Added an Open Dashboards option to the main menu and added screenshots of the dashboards to the README

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # DynamoDB + DAX Benchmarker
 This project houses the Rust and Go code to benchmark the performance of DynamoDB and DAX by simulating heavy loads.
 
-![main_menu](./screenshots/dynamodb-dax-benchmarker.png)
+![main_menu](./screenshots/main-menu.png)
+![dashboard_screenshot_1](./screenshots/dashboard-screenshot-1.png)
 ![advanced_mode](./screenshots/advanced-mode.png)
 ![ansible_playbook_tail](./screenshots/ansible-playbook-tail.png)
+![dashboard_screenshot_2](./screenshots/dashboard-screenshot-2.png)
 
 ## Features
 * [x] Simulate reads on existing data

ansible/roles/configure_elastic_stack/tasks/init_elk_stack.yml

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
     chdir: ../../docker-elk
     cmd: docker compose up -d
 
-- name: Wait 20 seconds for the ELK stack to start
+- name: Wait 30 seconds for the ELK stack to start
   pause:
-    seconds: 20
+    seconds: 30
 
 - name: Import the benchmarking dashboards into Kibana
   shell:

ansible/roles/install_prerequisites/tasks/main.yml

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
   shell:
     cmd: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin v1.53.3
   when: golangci_lint_installation_status.rc | int != 0
+  become: yes

benchmarker.sh

@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@ prompt-for-vpc-id() {
 
 main-menu() {
 	declare choice
-	choice=$(whiptail --fb --title "DynamoDB + DAX Benchmarker" --menu "Select an action" "$BOX_HEIGHT" "$BOX_WIDTH" 6 \
+	choice=$(whiptail --fb --title "DynamoDB + DAX Benchmarker" --menu "Select an action" "$BOX_HEIGHT" "$BOX_WIDTH" 7 \
 		"I" "(I)nitialize local environment" \
+		"B" "Open Dash(b)oards" \
 		"D" "(D)eploy and Run benchmarkers" \
 		"W" "(W)ipe away everything (Clean Slate)" \
 		"R" "(R)andomly populate DynamoDB" \
@@ -237,6 +238,18 @@ main-menu() {
 		"I")
 			initialize-environment
 			;;
+		"B")
+			msg-box "$(cat <<-EOF
+				This will open two new tabs in Firefox to display the DynamoDB and DAX dashboards.
+
+				The default credentials are:
+				Username: elastic
+				Password: changeme
+			EOF
+			)"
+			firefox --new-tab --url 'http://localhost:5601/app/dashboards#/view/51721040-24be-11ee-ac2e-ff8a2f0e28da?_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:60000),time:(from:now-15m,to:now))' > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+			firefox --new-tab --url 'http://localhost:5601/app/dashboards#/view/0fe18820-2736-11ee-a70f-4976799912d8?_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:60000),time:(from:now-15m,to:now))' > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+			;;
 		"D")
 			deploy-and-run-benchmarkers
 			;;