allow for load testing connections to hit by a setting

settings.json.template

@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 
   // restrict socket.io transport methods
   "socketTransportProtocols" : ["xhr-polling", "jsonp-polling", "htmlfile"],
+
+  // Allow Load Testing tools to hit the Etherpad Instance.  Warning this will disable security on the instance.
+  "loadTest": false,
   
   /* The toolbar buttons configuration.
   "toolbar": {

src/node/hooks/express/socketio.js

@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
 
   io.use(function(socket, accept) {
     var data = socket.request;
-    if (!data.headers.cookie) return accept('No session cookie transmitted.', false);
-
+    // Use a setting if we want to allow load Testing
+    if(!data.headers.cookie && settings.loadTest){
+      accept(null, true);
+    }else{
+      if (!data.headers.cookie) return accept('No session cookie transmitted.', false);
+    }
     // Use connect's cookie parser, because it knows how to parse signed cookies
     connect.cookieParser(webaccess.secret)(data, {}, function(err){
       if(err) {

src/node/utils/Settings.js

@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ exports.loglevel = "INFO";
  */
 exports.disableIPlogging = false;
 
+/** 
+ * Disable Load Testing
+ */
+exports.loadTest = false;
+
 /*
 * log4js appender configuration
 */