This repository is useful for conducting load tests on your Kubernetes cluster.

The load test is composed of two sets of either client or server pods:

• N * k6-load-test
• M * server

A total of M+N pods are launched, where N is the number of k6-load-test replicas, and M is the number of server replicas. Both replica numbers can be configured in the load-test.yaml manifest.

    spec:
      containers:
      - name: k6
        image: alongir/k6-loadtest:latest
        env:
          - name: VUS       # concurrency level
            value: "300"
          - name: DURATION  # duration of keeping the load after a 20s ramp up
            value: "3h"
          - name: URL       # The URL to download
            value: "http://server.ks-load.svc.cluster.local/smap.png"
          - name: SLEEP     # Wait time between downloads
            value: "0"

505742B - http://server.ks-load.svc.cluster.local/smap.png

1024B - http://server.ks-load.svc.cluster.local/1k.png

12164B - http://server.ks-load.svc.cluster.local/ks_logo.png

All files are available also via TLS. Just replace http:// with https:// in URL value.

Adjust the replicas fields for both deployments to control the number of server and client instances.

kubectl apply -f load-test.yaml

kubectl delete -f load-test.yaml