traffic

PG load test utility.

Installation

npm i -g https://github.com/TheProfs/traffic

Usage

traffic

Options

traffic run --writers 50 --event-kb 2 --write-per-second 10 --duration 120

# With custom database URL and table
traffic run --database-url postgres://user:pass@host:5432/mydb --database-ssl --table events

• --writers Number of concurrent writers (default: 30)
• --event-kb Event data size in KB (default: 1)
• --write-per-second Write frequency per writer (default: 1)
• --read-per-second Read frequency per writer (default: 0.1)
• --duration Test duration in seconds (default: 60)
• --table Target table name (default: event_v3)
• --database-url PG connection string (overrides env vars)
• --database-ssl Enable SSL with rejectUnauthorized: false

Environment

Create .env file (optional, used if --database-url not provided):

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_USER=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_NAME=postgresdb

License

MIT