TestEngineering/Services/FxALoadTesting

Load Test Tool Client

• It is always best to configure an AWS instance as the load test tool client/host.
• The actual Load Test broker and agents run in the Load Test environment set up by rfkelly. See the following wiki:
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Services/FxATestEnvironments#FxA_Load_Test_Environment

Creating a RHEL AWS instance

• Pick a Region then Create Instance > Launch Instance
• Follow the prompts to create a basic, RHEL-flavored instance
• Use of the QA/Dev key pairs that have been set up for this:
  • US East Key Pair: QA-Dev-Share (created by jbonacci) for general use
  • US West Key Pair: QA-dev-share (created by RaFromBRC) for general use
• Once the instance is running, log in as "ec2-user"

• The following apps, tools, and libs will need to be installed for use with various Services applications:
  • gcc gcc-c++
  • hg
  • git
  • python-devel
  • automake, autoconf, and libtool (required for libzmq, for easy_install)
  • pip
  • virtualenv
• Install node/npm
• install zeromq 3.X
• Install gmp, gmp-devel

• Also, general rhel updates:

$ sudo yum -y update
and/or
$ sudo yum -y upgrade

• Now, the instance should be ready for installing and using the Loads tool.