sbfeedsim-old

DESCRIPTION

sbfeedsim-old starts a legacy version of the StreamBase feed simulator. It is provided for compatibility with sbfs files generated or edited in StreamBase 3.5 or earlier. We encourage you to migrate legacy sbfs feed simulations to the current sbfeedsim format. To do this, open the legacy sbfs file in the current StreamBase Studio. When you save the file, it is converted automatically. You can also convert legacy files with the -c option of sbfeedsim.

Note that the XML elements in the sbfs file have changed in the new sbfs format, and the switch and group-by options are no longer supported. If you need to continue using the switch or group-by options in a feed simulation, use the sbfeedsim-old command described here.

As with most StreamBase command-line tools, you can specify the StreamBase Server to communicate with by using -p or -u arguments. In the absence of these arguments, sbfeedsim-old connects to the server specified in the STREAMBASE_SERVER environment variable. In the absence of this variable, sbfeedsim-old attempts to connect to the default StreamBase URI, sb://localhost:10000.

If you omit the optional feedsim-file.sbfs argument, sbfeedsim-old connects to the specified or default server, determines the schema expected by the input stream of the running StreamBase application, and generates default data for each data type in the schema. If the running application has more than one input stream, sbfeedsim-old determines the expected schema for each stream and generates sample data for all fields in each stream.

The sbfeedsim-old command connects to a running StreamBase application and submits data to it. Use this tool to test the validity and performance of your application.

sbfeedsim-old can populate input streams according to a user-specified statistical distribution, or a trace file that contains comma-separated data you generate to test various streaming scenarios. With sbfeedsim-old, you have control over tuple values and the input rate of generated data.

OPTIONS

-a stream: Generates default load for the stream specified in stream.
-b count: Buffers tuples on each stream, but not more than the number specified in count.
-h, --help: Displays help, then exits.
-i: Runs the StreamBase Feed Simulator in interactive mode.
--max-time secs: Generates data for a time up to that specified by secs.
--max-tuples count: Generates at most the number of tuples specified by count.
-n: Displays the tuples that should be sent, but does not send them. If this option is specified, sbfeedsim-old outputs tuples immediately rather than waiting according to the stream rate, though it does print the time at which tuples would be sent to the server if -n were not specified.
-o dir: Generates trace files and saves them into the directory specified by dir. This command implies the -n and -q commands.
-q: Does not display tuples (quiet).
-s: Outputs a skeleton configuration file and exits.
-u uri: Sets the URI of the StreamBase Server. The default is sb://localhost:10000/. The URI can also be set using the STREAMBASE_SERVER environment variable. See the sburi page of the Reference Guide (or see sburi(5) at the UNIX shell prompt) for a discussion of the URI format and its shortcuts.
-p TCP-port: Sets the port number only for the StreamBase Server. Useful when the server is localhost and you only need to specify a non-default port, instead of specifying the full URI with the -u option. The default port is 10000.

Note

The -p option is not supported for StreamBase applications that have authentication enabled or are using High Availability features.
--version: Prints version information and exits.
-x factor: Speeds up all streams by a factor specified by factor.
-z seed: Uses the integer value specified by seed as the clock.

FILES

The optional feed simulation file is file.sbfs. If specified, sbfeedsim-old generates a load using the specifications in that file.

If you create a trace file to contain sample data for testing purposes, it is typically a comma-separated or tab-delimited file.

ENVIRONMENT

STREAMBASE_SERVER: Optional. Contains the URI for a StreamBase Server instance. Use this variable to set a default StreamBase URI for StreamBase commands that take the –u option. If set, commands use the URI in this variable, overriding their built-in default URI, which is sb://localhost:10000. If this variable is set, you must use the –u option to communicate with any server other than the one specified in this variable. See the sburi page in the Reference Guide for more on StreamBase URIs.
STREAMBASE_RETITLE_TERMINALS: Optional. If set to any value, StreamBase command-line utilities assign a terminal window title to match the name of the executable being run. By default terminal titles are not affected.
STREAMBASE_LOG_LEVEL: Optional. Sets the minimum severity of messages that StreamBase writes to syslog or stderr. Default is 0, which gets NOTICE level messages and higher. Reasonable values are -1 (which disables NOTICE messages and shows only WARN, ERROR and FATAL messages), 1 (which adds INFO messages to the standard messages), and 2 (which adds DEBUG messages).

sbfeedsim-old

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