | 692.96 | 2.00s | 904.00s | 0.45s | | 1872 / 1872 | 0 | 0 | 930.33 | 2.50s | 926.00s | 0.46s | | 2345 / 2345 | 0 | 0 | 1170.94 | 3.00s | 946.00s | 0.47s | | 2803 / 2803 | 0 | 0 | 1405.75 | 3.50s | 916.00s | 0.46s | | 3259 / 3259 | 0 | 0 | 1637.65 | 4.00s | 912.00s | 0.45s | | 3729 / 3729 | 0 | 0 | 1878.61 | 4.50s | 940.00s | 0.47s | | 4190 / 4190 | 0 | 0 | 2112.86 | 5.00s | 922.00s | 0.46s | | 4645 / 4645 | 0 | 0 | 2346.13 | 5.50s | 908.18s | 0.45s | | 5108 / 5108 | 0 | 0 | 2581.82 | 6.00s | 926.00s | 0.46s | | 5566 / 5566 | 0 | 0 | 2816.64 | 6.50s | 916.00s | 0.46s | | 6035 / 6035 | 0 | 0 | 3055.19 | 7.00s | 938.00s | 0.47s | | 6501 / 6501 | 0 | 0 | 3294.11 | 7.50s | 932.00s | 0.47s | | 6928 / 6928 | 0 | 0 | 3510.92 | 8.00s | 854.00s | 0.42s | | 7381 / 7381 | 0 | 0 | 3743.17 | 8.50s | 906.00s | 0.45s | | 7851 / 7851 | 0 | 0 | 3981.82 | 9.00s | 940.00s | 0.47s | | 8308 / 8308 | 0 | 0 | 4216.12 | 9.50s | 912.18s | 0.46s | | 8757 / 8757 | 0 | 0 | 4444.00 | 10.00s | 898.00s | 0.45s | | 9218 / 9218 | 0 | 0 | 4680.35 | 10.50s | 922.00s | 0.46s | | 9690 / 9690 | 0 | 0 | 4920.66 | 11.00s | 944.00s | 0.47s | | 10158 / 10158 | 0 | 0 | 5159.12 | 11.50s | 936.00s | 0.47s | | 10627 / 10627 | 0 | 0 | 5398.73 | 12.00s | 938.00s | 0.47s | | 11104 / 11104 | 0 | 0 | 5641.39 | 12.50s | 954.00s | 0.47s | | 11576 / 11576 | 0 | 0 | 5883.38 | 13.00s | 944.00s | 0.47s | | 12056 / 12056 | 0 | 0 | 6126.94 | 13.50s | 960.00s | 0.48s | | 12528 / 12528 | 0 | 0 | 6368.94 | 14.00s | 942.12s | 0.47s | | 12997 / 12997 | 0 | 0 | 6606.86 | 14.50s | 938.00s | 0.46s | | 13447 / 13447 | 0 | 0 | 6837.57 | 15.00s | 900.00s | 0.45s | | 13899 / 13899 | 0 | 0 | 7067.20 | 15.50s | 904.00s | 0.45s | | 14378 / 14378 | 0 | 0 | 7312.78 | 16.00s | 958.00s | 0.48s | | 14815 / 14815 | 0 | 0 | 7534.72 | 16.50s | 874.00s | 0.43s | | 14815 / 14815 | 0 | 0 | 7534.72 | 17.00s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 15290 / 15290 | 0 | 0 | 7778.25 | 17.50s | 950.00s | 0.48s | | 15743 / 15743 | 0 | 0 | 8008.39 | 18.00s | 904.19s | 0.45s | | 16218 / 16218 | 0 | 0 | 8251.92 | 18.50s | 950.00s | 0.48s | | 16676 / 16676 | 0 | 0 | 8484.63 | 19.00s | 916.00s | 0.45s | | 17138 / 17138 | 0 | 0 | 8721.49 | 19.50s | 924.00s | 0.46s | | 17597 / 17597 | 0 | 0 | 8954.50 | 20.00s | 918.00s | 0.46s | Bee: i-9e6fc612 max-parallel: 50 1st-resp-ms-min: 11.354 response-codes 200: 198 403: 17349 seconds: 20.006 connect-ms-max: 15.13 1st-resp-ms-max: 376.028 bytes: 13111135.0 1st-resp-ms-mean: 41.7301567789 end2end-ms-mean: 41.7460330541 fetches-per-sec: 879.586124163 connect-ms-min: 0.0 fetches: 17597 bytes-per-sec: 655360.141957 end2end-ms-min: 11.37 end2end-ms-max: 376.044 mean-bytes-per-conn: 745.07785418 connect-ms-mean: 0.0346185102867 hurl http://can.192bf.transactcdn.com/00192BF/test.html/config.workflow:ContinueWarranty -p 50 -H "Accept : text/html" -H "Content-Type : text/plain" -o /tmp/tmp.cDsfCaHBDo -l 20 -A 1000 -j i-9d6fc611 ec2-54-194-207-186.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com Running 1 threads 50 parallel connections per thread with 1 reqests per connection +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | Cmpltd / Total | IdlKil | Errors | kBytes Recvd | Elapsed | Req/s | MB/s | +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 490 / 490 | 0 | 0 | 222.63 | 1.00s | 980.00s | 0.43s | | 958 / 958 | 0 | 0 | 461.10 | 1.50s | 936.00s | 0.47s | | 1437 / 1437 | 0 | 0 | 704.57 | 2.00s | 958.00s | 0.48s | | 1913 / 1913 | 0 | 0 | 948.61 | 2.50s | 952.00s | 0.48s | | 2394 / 2394 | 0 | 0 | 1192.90 | 3.00s | 962.00s | 0.48s | | 2868 / 2868 | 0 | 0 | 1435.92 | 3.50s | 948.00s | 0.47s | | 3327 / 3327 | 0 | 0 | 1669.34 | 4.00s | 918.00s | 0.46s | | 3802 / 3802 | 0 | 0 | 1912.88 | 4.50s | 948.10s | 0.47s | | 4265 / 4265 | 0 | 0 | 2147.93 | 5.00s | 926.00s | 0.46s | | 4737 / 4737 | 0 | 0 | 2389.92 | 5.50s | 944.00s | 0.47s | | 5192 / 5192 | 0 | 0 | 2620.67 | 6.00s | 910.00s | 0.45s | | 5663 / 5663 | 0 | 0 | 2862.15 | 6.50s | 942.00s | 0.47s | | 6100 / 6100 | 0 | 0 | 3084.09 | 7.00s | 874.00s | 0.43s | | 6568 / 6568 | 0 | 0 | 3324.03 | 7.50s | 936.00s | 0.47s | | 7030 / 7030 | 0 | 0 | 3558.57 | 8.00s | 924.00s | 0.46s | | 7502 / 7502 | 0 | 0 | 3800.57 | 8.50s | 942.12s | 0.47s | | 7960 / 7960 | 0 | 0 | 4033.27 | 9.00s | 916.00s | 0.45s | | 8410 / 8410 | 0 | 0 | 4263.98 | 9.50s | 900.00s | 0.45s | | 8886 / 8886 | 0 | 0 | 4505.92 | 10.00s | 952.00s | 0.47s | | 9359 / 9359 | 0 | 0 | 4748.42 | 10.50s | 946.00s | 0.47s | | 9809 / 9809 | 0 | 0 | 4977.03 | 11.00s | 900.00s | 0.45s | | 10269 / 10269 | 0 | 0 | 5212.87 | 11.50s | 920.00s | 0.46s | | 10737 / 10737 | 0 | 0 | 5450.49 | 12.03s | 894.84s | 0.44s | | 11184 / 11184 | 0 | 0 | 5679.66 | 12.53s | 894.00s | 0.45s | | 11643 / 11643 | 0 | 0 | 5913.09 | 13.03s | 918.00s | 0.46s | | 12109 / 12109 | 0 | 0 | 6152.01 | 13.53s | 932.00s | 0.47s | | 12575 / 12575 | 0 | 0 | 6388.81 | 14.03s | 932.00s | 0.46s | | 13041 / 13041 | 0 | 0 | 6627.73 | 14.53s | 932.00s | 0.47s | | 13497 / 13497 | 0 | 0 | 6859.83 | 15.03s | 912.00s | 0.45s | | 13946 / 13946 | 0 | 0 | 7090.03 | 15.53s | 898.00s | 0.45s | | 14412 / 14412 | 0 | 0 | 7326.42 | 16.03s | 930.14s | 0.46s | | 14861 / 14861 | 0 | 0 | 7556.62 | 16.53s | 898.00s | 0.45s | | 15319 / 15319 | 0 | 0 | 7789.74 | 17.03s | 916.00s | 0.46s | | 15779 / 15779 | 0 | 0 | 8025.58 | 17.53s | 920.00s | 0.46s | | 15779 / 15779 | 0 | 0 | 8025.58 | 18.03s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 16239 / 16239 | 0 | 0 | 8259.31 | 18.53s | 920.00s | 0.46s | | 16704 / 16704 | 0 | 0 | 8497.29 | 19.03s | 928.14s | 0.46s | | 17175 / 17175 | 0 | 0 | 8737.09 | 19.53s | 942.00s | 0.47s | | 17628 / 17628 | 0 | 0 | 8968.28 | 20.03s | 906.00s | 0.45s | Bee: i-9d6fc611 max-parallel: 50 1st-resp-ms-min: 11.29 response-codes 200: 208 403: 17370 seconds: 20.027 connect-ms-max: 15.115 1st-resp-ms-max: 390.853 bytes: 13132194.0 1st-resp-ms-mean: 41.6057616907 end2end-ms-mean: 41.6218236432 fetches-per-sec: 880.211714186 connect-ms-min: 0.0 fetches: 17628 bytes-per-sec: 655724.471963 end2end-ms-min: 11.303 end2end-ms-max: 390.866 mean-bytes-per-conn: 744.962219197 connect-ms-mean: 0.0350904539766 Offensive complete. Summarized Results Total bytes: 26243329 Seconds: 20 Connect-ms-max: 15.130000 1st-resp-ms-max: 390.853000 1st-resp-ms-mean: 41.667959 Fetches/sec mean: 879.898919 connect-ms-min: 0.000000 Total fetches: 35225 bytes/sec mean: 655542.306960 end2end-ms-min mean: 11.336500 mean-bytes-per-conn: 745.020037 connect-ms-mean: 0.034854 Response Codes: 2xx: 406 3xx: 0 4xx: 34719 5xx: 0 Mission Assessment: Target crushed bee offensive. The swarm is awaiting new orders. hurl http://can.192bf.transactcdn.com/00192BF/test.html/config.workflow:ContinueWarranty -p 50 -H "Accept : text/html" -H "Content-Type : text/plain" -o /tmp/tmp.jfVcPxIqE5 -l 20 -A 1000 -j i-02fead8c ec2-52-77-216-107.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com Running 1 threads 50 parallel connections per thread with 1 reqests per connection +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | Cmpltd / Total | IdlKil | Errors | kBytes Recvd | Elapsed | Req/s | MB/s | +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 100 / 100 | 0 | 0 | 23.95 | 1.00s | 200.00s | 0.05s | | 250 / 250 | 0 | 0 | 98.11 | 1.50s | 300.00s | 0.14s | | 388 / 388 | 0 | 0 | 167.60 | 2.00s | 276.00s | 0.14s | | 529 / 529 | 0 | 0 | 239.25 | 2.50s | 282.00s | 0.14s | | 673 / 673 | 0 | 0 | 311.39 | 3.00s | 287.43s | 0.14s | | 816 / 816 | 0 | 0 | 384.29 | 3.50s | 286.00s | 0.14s | | 953 / 953 | 0 | 0 | 452.42 | 4.00s | 274.00s | 0.13s | | 1091 / 1091 | 0 | 0 | 522.96 | 4.50s | 276.00s | 0.14s | | 1226 / 1226 | 0 | 0 | 591.12 | 5.00s | 270.00s | 0.13s | | 1372 / 1372 | 0 | 0 | 664.71 | 5.50s | 292.00s | 0.14s | | 1516 / 1516 | 0 | 0 | 736.85 | 6.00s | 288.00s | 0.14s | | 1656 / 1656 | 0 | 0 | 808.20 | 6.50s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 1795 / 1795 | 0 | 0 | 877.78 | 7.00s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 1937 / 1937 | 0 | 0 | 950.16 | 7.50s | 283.43s | 0.14s | | 2073 / 2073 | 0 | 0 | 1018.41 | 8.00s | 272.00s | 0.13s | | 2213 / 2213 | 0 | 0 | 1089.34 | 8.50s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 2356 / 2356 | 0 | 0 | 1161.60 | 9.00s | 286.00s | 0.14s | | 2495 / 2495 | 0 | 0 | 1232.02 | 9.50s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 2637 / 2637 | 0 | 0 | 1303.14 | 10.00s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 2779 / 2779 | 0 | 0 | 1375.31 | 10.50s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 2916 / 2916 | 0 | 0 | 1443.86 | 11.00s | 274.00s | 0.13s | | 3052 / 3052 | 0 | 0 | 1513.17 | 11.50s | 272.00s | 0.14s | | 3194 / 3194 | 0 | 0 | 1584.70 | 12.00s | 283.43s | 0.14s | | 3334 / 3334 | 0 | 0 | 1656.06 | 12.50s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 3471 / 3471 | 0 | 0 | 1724.40 | 13.00s | 274.00s | 0.13s | | 3605 / 3605 | 0 | 0 | 1793.10 | 13.50s | 268.00s | 0.13s | | 3747 / 3747 | 0 | 0 | 1864.22 | 14.00s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 3882 / 3882 | 0 | 0 | 1932.80 | 14.50s | 270.00s | 0.13s | | 4026 / 4026 | 0 | 0 | 2004.73 | 15.00s | 288.00s | 0.14s | | 4166 / 4166 | 0 | 0 | 2075.87 | 15.50s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 4306 / 4306 | 0 | 0 | 2146.38 | 16.00s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 4451 / 4451 | 0 | 0 | 2220.09 | 16.50s | 289.42s | 0.14s | | 4597 / 4597 | 0 | 0 | 2293.05 | 17.00s | 292.00s | 0.14s | | 4728 / 4728 | 0 | 0 | 2360.21 | 17.50s | 262.00s | 0.13s | | 4865 / 4865 | 0 | 0 | 2428.76 | 18.00s | 274.00s | 0.13s | | 5008 / 5008 | 0 | 0 | 2501.44 | 18.50s | 286.00s | 0.14s | | 5153 / 5153 | 0 | 0 | 2574.10 | 19.00s | 289.42s | 0.14s | | 5292 / 5292 | 0 | 0 | 2645.15 | 19.50s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 5429 / 5429 | 0 | 0 | 2713.91 | 20.00s | 274.00s | 0.13s | Bee: i-02fead8c max-parallel: 50 1st-resp-ms-min: 167.119 response-codes 200: 208 403: 5171 seconds: 20.005 connect-ms-max: 194.213 1st-resp-ms-max: 402.352 bytes: 3995143.0 1st-resp-ms-mean: 179.083958914 end2end-ms-mean: 179.106678751 fetches-per-sec: 271.382154461 connect-ms-min: 0.0 fetches: 5429 bytes-per-sec: 199707.223194 end2end-ms-min: 167.165 end2end-ms-max: 402.373 mean-bytes-per-conn: 735.889298213 connect-ms-mean: 1.63028611266 hurl http://can.192bf.transactcdn.com/00192BF/test.html/config.workflow:ContinueWarranty -p 50 -H "Accept : text/html" -H "Content-Type : text/plain" -o /tmp/tmp.Ze2gnkVVd2 -l 20 -A 1000 -j i-03fead8d ec2-54-254-220-121.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com Running 1 threads 50 parallel connections per thread with 1 reqests per connection +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | Cmpltd / Total | IdlKil | Errors | kBytes Recvd | Elapsed | Req/s | MB/s | +-----------/-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+ | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50s | 0.00s | 0.00s | | 100 / 100 | 0 | 0 | 23.10 | 1.00s | 199.60s | 0.05s | | 250 / 250 | 0 | 0 | 98.11 | 1.50s | 300.00s | 0.15s | | 388 / 388 | 0 | 0 | 167.38 | 2.00s | 276.00s | 0.14s | | 526 / 526 | 0 | 0 | 237.71 | 2.50s | 276.00s | 0.14s | | 669 / 669 | 0 | 0 | 308.92 | 3.00s | 286.00s | 0.14s | | 810 / 810 | 0 | 0 | 380.79 | 3.50s | 282.00s | 0.14s | | 948 / 948 | 0 | 0 | 449.85 | 4.00s | 276.00s | 0.13s | | 1083 / 1083 | 0 | 0 | 518.65 | 4.50s | 270.00s | 0.13s | | 1224 / 1224 | 0 | 0 | 589.04 | 5.00s | 281.44s | 0.14s | | 1363 / 1363 | 0 | 0 | 659.88 | 5.50s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 1503 / 1503 | 0 | 0 | 729.76 | 6.00s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 1642 / 1642 | 0 | 0 | 800.81 | 6.50s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 1775 / 1775 | 0 | 0 | 867.31 | 7.00s | 266.00s | 0.13s | | 1917 / 1917 | 0 | 0 | 939.69 | 7.50s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 2060 / 2060 | 0 | 0 | 1011.53 | 8.00s | 286.00s | 0.14s | | 2197 / 2197 | 0 | 0 | 1081.14 | 8.50s | 274.00s | 0.14s | | 2331 / 2331 | 0 | 0 | 1147.94 | 9.00s | 268.00s | 0.13s | | 2474 / 2474 | 0 | 0 | 1221.26 | 9.50s | 285.43s | 0.14s | | 2618 / 2618 | 0 | 0 | 1292.98 | 10.00s | 288.00s | 0.14s | | 2756 / 2756 | 0 | 0 | 1363.52 | 10.50s | 276.00s | 0.14s | | 2893 / 2893 | 0 | 0 | 1432.07 | 11.00s | 274.00s | 0.13s | | 3035 / 3035 | 0 | 0 | 1504.45 | 11.50s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 3170 / 3170 | 0 | 0 | 1572.19 | 12.00s | 270.00s | 0.13s | | 3301 / 3301 | 0 | 0 | 1639.35 | 12.50s | 262.00s | 0.13s | | 3439 / 3439 | 0 | 0 | 1707.99 | 13.00s | 276.00s | 0.13s | | 3574 / 3574 | 0 | 0 | 1777.21 | 13.50s | 269.46s | 0.13s | | 3712 / 3712 | 0 | 0 | 1845.64 | 14.00s | 276.00s | 0.13s | | 3851 / 3851 | 0 | 0 | 1916.90 | 14.50s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 3987 / 3987 | 0 | 0 | 1984.94 | 15.00s | 272.00s | 0.13s | | 4124 / 4124 | 0 | 0 | 2054.97 | 15.50s | 274.00s | 0.14s | | 4266 / 4266 | 0 | 0 | 2125.88 | 16.00s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 4408 / 4408 | 0 | 0 | 2198.26 | 16.50s | 284.00s | 0.14s | | 4539 / 4539 | 0 | 0 | 2263.73 | 17.00s | 262.00s | 0.13s | | 4679 / 4679 | 0 | 0 | 2334.88 | 17.50s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 4822 / 4822 | 0 | 0 | 2406.50 | 18.00s | 285.43s | 0.14s | | 4962 / 4962 | 0 | 0 | 2478.07 | 18.50s | 280.00s | 0.14s | | 5101 / 5101 | 0 | 0 | 2548.07 | 19.00s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 5240 / 5240 | 0 | 0 | 2618.91 | 19.50s | 278.00s | 0.14s | | 5382 / 5382 | 0 | 0 | 2689.82 | 20.00s | 284.00s | 0.14s | Bee: i-03fead8d max-parallel: 50 1st-resp-ms-min: 167.37 response-codes 200: 208 403: 5124 seconds: 20.005 connect-ms-max: 197.678 1st-resp-ms-max: 396.03 bytes: 3959940.0 1st-resp-ms-mean: 180.888643473 end2end-ms-mean: 180.91185859 fetches-per-sec: 269.032741815 connect-ms-min: 0.0 fetches: 5382 bytes-per-sec: 197947.513122 end2end-ms-min: 167.395 end2end-ms-max: 396.049 mean-bytes-per-conn: 735.774804905 connect-ms-mean: 1.66231845461 Offensive complete. Summarized Results Total bytes: 7955083 Seconds: 20 Connect-ms-max: 197.678000 1st-resp-ms-max: 402.352000 1st-resp-ms-mean: 179.986301 Fetches/sec mean: 270.207448 connect-ms-min: 0.000000 Total fetches: 10811 bytes/sec mean: 198827.368158 end2end-ms-min mean: 167.280000 mean-bytes-per-conn: 735.832052 connect-ms-mean: 1.646302 Response Codes: 2xx: 416 3xx: 0 4xx: 10295 5xx: 0 Mission Assessment: Target crushed bee offensive. The swarm is awaiting new orders. (trusty)rawm@localhost:~/beeswithmachineguns$
An example bees down
$ ./bees down Read 2 bees from the roster: eu-west-1b Connecting to the hive. Calling off the swarm for eu-west-1b. Stood down 2 bees. Read 2 bees from the roster: ap-southeast-1b Connecting to the hive. Calling off the swarm for ap-southeast-1b. Stood down 2 bees. Read 2 bees from the roster: us-west-2b Connecting to the hive. Calling off the swarm for us-west-2b. Stood down 2 bees.
(The following was cribbed from our original blog post about the bees.)
If you decide to use the Bees, please keep in mind the following important caveat: they are, more-or-less a distributed denial-of-service attack in a fancy package and, therefore, if you point them at any server you don’t own you will behaving unethically, have your Amazon Web Services account locked-out, and be liable in a court of law for any downtime you cause.
You have been warned.
If you find yourself in a situation where ‘bees report’ seems to be out of sync with EC2 instances you know are (or are not) running:
- You can reset the BWMG state by deleting ~/.bees.. Note that this will prevent BWMG from identifying EC2 instances that may now be orphaned by the tool
- You can manually edit ~/.bees. to add or remove instance IDs and force synchronization with the reality from your EC2 dashboard
This is helpful in cases where BWMG crashes, EC2 instances are terminated outside of the control of BWMG, or other situations where BWMG is out of sync with reality.
Please log your bugs on the Github issues tracker.
The bees are a creation of the News Applications team at the Chicago Tribune—visit our blog and read our original post about the project.
Initial refactoring code and inspiration from Jeff Larson.
Multiple url support from timsu.
Thanks to everyone who reported bugs against the alpha release.
MIT.