I have a number of tests I have created, using different tooling, to test the site functionally and performance, and for its different locations/installations. I usually run the tests from my Linux box command line and they are controlled via a script which manages all the run-time configuration for each tool and test.
The main script for controlling and running the tests can be found here in colour HTML format (
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Many of the above tests use the excellent 
as an execution platform.