Very definitely localhost. The test suite will automatically configure and launch variously configured httpd instances for testing itself.
On 01/03/2012 22:22, Jeff Trawick wrote: > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Michael Felt <mamf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> One quick question: can I assume that the test is ideally in a different >> machine than the httpd system being tested, or do the tests assume >> localhost? > To be honest I haven't looked, but I suspect it is local host only... > Once you have the test suite installed somewhere, try t/TEST -help > and you'll see a multitude of options, some of which are for > controlling the test environment more closely than with the very basic > instructions I gave. > > Come to think of it, try it first on Linux and get it running cleanly > there with help of dev@ as necessary, then when on AIX and possibly > stumbling through issues getting the right CPAN packages installed > you'll already know what it is supposed to look like. And of course > you can play with the available test variations. > >> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Michael Felt <mamf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Want to get started on this. I read the links from >>> http://httpd.apache.org/test/ and think I understand the flood subproject. >>> From reading the forums here recently I get the impression that more than >>> flood is being used, or even something other than flood. >>> >>> Looking for assistance and suggestions. >>> >>> Michael >> > >
