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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Aravinth Manivannan <realaravinth@batsense.net>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import os
+
+
+def test_locust_is_listening(host):
+    socket = host.socket(f"tcp://0.0.0.0:8089")
+    assert socket.is_listening
+
+
+def test_locust_config_exists(host):
+    config = host.file("/etc/locust/docker-compose.yml")
+    assert config.exists
+    assert config.is_file
+
+
+def test_docker_is_installed(host):
+    assert host.package("docker-compose").is_installed