TestEngineering/Services/LoadsV1ClientTestHost

• It is always best to configure an AWS instance as the host for all load testing.
• All load tests can now run on the localhost (the AWS instance) or against the new Loads Cluster.
• See the following links for more information:
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Services/TSVerifierSyncTestEnvironments#Loads_Services_Cluster_Environment
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Services/FxATestEnvironments#FxA_Load_Test_Environment
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Services/LoopTestEnvironments#Loads_Services_Cluster_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
  • node/npm
  • zeromq 3.X
  • 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.

Creating an Ubuntu AWS instance

• Pick a Region then Create Instance > Launch Instance
• Follow the prompts to create a basic, Ubuntu-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 "ubuntu"

• The following apps, tools, and libs will need to be installed for use with various Services applications:
  • gcc, g++
  • mercurial
  • git
  • python-setuptools, python-virtualenv, and python-dev
  • automake, autoconf, libtool
  • m4
  • node/npm
  • libzmq and zeromq 3.X
  • gmp-5.1.3 or newer

• Also, general rhel updates:

$ sudo apt-get update
and/or
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

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