Configuring a load test for your application

Before we learn about the scaling options on Bluemix, let us go ahead and create a load-test scenario for the application we just created. This is required to simulate the conditions for the application where the application would need to scale.

Creating the BlazeMeter service instance

We will use the BlazeMeter service to configure the load-test scenario:

  1. From the Bluemix catalog, select BlazeMeter from the DevOps category of services, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Creating the BlazeMeter service instance

  2. Click BlazeMeter and review the details of the service and the service plan:

  3. Click Create. A BlazeMeter service instance is created: ...

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