Load test types

Smoke testing

import http from 'k6/http';
import { check, sleep } from 'k6';
export const options = {
  vus: 3, // Key for Smoke test. Keep it at 2, 3, max 5 VUs
  duration: '1m', // This can be shorter or just a few iterations
};
export default () => {
  const urlRes = http.get('https://quickpizza.grafana.com');
  sleep(1);
  // MORE STEPS
  // Add only the processes that will be on high demand
  // Step1
  // Step2
  // etc.
};

Average-load testing

import http from 'k6/http';
import { sleep } from 'k6';
export const options = {
  // Key configurations for avg load test in this section
  stages: [
    { duration: '5m', target: 100 }, // traffic ramp-up from 1 to 100 users over 5 minutes.
    { duration: '30m', target: 100 }, // stay at 100 users for 30 minutes
    { duration: '5m', target: 0 }, // ramp-down to 0 users
  ],
};
export default () => {
  const urlRes = http.get('https://quickpizza.grafana.com');
  sleep(1);
};

Stress testing

import http from 'k6/http';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export const options = {
  // Key configurations for Stress in this section
  stages: [
    { duration: '10m', target: 200 }, // traffic ramp-up from 1 to a higher 200 users over 10 minutes.
    { duration: '30m', target: 200 }, // stay at higher 200 users for 30 minutes
    { duration: '5m', target: 0 }, // ramp-down to 0 users
  ],
};

export default () => {
  const urlRes = http.get('https://quickpizza.grafana.com');
  sleep(1);
};

Soak testing

import http from 'k6/http';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export const options = {
  // Key configurations for Soak test in this section
  stages: [
    { duration: '5m', target: 100 }, // traffic ramp-up from 1 to 100 users over 5 minutes.
    { duration: '8h', target: 100 }, // stay at 100 users for 8 hours!!!
    { duration: '5m', target: 0 }, // ramp-down to 0 users
  ],
};

export default () => {
  const urlRes = http.get('https://quickpizza.grafana.com');
  sleep(1);
};

Spike testing

import http from 'k6/http';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export const options = {
  // Key configurations for spike in this section
  stages: [
    { duration: '2m', target: 2000 }, // fast ramp-up to a high point
    // No plateau
    { duration: '1m', target: 0 }, // quick ramp-down to 0 users
  ],
};

export default () => {
  const urlRes = http.get('https://quickpizza.grafana.com');
  sleep(1);
};

Breakpoint testing

import http from 'k6/http';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export const options = {
  // Key configurations for breakpoint in this section
  executor: 'ramping-arrival-rate', //Assure load increase if the system slows
  stages: [
    { duration: '2h', target: 20000 }, // just slowly ramp-up to a HUGE load
  ],
};

export default () => {
  const urlRes = http.get('https://quickpizza.grafana.com');
  sleep(1);
};