How do I fix “ssl handshake failed” with ApacheBench?

Question

When I use ApacheBench to test https, the error is returned, \"ssl handshake failed\".

How can I use ApacheBench to test https?

Answer 1

I ran into this problem recently. As a work around I used the loadtest npm package, which has similar options as ab:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/loadtest