Azure Front Door Caching Experiment

Question

Hi,

I have a question with regards to caching experiment on azure front door, busy with an experiment. Below are more details:

-Experiment runs on an environment for a few days (to allow the cache to "warm up")

-Environment can be pre-existing app or new app (preferably with Okta login but not a must)
—NGINX test app
—Or Real App
—Test Compression

-Increased Load on experiment (Greater than ? concurrent tests)
—What tool shall we use to create load? (Jmeter / Codecept) - K6?

-Multiple Geographies used.

-Benchmarking from Azure App Insights to verify test setup.

Any help or input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello @Johann van der Westhuizen ,

Apologies for the delay in response.

Azure DevOps Load Testing with Jmeter was a nice feature to perform Cloud-based load testing (CLT) but unfortunately it has been deprecated on April 29, 2021.
Refer : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/devops/test/load-test/overview?view=azure-devops
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/azure-on-the-cheap-azure-front-door-caching-vs-azure-cdn/ba-p/1372262
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/53875.azure-devops-getting-started-with-jmeter-load-tests.aspx

However, you can prefer to continue using a self-service model for load test and cloud-load testing as there are a number of free and commercial tools available. For example, Apache JMeter is a free, popular open-source tool with a strong community backing.
Refer : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/devops/test/load-test/overview?view=azure-devops#alternatives

Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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