Mattermost Load Test

The Load Test project is responsible for spinning up goroutines to simulate load on any mattermost server. By creating TestPlans, the application can generate a huge bulk of output that is sure to stress any system.

Configure & Run

In most cases you should be in the command line and your working directory should be the project folder

Gather your dependencies: glide install
Build the project: go build
Echo your environment variables: export THREADS=3000; export ...
Run Project: ./mattermost-load-test
Enjoy the results....

The bin/ folder holds a few examples of short scripts that may help. Notice the echo_example.sh that exports your setup. Or the run_example.sh that could be duplicated for each scenario you want to run.

RethinkDB if you set the DBURL variable, then the application will expect RethinkDB running. Simply set the variable to to ignore this feature. This will eventually feed into a graphical front-end (read: contribution)

HTTPS/WSS if you set any of the mattermost server or websocket urls to use a secure protocol, then the certificate must be signed. The platform library has a hard time handling self-signed certificates.

Application Flow

The main function will load the config from environment.go and maps env variables to the Config. Loggers and Cache are created. A GroupManager is spawned and responsible for creating it's Group. The Group handles the kick off of Global Startup and staring for all Threads within the ramp up time. Threads run the test plan that was selected via env variables and report back to the Group which aggregates the metrics. The GroupManger will sample the thread Group every 5 seconds, clear the data, and send off the results to Database and logs.

Docker Runtime

There is a limited test with Docker included. More details to be included.