How to install siege on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL
A HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility
Availability
| Distro | aarch64 | noarch | x86_64 | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 9 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 8 | — | — | ✓ | 4.0.4 |
| RHEL 7 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 6 | — | — | — |
Description
Siege is an HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility. It was designed to let web developers measure the performance of their code under duress, to see how it will stand up to load on the internet. Siege supports basic authentication, cookies, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It allows the user hit a web server with a configurable number of concurrent simulated users. Those users place the web-server "under siege."
Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.
Install
siege on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8
sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm sudo dnf -y install siege
Package downloads require an active GetPageSpeed subscription — one repository for siege and 3,000+ more packages across every maintained Enterprise Linux release.
Subscribe — from $10/moFrequently asked questions
How do I install siege on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?
Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install siege (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.
Which Enterprise Linux versions is siege available for?
siege is available for RHEL 8 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.
Is siege compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?
Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.