Hello, I need help!
Summary:
We are conducting stress testing with Apache JMeter 5.6.3, and are
experiencing JMeter errors once our wordpress server hits a certain number
of users/threads (around 200).
The higher the number of users/rps, the higher the percentage of errors
would occur (8% to 40+%).
It appears the errors aren't originating from the Wordpress server, but the
JMeter HTTP4 Client.
**QUESTIONS**:
1. Is #2 below (updating user.properties and hc.parameters) the "correct"
way to get around
these JMeter Errors?
2. What pitfalls, if any, will incur from doing #2 below in our tests?
Through trial and error, we found only two solutions that make the errors
go away:
1. Working, but unacceptable: Disable Keep-Alive header in ALL JMX Http
Requests (Unacceptable, as most web browsers will send the request so this
isn't realistic).
2. Working, plus we don't need to update our JMX tests: We discovered a
stackoverflow post that recommended editing the following files:
a. JMeter/bin/user.properties: Add following lines:
httpclient4.retrycount=1
hc.parameters.file=hc.parameters
b. JMeter/bin/hc.parameters: Add following lines:
http.connection.stalecheck$Boolean=true
Additional Info:
JMeter Version:
5.6.3
JMeter HTTP Request Client Implementation:
HTTP4
JMeter JMX Test:
A simple test with the root URL, and several /wp-content/ image and svg
resources.
JMeter Response Code:
Non HTTP response code: org.apache.http.NoHttpResponseException
JMeter Response Message:
Non HTTP response message: some.server.com:443 failed to respond
Server Info:
1. The org.apache.http.NoHttpResponseException shown in Apache JMeter
doesn't correlate to any errors in the Apache WordPress logs.
2. At the time the errors occur, even at extreme loads of 20k+ users, the
server's CPU and Memory usage never go above 20%.
Other Things We Tried That Made No Difference:
1. Updating the HTTP Request Sampler's timeout.
2. Changing the HTTP Request headers content types around.
3. Updating the Apache/WordPress Server's Max Keep Alive Connection from
100 to 200.
