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sample	yaml python	azure azure-devops azure-container-instance	services Containerinstance	Performance Testing with K6 and ACI	Automate performace tests using K6 and Azure Container Instance.	k6-aci

Performance Testing with K6 and ACI

This sample code briefly describes how to use K6 performance testing tool to execute tests in Azure Container Instance(ACI).

Prerequisites

You should have the following tools installed:

• Shell
• Azure CLI
• Azure DevOps CLI extension
• jq

You should have the following Azure resources:

• Azure DevOps Project
• Azure Container Registry (ACR) with Admin user enabled

Getting Started

1. Importing this repository to Azure DevOps

Log in to Azure through Azure CLI:

az login

NOTE: Make sure you are using the correct subscription. You can use az account show to display what is the current selected one and az account set to change it.

Configure Azure DevOps CLI with your organization/project settings:

ORGANIZATION_URL=https://dev.azure.com/your-organization
PROJECT_NAME=YourProject

az devops configure --defaults organization=$ORGANIZATION_URL project=$PROJECT_NAME

Import this repository on your Azure DevOps project:

REPOSITORY_NAME=k6-load-test-with-aci
REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/Azure-Samples/k6-load-test-with-aci

az repos create --name $REPOSITORY_NAME
az repos import create --git-source-url $REPOSITORY_URL --repository $REPOSITORY_NAME

2. Configuring Azure credentials

Create an Azure service principal:

SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME=AzureServicePrincipal

SERVICE_PRINCIPAL=$(az ad sp create-for-rbac --name $SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME)

Run the following commands to fill the credentials variables:

CLIENT_ID=$(echo $SERVICE_PRINCIPAL | jq -r .appId)
CLIENT_SECRET=$(echo $SERVICE_PRINCIPAL | jq -r .password)
TENANT_ID=$(echo $SERVICE_PRINCIPAL | jq -r .tenant)
SUBSCRIPTION_ID=$(az account show | jq -r .id)
SUBSCRIPTION_NAME=$(az account show | jq -r .name)

Create an Azure service connection on Azure DevOps:

SERVICE_CONNECTION_NAME=AzureServiceConnection

export AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_AZURE_RM_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_KEY=$CLIENT_SECRET

SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ID=$(az devops service-endpoint azurerm create --azure-rm-service-principal-id $CLIENT_ID \
                        --azure-rm-subscription-id $SUBSCRIPTION_ID --azure-rm-subscription-name $SUBSCRIPTION_NAME  \
                        --azure-rm-tenant-id $TENANT_ID --name $SERVICE_CONNECTION_NAME | jq -r .id)

az devops service-endpoint update --id $SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ID --enable-for-all true

3. Creating and Running the Docker Pipeline

PIPELINE_NAME_DOCKER=sample-app-build

az pipelines create --name $PIPELINE_NAME_DOCKER --repository $REPOSITORY_NAME \
    --repository-type tfsgit --branch main \
    --yml-path pipelines/azure-pipelines.docker.yml

4. Creating the K6 Pipeline

PIPELINE_NAME_K6=k6-load-test

az pipelines create --name $PIPELINE_NAME_K6 --repository $REPOSITORY_NAME \
    --repository-type tfsgit --branch main --skip-first-run \
    --yml-path pipelines/azure-pipelines.load-test.yml

The K6 test application docker image

Creating tests scripts

Deploying to ACI

Publishing test results to Azure DevOps