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The "JMeterAutomatedRemoteTesting" page has been changed by brettcave. The comment on this change is: -G parameter does work with properties files, updated documentation.. http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-jmeter/JMeterAutomatedRemoteTesting?action=diff&rev1=3&rev2=4 -------------------------------------------------- * have touched on remote testing (from GUI is fine) = Set up = - * In your existing test plan, make sure that any variations in testing make use of variables. For example, if running a HTTP sampler, use HTTP Request Defaults to specify a host as "${__P(targetHost)}". Other useful places for variables might include number of threads, ramp-up period or scheduler duration in a thread group, using a format of ${__P(threadgroup.threads,500)} (The __P function is shorthand for __parameter. See the userguide for more info on using this parameter). + * In your existing test plan, make sure that any variations in testing make use of variables. For example, if running a HTTP sampler, use HTTP Request Defaults to specify a host as `${__P(targetHost)}`. Other useful places for variables might include number of threads, ramp-up period or scheduler duration in a thread group, using a format of `${__P(threadgroup.threads,500)}` (The `__P` function is shorthand for `__parameter`. See the userguide for more info on using this parameter). * Save your test plan and properties file to a directory. * Create a properties file containing all your variables. E.g. mytest.properties could contain threadgroup.threads=100, targetHost=my-target-host.com * The test plan does not need Listeners, as this will be configured via parameters. This will improve performance on the testing. * Run the test mode in stand-alone mode (i.e. no remote servers): `jmeter -n -t load_test.jmx -l load_test_report.jtl -q mytest.properties -j mytest.log` + * 1 small piece of functionality missing is the ability to set global variables from a property file. the "-q" parameter defines an additional property file, which is the equivalent of setting properties for the contents of the file using the -J parameter. These parameters are not global however, as would be set by the -G parameter. The -G parameter can reference either a property in the format of `-Gprop=val` or a properties file, such as `-G./myglobal.properties` - * 1 small piece of functionality missing is the ability to set global variables from a property file. the "-q" parameter defines an additional property file, which is the equivalent of setting properties for the contents of the file using the -J parameter. This parameters are not global however, as would be set by the -G parameter. the following bash script (if your using Linux) would help with converting a properties file to global properties: - - {{{ - for var in `grep -vE "^(#|$)" mytest.properties`; do - GLOBAL_VARS="-G${var} ${GLOBAL_VARS}" - done - }}} - This is a relatively simple bash expansion, and will break if there are any spaces in variable names or values (e.g. test.description="My Test" - the space would break the bash for loop.) * On all client machines, start up JMeter server, ensuring that firewall is not blocking connections (clients must all be on the same subnet). * On JMeter controller (the host initializing the test), run the test with the -R parameter (can be run using -r and specfiying hosts in jmeter properties file): - `jmeter -n -t load_test.jmx -l load_test_report.jtl -q mytest.properties -j mytest.log -R remotehost1,remotehost2 ${GLOBAL_VARS}` + `jmeter -n -t load_test.jmx -l load_test_report.jtl -Gmytest.properties -j mytest.log -R remotehost1,remotehost2 ${GLOBAL_VARS}` Note that load injection to targets will be a increased as a ratio of number of threads per thread group multiplied by number of client machines. @@ -45, +38 @@ # If set as an environment var, then use it, otherwise leave it unset. HOST_LIST=${HOST_LIST:+"-R ${HOST_LIST}"} + # Had an issue with -Gglobal.properties file, so parsed this into individual properties. for var in `grep -vE "^#|^$" ${JMETER_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES}`; do GLOBAL_VARS="-G${var} ${GLOBAL_VARS}" done + + # But after testing, it does work as expected. + GLOBAL_VARS="-G${JMETER_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES}" if [ -f ${loadtest}.jmx ]; then echo "Running ${loadtest} with:" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-dev-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-dev-h...@jakarta.apache.org
