Taurus Installation on Debian 12

Taurus Installation on Debian 12

Created: 2025-03-17
Last update: 2025-03-17

Simple Taurus Installation Manual for Debian 12 #

Install Taurus #

  1. Prepare a basic Debian 12 VM from netinst amd64 image.
  2. Make sure you have whatever prerequisites you need.
apt update
apt install -y vim
  1. Install Python and other required packages.
apt install python3 default-jre-headless python3-tk python3-pip python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev net-tools
  1. Install python3.11-venv as you will need a virtual environment.
apt install python3.11-venv
  1. Create and activate the virtual environment.
python3 -m venv myenv
source myenv/bin/activate
  1. Install Taurus.
pip install bzt

Test if it works #

  1. Now, as in the official example, create a config file with a test definition.
vim quick_test.yml

execution:
- concurrency: 100
  ramp-up: 1m
  hold-for: 5m
  scenario: quick-test

scenarios:
  quick-test:
    requests:
    - https://192.168.1.84
  1. Run this simple test.
bzt quick_test.yml