setup-load-generator.md

Load Generator Setup Instructions

Setting up VM for load generation

1. Create an Ubuntu VM

2. Create a firewall rule for TCP port 8089 or whichever port the locust web interface will be run on

3. Install Python 3.10+

4. Create a virtual environment and activate it

5. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Change directory to backend-load-gen or frontend-load-gen depending on use-case and run

locust

6. Navigate to http://<VM-ip:8089/ on your local machine to view the locust web interface and run tests