Aden

This guide will help you deploy and run load tests for your Astro static blog to ensure it can handle your expected traffic.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or later)
• k6 load testing tool
• Your Astro blog deployed to a production environment

Installation Steps

1. Install k6

   For macOS:

   brew install k6

   For Windows:

   choco install k6
   

   For Linux:

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys C5AD17C747E3415A3642D57D77C6C491D6AC1D69
   echo "deb https://dl.k6.io/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/k6.list
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install k6

2. Create your test script. Save the provided test script as loadtest.js in your project directory.

3. Configure the script for your blog. Update the URLs in the script to match your actual blog's endpoints:

   javascriptCopyconst urls = [
   'https://yourblog.com/',                // Homepage
   'https://yourblog.com/about',           // About page
   // Add other important pages and API endpoints
   ];

Running the Tests

1. Basic test run

   k6 run loadtest.js

2. Output to JSON for further analysis

   k6 run --out json=results.json loadtest.js

3. Run with custom options

   k6 run --vus 10 --duration 30s loadtest.js