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k6-action

See also

• Performance testing with Grafana k6 and GitHub Actions

Local test

name: Main Workflow
on: [push]
jobs:
  build:
    name: Run k6 test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run k6 local test
        uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
        with:
          filename: my-load-test.js
          flags: --vus 50 --duration 10s

Cloud test

name: Main Workflow
on: [push]
jobs:
  build:
    name: Run k6 test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run k6 cloud test
        uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
        with:
          filename: my-load-test.js
          flags: --vus 50 --duration 10s
          cloud: true
          token: ${{ secrets.K6_CLOUD_API_TOKEN }}

Inputs

Filename

steps:
  - name: Run k6 local test
    uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
    with:
      filename: my-script-file.js

Sets the filename of the test script to execute. This property is relative to the workspace directory. If omitted, it defaults to test.js.

Cloud

environment: test

steps:
  - name: Run k6 cloud test
    uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
    with:
      cloud: true
      token: ${{ secrets.K6_CLOUD_API_TOKEN }}

Enables execution in Grafana Cloud k6. Additional details on the k6 cloud offering are available at https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/k6/.

You can use a Grafana Cloud k6 personal API token, or a Grafana Stack API token. For more details, refer to Authenticate on the CLI.

Flags

steps:
  - name: Run k6 local test
    uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
    with:
      flags: --vus 50 --duration 10s

Any additional arguments or flags to pass to the k6 CLI. The full list of possible options is available at https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/using-k6/k6-options/reference/.

For additional information, and help getting started, see https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/get-started/running-k6/.

Environment Variables

Environment variables can be added the same way as you do it locally, using the flags action option:

steps:
  - name: Run k6 local test
    uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
    with:
      filename: my-script-file.js
      flags: --env MY_VAR=42

Or can be scoped to the action step:

steps:
  - name: Run k6 local test
    uses: grafana/k6-action@v0.3.1
    with:
      filename: my-script-file.js
    env:
      MY_VAR: 42