AZ-2006: Automate Azure Load Testing by using GitHub Actions

Course Description

AZ-2006: Automate Azure Load Testing by Using GitHub Actions is an instructor-led, one-day course designed to empower developers and DevOps engineers to automate performance testing within their CI/CD pipelines. Leveraging Azure Load Testing and GitHub Actions, this course teaches how to simulate real-world traffic, validate application resilience, and integrate load testing seamlessly into deployment workflows. Participants will gain hands-on experience in creating and managing load tests, configuring authentication, and automating test execution to ensure consistent application performance and scalability.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

• DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and Software Developers looking to integrate automated performance testing into their CI/CD pipelines using Azure Load Testing and GitHub Actions.

• Quality Assurance Analysts and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) seeking to enhance application reliability through automated load testing.

Prerequisites:

• Familiarity with GitHub workflows, Azure resource management, and Azure App Service.

• Experience with Visual Studio Code and Git.

Course Outline

Module 1: Implement GitHub Actions

• Explore GitHub Actions and understand its components.

• Examine a workflow file to understand its structure.

• Implement variables and scripts within a workflow.

• Use contexts and expressions to manage workflow execution.

• Manage secrets in GitHub for secure operations.

• Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow to automate tasks.

Module 2: Implement GitHub Actions for Azure

• Explore GitHub Actions for Azure integration.

• Discover authentication options for GitHub Actions with Azure.

• Implement service principals to enable secure interactions between GitHub and Azure.

• Use GitHub Actions for Azure to publish a web app to Azure App Service.

Module 3: Implement Azure Load Testing

• Explore Azure Load Testing and its components.

• Create and manage tests in Azure Load Testing.

• Create a load test YAML configuration file to define test scenarios.

• Define fail criteria and AutoStop conditions to manage test execution.

• Configure secrets and environment variables for secure and flexible testing.

• Automate Azure load testing using GitHub Actions to integrate performance validation into deployment workflows.

Hands-On Experience

Approximately 40–50% of the course involves hands-on exercises, allowing participants to apply concepts in real-world scenarios, including:

• Creating and configuring GitHub Actions workflows.

• Setting up Azure Load Testing resources.

• Automating load tests within CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

Skills You’ll Gain

By the end of AZ-2006, you will be able to:

• Design and implement GitHub Actions workflows to automate tasks.

• Integrate GitHub Actions with Azure for seamless deployment processes.

• Configure and manage Azure Load Testing to simulate real-world traffic.

• Automate performance testing within CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

• Analyze application performance under varying loads to ensure scalability and reliability.