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A utility for arming (creating) many bumblebees (micro EC2 instances) to attack (load test) targets (web applications). Inspired by Bees with Machine Guns

Dependencies

• PHP (>=5.5.9) with SSH2 extension
• Composer

Installation

1. Clone the repository or download the zip file.
2. Run composer install

Configuration

Rename the config.ini.sample to config.ini and adjust it to your needs.

Usage

Hummelflug in a Nutshell

At first you want to set up your swarm:

    php hummelflug create 

Before you can attack your target you need to wake up your swarm:

    php hummelflug up

Now you can attack your target:

    php hummelflug attack <URL>

Tired of attacking peaceful servers?

    php hummelflug down

The caveat! (PLEASE READ)

If you decide to use Hummelflug, please keep in mind the following important caveat: they are, more-or-less a distributed denial-of-service attack in a fancy package and, therefore, if you point them at any server you don’t own you will behaving unethically, have your Amazon Web Services account locked-out, and be liable in a court of law for any downtime you cause.

You have been warned.

Bugs

Please log your bugs on the Github issues tracker.

License

MIT.