Adding a custom scheduler

IScheduler interface

The first thing a custom scheduler needs to implement is the ISchedulerinterface

	// IScheduler interface of scheduler
	IScheduler interface {
		Validate() ([]string, error)
		Execute(
			context.Context,
			*logger.Log,
			time.Duration,
			[]scenario.Action,
			string, // outputsDir
			users.UserGenerator,
			*connection.ConnectionSettings,
			*statistics.ExecutionCounters,
		) error
		RequireScenario() bool
		// PopulateHookData populate map with data which can be used by go template in hooks
		PopulateHookData(data map[string]interface{})
	}

Register a custom scheduler

Once there's an implementation of the Ischeduler interface it can be registered using the scheduler.RegisterScheduler or RegisterSchedulerOverride methods.

Examples registering a scheduler

The scheduler also needs to be registered using the RegisterScheduler method.

func init() {
	_ = scheduler.RegisterScheduler(MySchedulerName, MyScheduler{})
}

Overriding an existing scheduler with the same name can be done with the RegisterSchedulerOverride method.

func init() {
	_ = scheduler.RegisterSchedulerOverride(MySchedulerName, MyScheduler{})
}

Generated documentation

To have documentation for your scheduler included in the generated documentation, do

1. Add a folder in data/schedulers/name_of_your_scheduler.
2. Add two files in this folder description.md and examples.md with description and example of the scheduler.
3. Add a doc-keytag for each setting of your scheduler and add an entry with same key in data/params.json.
4. Generate files by running go generate.

Example scheduler

This package includes an example scheduler randomizing the period inbetween each user get introduced. An example script using this can be found in the examples folder.