{
  "_comment": "Load Balancer Test Configuration Template",
  "test_name": "Example Load Balancer Test",
  "description": "Tests traffic distribution and failover capabilities of the load balancer.",
  "target_url": "http://your-load-balancer-url.com",
  "num_requests": 1000,
  "concurrency": 10,
  "request_type": "GET",
  "request_headers": {
    "_comment": "Optional headers to include in each request",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-Test-Header": "lb-tester"
  },
  "request_body": null,
  "distribution_validation": {
    "_comment": "Configuration for validating traffic distribution across backend servers",
    "enabled": true,
    "server_count": 3,
    "expected_distribution_tolerance": 0.1,
    "distribution_method": "request_count",
    "server_identifiers": [
      "server1",
      "server2",
      "server3"
    ],
    "identifier_extraction_method": "header",
    "identifier_extraction_header": "X-Server-ID"
  },
  "failover_testing": {
    "_comment": "Configuration for testing failover capabilities",
    "enabled": true,
    "server_to_fail": "server2",
    "failover_wait_time": 10,
    "requests_after_failover": 200
  },
  "sticky_session_verification": {
    "_comment": "Configuration for verifying sticky sessions",
    "enabled": false,
    "session_cookie_name": "JSESSIONID",
    "requests_per_session": 10
  },
  "health_check_testing": {
    "_comment": "Configuration for testing health check behavior",
    "enabled": false,
    "health_check_endpoint": "/health",
    "expected_status_code": 200,
    "interval": 5,
    "duration": 60
  },
  "assertions": {
    "_comment": "Custom assertions to validate the response",
    "response_time_max": 200,
    "status_code_min": 200,
    "status_code_max": 299,
    "response_contains": null
  },
  "reporting": {
    "_comment": "Reporting configuration",
    "report_format": "json",
    "output_file": "lb_test_report.json"
  }
}