PERF.md

Run Performance Tests

Create a package of IP addresses (4k addresses) which are required for performance tests.

You must first fetch the ips.py script from the ziggurat-core repository. Run this:

wget -O tools/ips.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runziggurat/ziggurat-core/main/ziggurat-core-scripts/ips.py

NOTE: To run the ips.py script below, the user must be in sudoers file in order to use this script. Script uses ip/ipconfig commands which require the sudo privilages.

From the root repository directory, depending on your OS, run one of the following commands.

Preconditions under Linux

Generate dummy devices with addresses:

python3 ./tools/ips.py --subnet 1.1.0.0/20 --file tools/ips_list.json --dev_prefix test_zeth

Preconditions under MacOS

Add the whole subnet to the loopback device - can be also used on Linux (device name - Linux: lo, MacOS: lo0):

python3 ./tools/ips.py --subnet 1.1.0.0/20 --file tools/ips_list.json --dev lo0

Increase the limit for the number of file descriptors:

ulimit -n 65536

Run tests

Run performance tests with the following command:

cargo +stable test performance --features performance