Load testing
You may wonder how Gotenberg behaves under load.
In order to help you having an idea, we created a bunch of scenarios for the k6 load testing tool.
The Gotenberg container (version 6.0.0 and default options) was hosted on a AWS EC2 t2.micro instance (1 vCPU and 1 Go of RAM, low to average network performances).
The k6 scenarios have been performed on a MacBook Pro 2016 (2 GHz Intel Core i5 and 16 Go 1867 MHz LPDDR3).
HTML
The HTML scenario is quite simple:
- Ramp up from 0 to 100 virtual users, each one uploading as many time as possible the HTML test data.
- Stop when at least one response is not an HTTP 200 code.
$ k6 run --env MAX_VUS=100 --env BASE_URL=http://ec2-foo.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com html.js
/\ |‾‾| /‾‾/ /‾/
/\ / \ | |_/ / / /
/ \/ \ | | / ‾‾\
/ \ | |‾\ \ | (_) |
/ __________ \ |__| \__\ \___/ .io
execution: local
output: -
script: html.js
duration: -, iterations: -
vus: 1, max: 100
done [==========================================================] 1m11.9s / 10m0s
✗ is status 200
↳ 99% — ✓ 179 / ✗ 1
✗ is not status 504
↳ 99% — ✓ 179 / ✗ 1
✓ is not status 500
checks.....................: 99.62% ✓ 538 ✗ 2
data_received..............: 41 MB 576 kB/s
data_sent..................: 8.5 MB 118 kB/s
✗ failed requests............: 1 0.013895/s
http_req_blocked...........: avg=1.58ms min=2µs med=5µs max=59.73ms p(90)=10.19µs p(95)=20.57ms
http_req_connecting........: avg=1.56ms min=0s med=0s max=59.61ms p(90)=0s p(95)=20.48ms
http_req_duration..........: avg=2.3s min=1.32s med=1.67s max=10.2s p(90)=4.41s p(95)=7.54s
http_req_receiving.........: avg=99.01ms min=127µs med=98.4ms max=154.86ms p(90)=115.92ms p(95)=122.42ms
http_req_sending...........: avg=232.69µs min=133µs med=207µs max=1.16ms p(90)=335.4µs p(95)=382.64µs
http_req_tls_handshaking...: avg=0s min=0s med=0s max=0s p(90)=0s p(95)=0s
http_req_waiting...........: avg=2.2s min=1.21s med=1.56s max=10.2s p(90)=4.32s p(95)=7.45s
http_reqs..................: 180 2.501138/s
iteration_duration.........: avg=2.3s min=1.33s med=1.67s max=10.22s p(90)=4.45s p(95)=7.54s
iterations.................: 180 2.501138/s
vus........................: 12 min=1 max=12
vus_max....................: 100 min=100 max=100
In our use case, when reaching 12 virtual users (~2,5 requests per second), some incoming requests cannot be fulfilled before 10 seconds (DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT value).
During this test, CPU usage went from 0 to 100% and memory usage stayed low (Google Chrome go from 64.1 MB to 64.9 MB).
Office
The Office scenario is the same as the HTML scenario, but with a document.docx.
$ k6 run --env MAX_VUS=100 --env BASE_URL=http://ec2-foo.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com office.js
/\ |‾‾| /‾‾/ /‾/
/\ / \ | |_/ / / /
/ \/ \ | | / ‾‾\
/ \ | |‾\ \ | (_) |
/ __________ \ |__| \__\ \___/ .io
execution: local
output: -
script: office.js
duration: -, iterations: -
vus: 1, max: 100
done [==========================================================] 2m7.9s / 10m0s
✗ is status 200
↳ 99% — ✓ 481 / ✗ 3
✗ is not status 504
↳ 99% — ✓ 481 / ✗ 3
✓ is not status 500
checks.....................: 99.58% ✓ 1446 ✗ 6
data_received..............: 40 MB 312 kB/s
data_sent..................: 45 MB 348 kB/s
✗ failed requests............: 3 0.023446/s
http_req_blocked...........: avg=1.85ms min=2µs med=5µs max=373.57ms p(90)=12.69µs p(95)=23.84µs
http_req_connecting........: avg=1.11ms min=0s med=0s max=47.62ms p(90)=0s p(95)=0s
http_req_duration..........: avg=2.65s min=289.89ms med=2.48s max=10.08s p(90)=4.51s p(95)=5.43s
http_req_receiving.........: avg=57.15ms min=79µs med=51.53ms max=200.89ms p(90)=81.12ms p(95)=91.61ms
http_req_sending...........: avg=387.86µs min=159µs med=332µs max=3.87ms p(90)=513.1µs p(95)=695µs
http_req_tls_handshaking...: avg=0s min=0s med=0s max=0s p(90)=0s p(95)=0s
http_req_waiting...........: avg=2.59s min=264.48ms med=2.4s max=10.08s p(90)=4.45s p(95)=5.37s
http_reqs..................: 484 3.782635/s
iteration_duration.........: avg=2.65s min=290.24ms med=2.48s max=10.08s p(90)=4.51s p(95)=5.43s
iterations.................: 484 3.782635/s
vus........................: 22 min=1 max=22
vus_max....................: 100 min=100 max=100
In our use case, when reaching 22 virtual users (~3,7 requests per second), some incoming requests cannot be fulfilled before 10 seconds (DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT value).
During this test, CPU usage went from 0 to 100% and memory usage stayed low.