SSHing to server to run k6 test on server due to network setup which means the website is not accessible from the Git workflow IPs

Author: FaizFarooqMoazam

.github/workflows/k6-performance.yml

@@ -11,28 +11,55 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  k6-test:
+  load-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only run if the VM Deploy workflow succeeded
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
 
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Setup k6
-      uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
-      with:
-        filename: my-test.js
-        
-    - name: Run k6 performance test
-      run: |
-        echo "Running k6 tests after successful VM deployment..."
-        k6 run my-test.js --out json=k6-results.json
-        
-    - name: Upload k6 results
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: always()
-      with:
-        name: k6-performance-results
-        path: k6-results.json
+      - name: Copy test file to server
+        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.7
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.SERVER_IP }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.SERVER_ADMIN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_PASSWORD }}
+          source: "my-test.js"
+          target: "/tmp/"
+      
+      - name: Run K6 test on server
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.2.1
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.SERVER_IP }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.SERVER_ADMIN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_PASSWORD }}
+          script: |
+            # Install k6 if not already installed
+            if ! command -v k6 &> /dev/null; then
+              sudo gpg -k
+              sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/k6-archive-keyring.gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys C5AD17C747E3415A3642D57D77C6C491D6AC1D69
+              echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/k6-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dl.k6.io/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/k6.list
+              sudo apt-get update
+              sudo apt-get install -y k6
+            fi
+            
+            # Run test (use localhost since we're on the server)
+            cd /tmp
+            k6 run my-test.js --out json=results.json
+      
+      - name: Download results
+        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.7
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.SERVER_IP }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.SERVER_ADMIN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_PASSWORD }}
+          source: "/tmp/results.json"
+          target: "."
+          download: true
+      
+      - name: Upload results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: k6-results
+          path: results.json

my-test.js

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export const options = {
 };
 
 export default function() {
-  let res = http.get('https://crs-17313-nodegpt.qatar.cmu.edu/');
+  // Use localhost since we're running ON the server
+  let res = http.get('https://localhost/');
   expect.soft(res.status).toBe(200);
   sleep(1);
-}
+}