CPU limit test
We test the CPU limit in this example using an image based on petermaric/docker.cpu-stress-test. Since that image is outdated, we create a new image similar to Peter Maric’s work.
docker build -t localhost/stress .
Execute the following command to test a whole CPU core:
docker run -it --rm \
-e STRESS_MAX_CPU_CORES=1 \
-e STRESS_SYSTEM_FOR=30 \
--cpus=1 \
localhost/stress
Run “top” in an other terminal to see that the “stress” process uses 100% of one CPU.
Press Ctrl-C and execute the following command to test two CPU core and allow the container to use only 1 and a half CPU.
docker run -it --rm \
-e STRESS_MAX_CPU_CORES=2 \
-e STRESS_TIMEOUT=30 \
--cpus=1.5 \
localhost/stress
Use “top” again to see that the “stress” process uses 75% of two CPU.
You can test on one CPU core again and allow the container to use 50% of a specific CPU core by setting the core index.
docker run -it --rm \
-e MAX_CPU_CORES=1 \
-e STRESS_SYSTEM_FOR=60 \
--cpus=0.5 \
--cpuset-cpus=0 \
localhost/stress
You can use top again, but do not forget to add the index column to the list:
run “top”
press “f”
Select column “P” by navigating with the arrow keys
Press “SPACE” to select “P”
Press “ESC”
Now you can see the indexes in the column “P”.
Press “1” to list all the CPU-s at the top of the terminal so you can see the usage of all the CPU-s.
Clean the project:
docker-compose down