TechEmpower.FrameworkBenchmarks/frameworks/Lua/octopus/README.md

Octopus (Nginx + LuaJIT) Benchmark Test

The test lua app is inside app directory. The configuration is in config.lua. Clones, compiles and runs nginx with ngx_lua module, see openresty.org. Prerequisites: libssl-dev gcc g++ build-essential. Requires git. Requires postgresql hostname specified as IP address, if not possible then add resolver conf to config.lua. The Octopus benchmark is using its ORM, and no raw queries.

Test URLs

Plaintext URL

http://localhost:8080/plaintext

JSON Encoding

http://localhost:8080/json

Single Row Random Query

http://localhost:8080/db

Multiple Row Query Test

http://localhost:8080/queries?queries=2

Fortune URL

http://localhost:8080/fortunes

DB Updates URL

http://localhost:8080/update?queries=2