[testing] Add local kube support for load tests (#3986)

Author: RodrigoVillar

Taskfile.yml

@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ tasks:
       - task: generate-load-contract-bindings
       - task: build
       - cmd: go run ./tests/load/c/main --avalanchego-path=./build/avalanchego {{.CLI_ARGS}}
+    
+  test-load-kube:
+    desc: Runs load tests against a network deployed to kube
+    cmds: 
+      - task: generate-load-contract-bindings
+      - cmd: bash -x ./scripts/tests.load.kube.sh {{.CLI_ARGS}}
 
   test-load-exclusive:
     desc: Runs load tests against kube with exclusive scheduling

scripts/tests.load.kube.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Run load test against nodes deployed to a kind cluster
+
+if ! [[ "$0" =~ scripts/tests.load.kube.sh ]]; then
+    echo "must be run from repository root"
+    exit 255
+fi
+
+# This script will use kubeconfig arguments if supplied
+./scripts/start_kind_cluster.sh "$@"
+
+# Build AvalancheGo image
+AVALANCHEGO_IMAGE="localhost:5001/avalanchego"
+DOCKER_IMAGE="$AVALANCHEGO_IMAGE" FORCE_TAG_LATEST=1 ./scripts/build_image.sh 
+
+go run ./tests/load/c/main --runtime=kube --kube-image="$AVALANCHEGO_IMAGE" "$@"