Load tests for a production PyBossa instance.
After reviewing several load testing solutions (e.g. JMeter, funkload) we decided to use Locust.
Warning: Please do load tests only with your own PyBossa server! The files in this repo are examples on how to write a load tester for PyBossa.
Installation on a Vagrant VM is recommend because it is optimized for high load testing and it seems to produce more reliable results during our tests.
git clone --recursive https://github.com/PyBossa/loadtesting.git
cd loadtesting
Setup the VM
vagrant up
connect to VM
vagrant ssh
and go the mapped local folder with
cd /vagrant
To run a locust load test file run them e.g. with
locust -f pybossa-locust/mainandprojects.py --host http://yourpybossaserver
and open the locust UI in your browser (port 9089):
http://localhost:9089
To start a very simple load test set
users to 100
and
hatch rate to 10
Start running the load test and see the result in your browser! :)
git clone --recursive https://github.com/PyBossa/loadtesting.git
cd loadtesting
It is recommend (but of course optional) to use virtualenv: Manual for virtualenv usage.
pip install -r requirements.txt
All available load tests are in the pybossa-locust folder.
If you want to write them yourself look at the Locust manual.
To run a locust file run them e.g. with
locust -f pybossa-locust/mainandprojects.py --host http://yourpybossaserver
and open the locust UI in your browser:
http://localhost:8089
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