Not that easy to install in a Github action?

[kaihendry]

Question

I can't see an easy and straightforward way to install vegeta in a Github action.

https://github.com/search?q=%22install%22+%22vegeta%22+path%3A.github%2Fworkflows&type=code shows awkward examples of downloading the tarball and extracting it. Surely there is an easier way!?

[tsenart]

There are a number of packages from Linux distros. Downloading the tarball would be the second easiest. What you want is an actual GitHub action for vegeta or a Docker image, but we don't have that yet. There might be unofficial ones.

[kaihendry]

What about go install github.com/tsenart/vegeta@latest?

Sidenote: I used vegeta to try understand what the trade off is of proxying requests. Can plots be overlayed I wonder? https://github.com/kaihendry/turtles/actions/runs/6158560901

[tsenart]

What about go install github.com/tsenart/vegeta@latest?

That's not recommended. If you want to build it yourself you can clone and run make vegeta.

Yes, vegeta plot can take multiple result files. Just be sure to set a different -name in each of your attacks.

[kaihendry]

Why is it not recommended to install via the canonical Go install method?

Not sure you can see https://github.com/kaihendry/turtles/actions/runs/6159497649 artefact, it's hard to filter the top layer of points and I don't understand the "OK" in your UI. 😅