K6-tutorial

This repo contains files that are meant to help anyone understand K6 scripting usage. It is just an example with a script and data set file working together to simulate workload on an application.

Content

• Installation

  • Installation of K6
  • Installation of a sample web application

• Run the test on your local machine

  • Download files on your local machine
  • Run the test

Installation

Installation of K6

Depending on platform you are on, the installation of K6 is detailed on https://k6.io/docs/getting-started/installation/

Installation of a sample web application

In the application folder there is a jar package file. It represents the application that you have to deploy to run your test agains't. The app will run on port 8080

$ java -jar mybatis-spring-boot-jpetstore-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Run the test on your local machine

Download files on your local machine

The js file is the result of har file generated from the web browser after recording all requests. The har-to-k6 tool then allows to generate a js script that you can modify as you see fit.

• Browse.js => this script is written in javascript containing
• data.json => It contains an example of file containing test data set

Run the test

$ k6 run browse.js