Installation of Stress-ng Tool in Linux
In this section, we will see the complete installation steps of the Stress-ng tool in the Linux environment. Follow the below commands to install the tool without encountering any error or problem.
Step 1: To make sure your system is up to date, before installing any tool we will perform a package update using the below command:
sudo apt update
Step 2: After the repositories are updated, we are ready to install the stress-ng tool, so to install type the command mentioned below in the terminal:
sudo apt install stress-ng
How to Impose High CPU Load and Stress Test on Linux Using ‘Stress-ng’ Tool
The system must have the capacity to handle a high workload regarding systems administration activities including performance testing. One such method used in testing the robustness of a system at its limit points is known as stress testing. Stress-ng is also a great versatile and strong tool for stress testing. This article is aimed at providing instructions on how to set up to overstress a Linux system or high-CPU load.
Contact Us