Hands-on Lab: Shift left with reliability testing

Grafana & Friends Toronto
BRING YOUR COMPUTERS TO THIS EVENT! And check out the prerequisites below.

Join us for the second hands-on lab session, snacks, and discussion! This time around instead of talks we are going to run a free hands-on lab on how to get started with reliability testing.

We'll teach you how to setup various levels of reliability testing for your application services.

Repository
https://github.com/grafana/grafanacon-2026-k6-workshop

Please use Git and clone the above repository before coming to the workshop to save time and get started faster.

Prerequisites
In order to participate in the lab, you must have a laptop with Wi-Fi/Internet connectivity, running Linux/MacOS/Windows.

• The following also needs to be installed:
• Git
• IDE installed like VSCode or Cursor.
• k6 OSS binary installed
• k6 studio installed

Again special thanks to Nokia and Mark Prosser for hosting us at their downtown office.

Agenda:

6:00-6:15 PM: Arrivals and introductions

6:15-7:40 PM: Hands-On Lab
7:40-8:00 PM: Q&A, networking and wrap up

Facilitators: Cristiano Ventura, Marylia Gutierrez and Nikola Grcevski