K6 Load Testing

K6 is an open-source tool and cloud service that makes load testing easy for developers and QA engineers.

Prerequisite: Make sure you have set up an account in k6.io or get the API keys from an admin.

1. On the Edit build pipeline page, select the Pre-Build Stage (or Post-Build Stage).

2. Click + Add task.

3. Select K6 Load Testing from PRESET PLUGINS.

• Enter a relevant name in the Task name field. It is a mandatory field.

• Enter a descriptive message for the task in the Description field. It is an optional field.

• Provide a value for the input variable. Note: The value may be any of the values from the previous build stages, a global variable, or a custom value.

Variable	Format	Description

• Trigger/Skip Condition refers to a conditional statement to execute or skip the task. You can select either:

  • Set trigger conditions or

  • Set skip conditions

• Click Update Pipeline.