azure-sdk-for-cpp/sdk/core/perf

Azure SDK Perf for C++

Azure perf for C++ (azure-perf) provides shared primitives, abstractions, and helpers for running performance tests for an Azure SDK clients for C++. It represent the C++ version of the .NET original version.

Getting started

See the pre-requisites for building before going to the next step.

Build

Use the build option BUILD_PERFORMANCE_TESTS to build the test framework and all the performance tests. See the next example.

#
# Building the Performance framework and tests.
#
git clone https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp.git
cd azure-sdk-for-cpp
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_PERFORMANCE_TESTS=ON ..
cmake --build .

Run

Once building is completed, a performance test application will be created inside the the test folder from each service SDK. For instance, the Azure core performance test application would be inside: build/sdk/core/azure-core/test/perf. See next example for running the performance framework.

#
# Running the performance framework tests application
#
# From within the build folder (build)
./sdk/core/perf/test/azure-perf-test

Note: When building the code with Windows using Visual Studio, use the CMake project view to run the performance tests. Find the tests directly in the tests folder from the cmake tree next to all other test cmake projects.

Options for running

After running the performance test application like it is mentioned above (without any command line arguments) the application will list the available test names to be run. The application will expect the test name to be executed as a mandatory argument. If the input test name is not found, the application will return an error and will terminate. The next pattern represents the right usage of the performance test application:

usage: azure-perf-test testName [options]

Note: You can use the option -h to print out the available options for a test name.

The next options can be used for any test:

Option	Activators	Description	Default	Example
Duration	-d, --duration	Duration of the test in seconds	10	-d 5
Host	--host	Host to redirect HTTP requests	NA	--host=https://something.com
Insecure	--insecure	Allow untrusted SSL certs	false	--insecure
Iterations	-i, --iterations	Number of iterations of main test loop	1	-d 5
Statistics	--statistics	Print job statistics	false	--statistics=true
Latency	-l, --latency	Track and print per-operation latency statistics	false	-l true
No Clean	--noclean	Disables test clean up	false	--nocleanup=true
Parallel	-p, --parallel	Number of operations to execute in parallel	1	-p 5
Port	--port	Port to redirect HTTP requests	NA	--port=5000
Rate	-r, --rate	Target throughput (ops/sec)	NA	-r 3000
Warm up	-w, --warmup	Duration of warmup in seconds	5	-w 0 (no warm up)

Creating a perf test

Find below how to create a new CMake performance test project from scratch to an existing CMake project. Then how to add the performance tests to it.

The CMake project

The main CMake project represents the definition of the main performance test application. It defines the name of the binary to be produced and the libraries to be linked to it. The recommended folder where this project should be is inside the test folder from a service package (i.e. sdk/core/azure-core/test/performance).

Follow the next template to create the main CMake project

# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
# Licensed under the MIT License.

# Configure CMake project.
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.13)
project(provide-a-project-name-here LANGUAGES CXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)

# Name the binary to be created.
add_executable (
  azure-performance-library-name-test
    src/main.cpp
)

# Include the headers from the project.
target_include_directories(
  azure-performance-library-name-test
    PUBLIC
    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/inc>
)

# link the `azure-perf` lib together with any other library which will be used for the tests. Below example is using azure-core only.
target_link_libraries(azure-performance-library-name-test PRIVATE azure-core azure-perf)
# Make sure the project will appear in the test folder for Visual Studio CMake view
set_target_properties(azure-performance-library-name-test PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tests")

Notes:

• Create the src and inc folders.
• Add a main.cpp file to the src folder.

The main.cpp

The main source file defines the list of available tests and calls the performance framework Run function. Take a loop to the next example.

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.

// The performance framework headers
#include <azure/perf/options.hpp>
#include <azure/perf/program.hpp>

// The test definition headers
#include "azure/perf/test/extended_options.hpp"
#include "azure/perf/test/no_op_test.hpp"

// The utilities
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{

  /**
   * The test list is a dictionary with the name of the test as a key and
   * an std::function to define how to instantiate a new Test for the PerfTest
   * interface.
   *
   * In the next example, a map called `tests` is init with two test definitions.
   *
   **/
  std::map<
      std::string,
      std::function<std::unique_ptr<Azure::Perf::PerfTest>(
          Azure::Perf::TestOptions)>>
      tests{
          {"noOp", // Test Name
           [](Azure::Perf::TestOptions options) {
             // No Op test
             return std::make_unique<Azure::Perf::Test::NoOp>(options);
           }},
          {"extendedOptions", // Test Name
            [](Azure::Perf::TestOptions options) {
             // Extended options test
             return std::make_unique<Azure::Perf::Test::ExtendedOptionsTest>(options);
           }}};

  // Call the `Run` method with a context, the tests and the application arguments to launch the program.
  Azure::Perf::Program::Run(Azure::Core::Context{}, tests, argc, argv);

  return 0;
}

The Run method from the performance framework will parse the command line arguments to find out the test name to be run. Then it will try to get that test name from the tests map. If the test is found, the framework will get any extra options defined in the test and parse it from the command line arguments. Then it uses the std::function to create a as many instances of the test as the parallel option value.

In the above code example, the two tests added to the map are defined in the project headers. Each test is defined in its own header. See below example for how to define a test.

Create a performance test

The next code example illustrates how to define a very simple empty test.

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.

/**
 * @file
 * @brief Define an empty test.
 *
 */

#pragma once

// The performance framework headers
#include <azure/perf/options.hpp>
#include <azure/perf/test.hpp>

// Use a namespace according to the service package
namespace Azure { namespace Perf { namespace Test {

  // Define a derived class from a PerfTest
  class NoOp : public Azure::Perf::PerfTest {
  public:

    // Define a constructor to take TestOptions and use the options for the
    // PerfTest constructor.
    NoOp(Azure::Perf::TestOptions options) : PerfTest(options) {}

    // Override the `Run` method with the test definition
    void Run(Azure::Core::Context const& ctx) override {
      (void)ctx;
    }
  };

}}} // namespace Azure::Perf::Test

Create a performance test with options

A test can define its own options as an addition to the base options from the performance framework. See the next example to learn how to do it.

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.

/**
 * @file
 * @brief An example of a performance test that defines a test option.
 *
 */

#pragma once

// The performance framework headers
#include <azure/perf/options.hpp>
#include <azure/perf/test.hpp>
#include <azure/perf/test_options.hpp>

// Utilities
#include <vector>

namespace Azure { namespace Perf { namespace Test {

  // The test class definition and constructor looks just the same as any
  // other test (with or without extended options).
  class ExtendedOptionsTest : public Azure::Perf::PerfTest {
  public:

    ExtendedOptionsTest(Azure::Perf::TestOptions options) : PerfTest(options) {}

    // Override the `GetTestOptions` function to define the unique test options.
    // Do not duplicate activators or test names or the application will fail during parsing.
    std::vector<Azure::Perf::TestOption> GetTestOptions() override
    {
      // Each test option is define by 4 properties:
      // - Name (string)
      // - Activators (array of strings which must starts with `-` or `--`)
      // - Description (string that will be use for the help message on console)
      // - Expected Arguments (int to define how many arguments are expected after the activator)
      return {{"extraOption", {"-e"}, "Example for extended option for test.", 1}};
    }

    // Use the `m_options.GetOptionsOrDefault` function inside the test definition to get
    // the test options.
    void Run(Azure::Core::Context const& ctx) override
    {
      // Get a defined test option.
      auto myTestOption = m_options.GetOptionOrDefault("extraOption", 0);
      (void)ctx;
      (void)myTestOption;
    }
  };

}}} // namespace Azure::Perf::Test

Contributing

For details on contributing to this repository, see the [contributing guide][azure_sdk_for_cpp_contributing].

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Additional Helpful Links for Contributors

Many people all over the world have helped make this project better. You'll want to check out:

• What are some good first issues for new contributors to the repo?
• [How to build and test your change][azure_sdk_for_cpp_contributing_developer_guide]
• [How you can make a change happen!][azure_sdk_for_cpp_contributing_pull_requests]
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Conceptual Topics in the detailed Azure SDK for C++ wiki.

Reporting security issues and security bugs

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License

Azure SDK for C++ is licensed under the MIT license.