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
RelativePathToScript	String	Checkout path + script path along with script name
PrometheusUsername	String	Username of Prometheus account
PrometheusApiKey	String	API key of Prometheus account
PrometheusRemoteWriteEndpoint	String	Remote write endpoint of Prometheus account
OutputType	String	Log or Prometheus

• 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.