In some situations there is the need to record the HTTP traffic occurring between two machines in order to run a loadtest against the target machine. In such situations Proxy Sniffer can be configured to act as a reverse proxy. Assuming that we want to capture the traffic generated by machine A with target machine B, we'll configure a Proxy Sniffer instance (machine C) to accept...
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  Sometimes there is the need to run the same loadtest simulating different load levels (virtual users) or you'd simply run the test at regular intervals or at odd times. Should that be the case you can create a script that can invoke Proxy Sniffer and run the required load tests for. Below you'll find an example of a bash script that can be used on any Unix derivative, including OS X. ...
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  While compiling Apache 2.x on AIX 5.2, the compilation process aborted with the following error message ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .sqrt  ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.  collect2: ld returned 8 exit status  make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. ...
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  Some Proxy Sniffer users indicated that they're using several Exec Agents in order to execute ligthweight load tests at regular intervals. Sounds like a good idea to make your Proxy Sniffer investment go further. Load tests can be easily scheduled and run via Proxy Sniffer's scripting language. Results can then also automatically be consolidated back into one controlling Proxy Sniffer...
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