diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
+
+# Local History for Visual Studio Code
+.history/
+
+# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
+*.vsix
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diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Usage ./build.sh repo/user [push]
+#
+IMAGE_PREFIX="${1:-app-simulator}"
+
+for DIR in nodes/*;
+do
+  if [ -d $DIR ] ; then
+    echo "Building ${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR`..."
+    docker build --platform=linux/amd64  -t "${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR`" $DIR;
+    if [ "$2" == "push" ]; then
+        echo "Pushing ${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR` to registry ...."
+        docker push "${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR`"
+        # Add your commands here
+    fi
+  fi
+done;
+
+for DIR in loaders/*;
+do
+  if [ -d $DIR ] ; then
+    echo "Building ${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR`..."
+    docker build --platform=linux/amd64  -t "${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR`" $DIR;
+    if [ "$2" == "push" ]; then
+        echo "Pushing ${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR` to registry ...."
+        docker push "${IMAGE_PREFIX}/app-simulator:`basename $DIR`"
+        # Add your commands here
+    fi
+  fi
+done;
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diff --git a/loaders/curl/Dockerfile b/loaders/curl/Dockerfile
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+++ b/loaders/curl/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:latest
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl util-linux
+WORKDIR /usr/bin/
+COPY loader.sh /usr/bin
+RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/loader.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/loader.sh"]
diff --git a/loaders/curl/loader.sh b/loaders/curl/loader.sh
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+++ b/loaders/curl/loader.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Running CURL load in ${WAIT} seconds..."
+echo "URLs to test"
+echo "${URLS}"
+echo "Sleep time inbetween requests ${SLEEP}"
+sleep ${WAIT}
+while [ true ]
+do
+  ID=`uuidgen`
+  for URL in ${URLS}
+  do
+    /usr/bin/curl -s "${URL}?unique_session_id=${ID}"
+    #/usr/bin/curl -s -X POST -d "unique_session_id=${ID}" "${URL}"
+  done
+  sleep ${SLEEP}
+done;