Add load test

alerting/rules.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ groups:
 - name: WebServerAlerts
   rules:
   - alert: HighResponseTime
-    expr: rate(http_request_duration_seconds_sum[5m]) / rate(http_request_duration_seconds_count[5m]) > 0.5
+    expr: rate(flask_http_request_duration_seconds_sum[5m]) / rate(flask_http_request_duration_seconds_count[5m]) > 0.5
     for: 5m
     labels:
       severity: warning
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ groups:
       description: Average response time is above 500ms for 5 minutes
 
   - alert: HighErrorRate
-    expr: rate(http_requests_total{status_code=~"5.."}[5m]) / rate(http_requests_total[5m]) > 0.05
+    expr: rate(flask_http_requests_total{status_code=~"5.."}[5m]) / rate(flask_http_requests_total[5m]) > 0.05
     for: 5m
     labels:
       severity: critical

locust/docker-compose.locust.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  locust:
+    image: locustio/locust
+    volumes:
+      - .:/mnt/locust  # Mount the current folder, NOT ./locust
+    working_dir: /mnt/locust
+    command: locust -f /mnt/locust/locustfile.py
+    ports:
+      - "8089:8089"

locust/locustfile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from locust import HttpUser, task, between
+
+class WebUser(HttpUser):
+    wait_time = between(1, 3)
+
+
+    host = "http://localhost:7100"  
+
+    @task(3)
+    def load_homepage(self):
+        """Request the home page."""
+        self.client.get("/", allow_redirects=False)  
+
+    @task(1)
+    def health_check(self):
+        """Call the health check endpoint without a trailing slash."""
+        self.client.get("/health", allow_redirects=False)  
+
+    @task(2)
+    def send_post_request(self):
+        """Simulate sending a POST request."""
+        self.client.post("/health", json={"message": "test payload"}, allow_redirects=False)