quick sketch with lighttpd configs

bench.nix

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     enableModules = [ "mod_magnet" ];
     document-root = "${pkgs.static-html}";
     extraConfig = ''
-      magnet.attract-physical-path-to = ( "${luaScript}" )
+      magnet.attract-raw-url-to = ( "${luaScript}" )
     '';
   };
 }

bench.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ test_concurrency=${VUS:-200}
 declare -A proxies
 proxies[caddy]=Caddyfile
 proxies[nginx]=nginx.conf
+proxies[lighttpd]=nginx.conf
 
 declare -A tests
 tests[synthetic]=''

conf/lighttpd/default/html

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+server.port = 8080
+server.document-root = "/srv/static"
+mimetype.assign = (".html" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript")

conf/lighttpd/default/html_large

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+html

conf/lighttpd/default/html_small

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+html

conf/lighttpd/default/proxy

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+server.port = 8080
+server.document-root = "/srv/static"
+mimetype.assign = (".html" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript")
+
+server.modules += ("mod_proxy")
+proxy.server = ( "" => (( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 8081 )))

conf/lighttpd/default/synthetic

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+server.port = 8080
+server.document-root = "/srv/static"
+mimetype.assign = (".html" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript")
+
+server.modules += ("mod_magnet")
+magnet.attract-raw-url-to = ("/srv/static/hello_world.lua")

conf/lighttpd/optimized/html

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+server.port = 8080
+server.document-root = "/srv/static"
+mimetype.assign = (".html" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript")
+
+server.modules += ("mod_staticfile")
+
+
+# benchmarking: handle large number (10k) of simultaneous connections
+#               lighttpd uses slightly less memory when these are tuned smaller
+server.max-fds = 32768
+server.max-connections = 10000
+
+# benchmarking: allow up to 64k-1 requests on the same connection (default:1000)
+server.max-keep-alive-requests = 65535
+
+# benchmarking: tune to number of CPUs if > 1 and only if lighttpd is CPU-bound
+server.max-worker = 4
+
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: load only server.modules; no default modules
+server.compat-module-load = "disable"
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Server" response header
+server.tag = ""
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Accept-Ranges: bytes" response header
+# (prefer to allow for production website; Range is generally desirable)
+server.range-requests = "disable"
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "ETag" response header from static files
+# (prefer to skip these for production website; ETag is generally desirable)
+etag.use-inode = "disable"
+etag.use-mtime = "disable"
+etag.use-size  = "disable"
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Last-Modified" response header from
+# static files by not assigning Content-Type; default "application/octet-stream"
+# (not done)
+#mimetype.assign := ()

conf/lighttpd/optimized/html_large

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+html

conf/lighttpd/optimized/html_small

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+html

conf/lighttpd/optimized/proxy

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+server.port = 8080
+server.document-root = "/srv/static"
+mimetype.assign = (".html" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript")
+
+server.modules += ("mod_proxy")
+proxy.server = ( "" => (( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 8081 )))
+# FYI: lighttpd can also reverse-proxy to a (faster) unix domain socket
+
+
+# benchmarking: handle large number (10k) of simultaneous connections
+#               lighttpd uses slightly less memory when these are tuned smaller
+server.max-fds = 32768
+server.max-connections = 10000
+
+# benchmarking: allow up to 64k-1 requests on the same connection (default:1000)
+server.max-keep-alive-requests = 65535
+
+# benchmarking: tune to number of CPUs if > 1 and only if lighttpd is CPU-bound
+server.max-worker = 4
+
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: load only server.modules; no default modules
+server.compat-module-load = "disable"
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Server" response header
+server.tag = ""
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Accept-Ranges: bytes" response header
+# (prefer to allow for production website; Range is generally desirable)
+server.range-requests = "disable"

conf/lighttpd/optimized/synthetic

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+server.port = 8080
+server.document-root = "/srv/static"
+mimetype.assign = (".html" => "text/html", ".js" => "text/javascript")
+
+server.modules += ("mod_magnet")
+magnet.attract-raw-url-to = ("/srv/static/hello_world.lua")
+
+
+# benchmarking: handle large number (10k) of simultaneous connections
+#               lighttpd uses slightly less memory when these are tuned smaller
+server.max-fds = 32768
+server.max-connections = 10000
+
+# benchmarking: allow up to 64k-1 requests on the same connection (default:1000)
+server.max-keep-alive-requests = 65535
+
+# benchmarking: tune to number of CPUs if > 1 and only if lighttpd is CPU-bound
+server.max-worker = 4
+
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: load only server.modules; no default modules
+server.compat-module-load = "disable"
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Server" response header
+server.tag = ""
+
+# benchmarking micro-optimization: omit "Accept-Ranges: bytes" response header
+# (prefer to allow for production website; Range is generally desirable)
+server.range-requests = "disable"

postprocess.jq

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
       duration: .[2].metrics.http_req_duration.values,
       fail_rate: .[2].metrics.http_req_failed.values.rate,
       ttfb: .[2].metrics.http_req_waiting.values
+    },
+    lighttpd: {
+      requests: .[2].metrics.http_reqs.values.count,
+      duration: .[2].metrics.http_req_duration.values,
+      fail_rate: .[2].metrics.http_req_failed.values.rate,
+      ttfb: .[2].metrics.http_req_waiting.values
     }
   },
   synthetic: {
@@ -25,6 +31,12 @@
       duration: .[3].metrics.http_req_duration.values,
       fail_rate: .[3].metrics.http_req_failed.values.rate,
       ttfb: .[3].metrics.http_req_waiting.values
+    },
+    lighttpd: {
+      requests: .[3].metrics.http_reqs.values.count,
+      duration: .[3].metrics.http_req_duration.values,
+      fail_rate: .[3].metrics.http_req_failed.values.rate,
+      ttfb: .[3].metrics.http_req_waiting.values
     }
   }
-}
+}

resources.gp

@@ -46,4 +46,28 @@ plot nginx_optimized_html_large_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
      nginx_optimized_proxy_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
      nginx_optimized_proxy_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
      nginx_optimized_synthetic_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
-     nginx_optimized_synthetic_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines
+     nginx_optimized_synthetic_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines
+
+set title sprintf("Resource Utilization - lighttpd - Default - %s clients", par) enhanced font ",16" tc rgb "white"
+set origin 0,0.5
+set size 0.5,0.5
+plot lighttpd_default_html_large_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_html_large_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_html_small_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_html_small_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_proxy_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_proxy_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_synthetic_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_default_synthetic_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines
+
+set title sprintf("Resource Utilization - lighttpd - Optimized - %s clients", par) enhanced font ",16" tc rgb "white"
+set origin 0.5,0.5
+set size 0.5,0.5
+plot lighttpd_optimized_html_large_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_html_large_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_html_small_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_html_small_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_proxy_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_proxy_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_synthetic_baseline using 1:2 smooth csplines, \
+     lighttpd_optimized_synthetic_baseline using 1:3 axes x1y2 smooth csplines

static/hello_world.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+--lighty.r.resp_header["Content-Type"] = "text/plain" -- omit for benchmarking
+lighty.r.resp_body.set("Hello, world!")
+return 200