diff --git a/data-plane/kiali/.gitignore b/data-plane/kiali/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-plane/kiali/.gitignore
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+
+# ignore kiali repository content
+kiali
diff --git a/data-plane/kiali/run.sh b/data-plane/kiali/run.sh
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+++ b/data-plane/kiali/run.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+git clone https://github.com/kiali/kiali.git
+cd kiali
+npm install cypress --save-dev
+yarn add cypress --dev
+cd frontend
+npm install cypress --save-dev
+yarn add cypress --dev
+cd ..
+
+KIALI_ROUTE=$(oc get route kiali -n ${SMCP_NAMESPACE} -o=jsonpath='{.spec.host}')
+export CYPRESS_BASE_URL="https://${KIALI_ROUTE}"
+export CYPRESS_USERNAME=${OCP_CRED_USR}
+export CYPRESS_PASSWD=${OCP_CRED_PSW}
+export CYPRESS_AUTH_PROVIDER="kube:admin"
+
+
+chmod +x hack/run-performance-tests.sh
+
+./hack/run-performance-tests.sh