Quickstart#

Create and run a load test with PFLB Platform.

Sign in PFLB Platform#

  1. Open PFLB Platform, and, in the upper menu, click Sign In. The page opens:

    ../_images/um_login.png

  2. Sign up or sign in PFLB Platform with password or Google. The start screen opens:

    ../_images/um_start_screen.cloud.png

Add a use case and requests to the test#

  1. In the upper menu, click + New test. The Use cases & requests step opens:

    ../_images/um_new_test.cloud.png

  2. Click + Add use case. A new use case will appear:

    ../_images/um_new_group.png

  3. Go to the use case or click edit_button. The editor opens:

    ../_images/um_editor.en.png

  4. Use Drag & Drop to move the HTTP request element into the transaction.

  5. Expand the transaction and click edit_button:

    ../_images/um_transaction.png

    The dialog opens:

    ../_images/um_empty_request.png

  6. Add the request URL. For example:

    ../_images/um_request_parametres.en.png

  7. Click Save. Уou have added the first request to your test:

    ../_images/um_new_request2.cloud.png

  8. At the bottom of the page, click Save.

Edit a load profile#

  1. In the lower-right corner, click Load profile. The next step in creating a test opens:

    ../_images/um_test_parametres1.en.png

  2. Optional: Configure the load profile.

Configure SLA#

  1. In the lower-right corner, click SLA. The next step in creating a test opens:

    ../_images/um_add_sla.en.png

  2. Optional: Add SLA to the test.

Check the test#

  1. In the lower-right corner, click Test overview. The last step in creating a test opens:

    ../_images/um_test_overview.cloud.png

  2. Check the test use cases, load profile and SLA before running. Edit them if needed.

Run the test#

  1. Click Create test run. The sidebar opens:

    ../_images/um_run_test.en.png

  2. Click Run test. The test will run after some time. The running test is displayed in the Test Runs page:

    ../_images/um_running_test.en.png

  3. Click Test Details and follow the testing in PFLB Platform. If needed, to view the test metrics in Grafana, click Detailed stats:

    ../_images/um_run_detailed_stats.en.png

Analyze results of testing#

After the test is completed, thе page has the following data: