ccravens / amq-test

AMQP-Tester

A basic project for load testing AMQP messaging installs.

Running the Test Framework

You can run the basic setup via docker-compose with:

docker-compose up --build

In the docker-compose.yml, you can see it will stand up an active-mq server, a publisher, and a consumer. The src/loadtester.py file is the source for both the publisher and consumer. You control it's behavior via environment variables.

Configuring loadtester Image

Use the following environment variables:

• TEST_ROLE: Valid values are publisher or consumer.
• AMQP_SERVER: The host an port to use for the AMQP server.
• AMQP_ADDRESS: The address of the messaging queue to communicate with.
• RECURRING_PUBLISHER_PERIOD: Float number determining how many seconds to wait between sending each message.
• RECURRING_PUBLISHER_MIN_MSG_LEN: Minimum length of random messages to be generated for transmission during the test.
• RECURRING_PUBLISHER_MAX_MSG_LEN: Maximum length of random messages to be generated for transmission during the test.