README.md

Plio load testing

This repository is responsible for load testing of Plio environments.

Installation

1. Create a new EC2 instance
   1. OS: Ubuntu 20.04 amdx64 LTS
   2. Type: r5.large (or based on your preference)
   3. Security group: should only have SSH port open
2. Add the EC2 IP to the DNS provider firewall protocol so that it doesn't get blocked due to request limits.
3. SSH into the EC2 instance and run the following commands

   # ssh into the server
   ssh -i PRIVATE_KEY_FILE.pem ubuntu@EC2_INSTANCE_IP
   
   # install k6
   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys C5AD17C747E3415A3642D57D77C6C491D6AC1D69
   echo "deb https://dl.k6.io/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/k6.list
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install k6
   
   # OS fine tuning
   sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range="1024 65535"
   sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse=1
   sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=1
   ulimit -n 1000000
   
   # clone this repo
   git clone https://github.com/avantifellows/plio-load-testing
   
   # go to the project/tests directory
   cd plio-load-testing/tests
   
   # run the load testing script
   k6 run script_file.js
   
   # run the load testing script with ACCESS TOKEN
   k6 run -e ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token script_file.js