DrupalCon Nashville 2018: Load Testing Drupal At Scale with Locust.io

This talk focuses on the importance of load testing in ensuring the scalability of Drupal applications in enterprise environments. The speaker discusses the limitations of traditional load testing tools, such as Apache Bench, in accurately simulating user behavior during high traffic scenarios. Drawing from extensive experience in load testing, the speaker presents an efficient framework combining Elastic Beanstalk, Locust, and CasperJS to effectively perform load tests. The session explores a specific use case of testing a non-profit Drupal marketing site with an e-commerce donation flow, providing attendees with a valuable understanding of how to implement high-scale load testing using open source tools and on-demand infrastructure. Participants are encouraged to have a working knowledge of Drupal, PHP, and Javascript, as well as familiarity with Amazon Web Services.