HTTPing Utility to Measure Webserver performance

Question / Scenario: How do I measure the performance of a web server over the network. Answer / Solution: Use the linux command line utility called httping. “Httping is like ‘ping’ but for http-requests. Give it an url, and it’ll show you how long it takes to connect, [continue...]

How to Install Java Tomcat Apache and Centos 5

Scenario / Question: How do I install Tomcat on Centos Solution / Answer: In order to install Tomcat on Centos you first need to install Java. Both free and non-free packages are required for the installation. The non-free packages do not cost money however you must download them directly from [continue...]