xk6-mqtt

This is a k6 extension using the xk6 system.

❗ This is a proof of concept, isn't supported by the k6 team, and may break in the future. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

This project is a k6 extension that can be used to load test Mqtt. Per each connection to Mqtt, many messages can be sent. These messages are an array of strings. There is also a consumer for testing purposes, i.e. to make sure you send the correct data to Mqtt. The consumer is not meant to be used for testing Mqtt under load.

In order to build the source, you should have the latest version of Go (go1.15) installed. I recommend you to have gvm installed.

Build

To build a k6 binary with this extension, first ensure you have the prerequisites:

• gvm
• Git

Then, install xk6 and build your custom k6 binary with the Mqtt extension:

1. Install xk6:

$ go install github.com/k6io/xk6/cmd/xk6@latest

2. Build the binary: from latest version

$ xk6 build --with github.com/pmalhaire/xk6-mqtt@latest

3. Build the binary: from source code

git clone github.com/pmalhaire/xk6-mqtt
cd xk6-mqtt
$ xk6 build --with github.com/pmalhaire/xk6-mqtt=.

Run & Test

First, you need to have your Mqtt development environment setup.

For example you can use vernemq

docker run -p 1883:1883 -e "DOCKER_VERNEMQ_ACCEPT_EULA=yes" -e DOCKER_VERNEMQ_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS=on --name vernemq -d vernemq/vernemq

k6 Test

The test file does the following.

Creates per VU (concurrent clients) :

• one topic
• one subscribe connection (done at first iteration)
• one publish connection (done at first iteration)

Per iteration : Subscribe to topic Publish to topic Read and check message result

You can run the test using the following command:

./k6 run --vus 50 --duration 1m test.js

And here's the test result output:

          /\      |‾‾| /‾‾/   /‾‾/   
     /\  /  \     |  |/  /   /  /    
    /  \/    \    |     (   /   ‾‾\  
   /          \   |  |\  \ |  (‾)  | 
  / __________ \  |__| \__\ \_____/ .io

  execution: local
     script: test.js
     output: -

  scenarios: (100.00%) 1 scenario, 50 max VUs, 1m30s max duration (incl. graceful stop):
           * default: 50 looping VUs for 1m0s (gracefulStop: 30s)


running (1m00.0s), 00/50 VUs, 570339 complete and 0 interrupted iterations
default ✓ [======================================] 50 VUs  1m0s

     ✓ is pub connected
     ✓ is sub connected
     ✓ is subscribed
     ✓ is sent
     ✓ is received
     ✓ is content correct

     █ teardown

     checks...............: 100.00% ✓ 3422034 ✗ 0   
     data_received........: 0 B     0 B/s
     data_sent............: 0 B     0 B/s
     iteration_duration...: avg=5.25ms min=5.96µs med=4.49ms max=59.65ms p(90)=7.39ms p(95)=11.6ms
     iterations...........: 570339  9504.706041/s
     publish_time.........: avg=1.73ms min=0s     med=1ms    max=41ms    p(90)=3ms    p(95)=4ms   
     subscribe_time.......: avg=2.86ms min=0s     med=2ms    max=43ms    p(90)=4ms    p(95)=6ms   
     vus..................: 50      min=50    max=50
     vus_max..............: 50      min=50    max=50