title: How to use Apache Benchmark (ab) to login to a site
body: <p>I am running a php based web application in Ubuntu platform. I want to perform load testing to 1000 concurrent users for the login process. (when correct username and password are provided, it will be directed to the home page). </p>
  
  <p>I am using Apache Benchmark (ab) to do the load testing. I used this command  to load the login page alone.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    ab -n 1000 -c 1000 http://localhost/etsp/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I extend this command to test the login process? What I meant was, is there any way to provide username and password to this? </p>
  
  <p>Any hint will be highly appreciated. </p>