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Locust fails with unknown flag
Running the load test gives an error: no such option: --num-request message and exits.
Reproduction
- Install locust as per instructions
pip install locustio - Execute
runLocust.shwith arguments
or, using Docker
- Build docker image as per instructions
docker build -t load-test . - Execute
docker run load-testwith arguments
Expected Behavior
Locust executes.
Actual Behavior
The following error:
$ ./runLocust.sh -h sock-shop.example.com -c 5 -r 10
Default Locust file: locustfile.py
Will run locustfile.py against sock-shop.example.com. Spawning 5 clients and 10 total requests.
Usage: locust [options] [LocustClass [LocustClass2 ... ]]
locust: error: no such option: --num-request
done
or, using Docker
$ docker run load-test -h sock-shop.example.com -c 5 -r 10
Locust file: /config/locustfile.py
Will run /config/locustfile.py against sock-shop.example.com. Spawning 5 clients and 10 total requests.
Usage: locust [options] [LocustClass [LocustClass2 ... ]]
locust: error: no such option: --num-request
done
Environment
| Tool | Version |
|---|---|
| Python | Python 2.7.15rc1 |
| Locust | Locust 0.11.0 |
| Docker | 18.09.2 |
A couple of workarounds are possible. The https://hub.docker.com/r/weaveworksdemos/load-test image is available and appears to work:
docker run weaveworksdemos/load-test:0.1.1 -h sock-shop.example.com -c 5 -r 10
You can also ignore the run script and execute locust directly. The change appears to be moving from --num-request to --run-time:
locust --host=http://sock-shop.example.com -f locustfile.py --clients 10 --hatch-rate=5 --run-time=1m --no-web --only-summary