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Overview of performance testing data

To use the Magento performance toolkit or another tool for performance testing, you must generate a large amount of data (for example, stores, categories, products, and so on).

You can adjust the amount of data you create using profiles (small, medium, large, and extra large). The next section discusses profiles in more detail.

The following figure shows how a product displays on the storefront using the small profile:

Sample storefront with generated data

This gives you an idea about what the data looks like.

First steps

  1. Log in to the Magento server as, or switch to, a user who has permissions to write to the Magento file system. One way to do this is to switch to the Magento file system owner.

    If you use the bash shell, you can also use the following syntax to switch to the Magento file system owner and enter the command at the same time:

    su <Magento file system owner> -s /bin/bash -c <command>

  2. To run Magento commands from any directory, add <your Magento install dir>/bin to your system PATH.

    Because shells have differing syntax, consult a reference like unix.stackexchange.com.

    bash shell example for CentOS:

    export PATH=$PATH:/var/www/html/magento2/bin

You can also run the commands in the following ways:

  • cd <your Magento install dir>/bin and run them as ./magento <command name>
  • php <your Magento install dir>/bin/magento <command name>

<your Magento install dir> is a subdirectory of your web server's docroot. Need help locating the docroot? Click here.

In addition to the command arguments discussed here, see Common arguments.

About profiles

The following table provides details about the data generator profiles (small, medium, large, and extra large).

Profiles are located in <your Magento install dir>/setup/performance-toolkit/profiles/<ce or ee>

For example, /var/www/html/magento2/setup/performance-toolkit/profiles/ce

Parameter Small profile Medium profile Large profile Extra large profile

websites

1

1

3

5

store_groups

1

2

3

5

store_views

1

2

3

5

simple_products

800

16,000

400,000

800,000

configurable_products

50

1,000

25,000

50,000

categories

30

300

1,000

3,000

categories_nesting_level

3

3

3

6

catalog_price_rules

10

20

50

100

catalog_target_rules

2

5

10

50

cart_price_rules

10

20

50

100

cart_price_rules_floor

2

2

2

5

customers

20

200

2,000

5,000

tax rates

40,000

40,000

40,000

40,000

orders

80

1,600

40,000

80,000

Run the data generator

Run the command as discussed in this section. After the command runs, it rebuilds indexers.

Command options:

magento setup:perf:generate-fixtures {path to profile}

where <path to profile> specifies the absolute file system path to and name of a profile.

For example,

magento setup:perf:generate-fixtures /var/www/html/magento2/setup/performance-toolkit/profiles/ce/small.xml

Sample output for the small profile:

Generating profile with following params:
 |- Websites: 1
 |- Store Groups: 1
 |- Store Views: 1
 |- Categories: 30
 |- Simple products: 800
 |- Configurable products: 50
 |- Customers: 20
 |- Cart Price Rules: 10
 |- Catalog Price Rules: 10
 |- Orders: 80
Generating websites, stores and store views...  done in <time>
Generating categories...  done in <time>
Generating simple products...  done in <time>
Generating configurable EAV variations...  done in <time>
... more ...