How To Install wbox on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wbox on CentOS 7. wbox is HTTP testing tool and configuration-less HTTP server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wbox on CentOS 7.

What is wbox

Wbox aims to help you having fun while testing HTTP related stuff. You can use it to perform many tasks, including the following. * Benchmarking how much time it takes to generate content for your web application. * Web server and web application stressing. * Testing virtual domains configuration without the need to alter your local resolver. * Check if your redirects are working correctly emitting the right HTTP code. * Test if the HTTP compression is working and if it is actually serving pages faster. * Use it as a configuration-less HTTP server to share files!

We can use yum or dnf to install wbox on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wbox.

Install wbox on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wbox using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wbox

Install wbox on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wbox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wbox

How To Uninstall wbox on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the wbox package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wbox

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wbox on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.