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Documentation Learning paths Run your first k6 performance test Understand the value

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Run your first k6 performance test

15 min

Milestone 1

Understand the value

1 min

Milestone 2

Install k6

2 min

Milestone 3

Write test script

2 min

Milestone 4

Run locally

2 min

Milestone 5

Send to Grafana Cloud

2 min

Milestone 6

Analyze results

2 min

Milestone 7

Destination reached

2 min

Understand the value of k6 performance testing

k6 performance testing helps you answer one practical question: how does a service behave when traffic is repeatable instead of guessed?

In this path, you create a small HTTP script against QuickPizza, run it locally, and send results to Grafana Cloud k6. That gives you three useful signals: response time, request rate, and errors.

Keep these outcomes in mind as you work:

• Local feedback: See terminal results immediately with k6 run.
• Cloud history: Open a stored run and dashboard in Grafana Cloud k6.
• Reusable script: Keep the same script as the foundation for later checks and thresholds.

Next, install k6 so you can get to the first run.

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Run your first k6 performance test

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Install k6

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