A condensed demo setup of everything you need to get k6 running seriously on k8s

• github account
• PAT with repo:read scope
• a running kubernetes system and the usual suspects of tools. our recommendation: rancher-desktop
• k6 installed
• k6-operator installed
• minimal javascript knowledge
• minimal knowledge about handling dashboard and visualizations in kibana

• clone this repo and open a terminal with prerequisites installed.
• install elasticsearch crds and operator via
  • kubectl create -f https://download.elastic.co/downloads/eck/2.6.1/crds.yaml and
  • kubectl apply -f https://download.elastic.co/downloads/eck/2.6.1/operator.yaml
• OPTIONAL: install grafana operator via
  • kubectl create -k grafana-operator/overlays/cluster_scoped
• create a namespace kubectl create ns k6demo
• switch context kubectl config set-context --current --namespace k6demo
• issue a [token with scope repo:read] (https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=read:packages)
• export the token in your shell export CR_PAT=YOUR_TOKEN
• create a secret to allow k8s to pull from our repository by

kubectl create secret docker-registry github-registry \
--docker-server=https://ghcr.io \
--docker-username=unset \
--docker-password=$CR_PAT \
[email protected] \
-n k6demo

• setup an elastic node kubectl apply -f resources/k6_elasticsearch.yaml

• check elasticsearch with kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Ready elasticsearch metrics-db

• setup a kibana node kubectl apply -f resources/k6_kibana.yaml

• check kibana with kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.health}'=green kibana metrics-ui

• port forward kubectl port-forward service/metrics-ui-kb-http 5601

• open kibana in browser and login with elastic and the password you obtain with this command kubectl get secret metrics-db-es-elastic-user -o=jsonpath='{.data.elastic}' | base64 --decode; echo

• import the saved objects located in kibana folder via Kibana Stack Management

• Check Kibana Dashboards

• done. you have a complete k8s based k6 testing environment.

• OPTIONAL: you can additionally spin up a grafana node now

  • replace the "secret" word in grafana/k6_grafana_datasource.yaml with the password for elastic user
  • kubectl apply -f grafana

• kubectl apply -f resources
• kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.stage}'=finished k6 k6-test-by-deepshore
• now check that dashboard again