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What is cbtool?

jwdeitch/cbtool — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2020-11-19

Audience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

In one sentence

A cloud benchmarking toolkit that automatically spins up VMs, runs realistic workloads and stress tests, collects performance data, and tears everything down across multiple cloud platforms.

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    Inputs
      Virtual application recipes
      Cloud platform config
    Outputs
      Performance data
      Charts
    Use Cases
      Stress test cloud infra
      Compare cloud providers
      Study performance
    Tech Stack
      EC2
      OpenStack
      Kubernetes
      Docker
    Audience
      Cloud engineers
      Researchers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Automatically stress test a cloud platform to see if it can handle expected traffic spikes.

USE CASE 2

Compare performance across AWS, Google Compute Engine, OpenStack, and Kubernetes using the same configuration.

USE CASE 3

Run pre-built workloads like Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB, or Hadoop to benchmark real application performance.

USE CASE 4

Monitor CPU, memory, disk, and network usage in real time while running controlled cloud experiments.

What is it built with?

EC2OpenStackKubernetesDockerCassandraHadoop

How does it compare?

jwdeitch/cbtool0verflowme/alarm-clock0verflowme/seclists
Language—CSS—
Last pushed2020-11-192022-10-032020-05-03
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyhardeasyeasy
Complexity4/52/51/5
Audienceops devopsvibe coderops devops

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Requires access to and credentials for one or more cloud platforms (EC2, GCE, OpenStack, or Kubernetes) to run real experiments.

License is not stated in the available content.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to define a virtual application recipe in cbtool that spins up VMs and runs a Redis workload.
Prompt 2
Walk me through configuring cbtool to run the same benchmark on AWS EC2 and an on-premises Kubernetes cluster.
Prompt 3
Explain how cbtool orchestrates VM creation, workload execution, and teardown for a stress test.
Prompt 4
Help me set up cbtool to generate charts from collected performance data after a benchmark run.

Frequently asked questions

What is cbtool?

A cloud benchmarking toolkit that automatically spins up VMs, runs realistic workloads and stress tests, collects performance data, and tears everything down across multiple cloud platforms.

Is cbtool actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2020-11-19).

What license does cbtool use?

License is not stated in the available content.

How hard is cbtool to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is cbtool for?

Mainly ops devops.

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