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Author: Ankit Nayan <ankit@signoz.io>
Date:   Sun Jan 3 17:32:59 2021 +0530

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+# Steps to Deploy SigNoz
+
+1. git clone https://gitlab.com/signoz-oss/signoz.git && cd signoz
+2. helm dependency update deploy/kubernetes/platform
+3. kubectl create ns platform
+4. helm -n platform install signoz deploy/kubernetes/platform
+5. kubectl -n platform apply -Rf deploy/kubernetes/jobs
+6. kubectl -n platform apply -f deploy/kubernetes/otel-collector
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+ 
+## Test HotROD application with SigNoz
+
+1. kubectl create ns sample-application
+2. kubectl -n sample-application apply -Rf sample-apps/hotrod/
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+
+### How to generate load
+
+- kubectl -n sample-application run strzal --image=djbingham/curl --restart='OnFailure' -i --tty --rm --command -- curl -X POST -F 'locust_count=6' -F 'hatch_rate=2' http://locust-master:8089/swarm
+
+
+### How to stop load
+
+- kubectl -n sample-application run strzal --image=djbingham/curl --restart='OnFailure' -i --tty --rm --command -- curl http://locust-master:8089/stop
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