Protecting Sensitive Data

One of the primary functions of a load test is to vet target test applications to see how well they can hold up to production conditions. In that endeavor it is sometimes necessary to provide login credentials and other protected information to be used in conjunction with these tests. This can present a challenge in protecting sensitive data when load testing in the cloud. In this post, we will cover how to test with JMeter inRead More →

A Guide to JMeter Preprocessors and Postprocessors

When building your JMeter test, samplers provide the core functionality. They are responsible for sending the actual HTTP requests and handling those responses. However, as your test becomes more complex and sophisticated, it may be desirable to add conditional logic to your requests. Furthermore, you may wish to dynamically process the inputs and outputs to these. JMeter provides this functionality though a host of preprocessors and postprocessors. This brief post will serve as a guide toRead More →

JMeter Timers Primer

Some of the most versatile components in JMeter are timers. Without JMeter timers, elements of a JMeter test plan are executed sequentially without pausing. This can potentially overwhelm your target test application by generating too many requests in a short period of time. In this brief post, we will cover most of the available types of timers that can be used in JMeter test plans. You can find all available timer elements under the “Timers” submenuRead More →

JMeter Dashboard Report Total Row

The JMeter Dashboard Report can be displayed from any RedLine13 test which has output files enabled.  One question we frequently get from customers using JMeter is how the JMeter Dashboard Report Total row is calculated. Found within the Summary table for this report, the Total row is displayed in a non-intuitive way. Without knowledge of what this line represents, the design of the report with regard to the Total row can be confusing. Depending on what informationRead More →

apache-jmeter-redline13-load-testing

RedLine13 supports Apache JMeter 5.5. We won’t repeat all that’s new in JMeter 5.5 since there are many sources for that. Here’s an informative one from QAInsights https://qainsights.com/whats-new-in-jmeter-5-5/. You can read more than 100 articles on JMeter in the RedLine13 blog. Try JMeter 5.5 for yourself and see what it has to offer. You can easily run your own RedLine13 test and check out JMeter 5.5.Read More →

Uses Cases JMeter Dashboard

In a previous post we described how to enable and access the JMeter Dashboard Report. It is a useful reporting platform for JMeter tests, providing a sophisticated level of detail alongside powerful summary metrics. In this post we will describe some specific use cases for the JMeter Dashboard Report related to running load tests on RedLine13. Determining Success or Failure of a Test One of the primary goals of load testing is to experimentally derive orRead More →

People often ask what it will cost to run a large load test with RedLine13 on AWS, especially for large JMeter tests. We have lots of articles explaining how the AWS costs are determined. But some people have asked to see AWS costs for large JMeter load tests with real results from real customers. We think that listening to our customers is a good idea. So here they are. We’ve included test summaries from five differentRead More →

Debug your JMeter Test

As you build your load test, you will need a way to debug your JMeter test. This is often accomplished initially using the JMeter’s GUI. When you move to the cloud however, there may be some differences that cannot be fully evaluated locally. To gain access to similar output – including logs – RedLine13 offers a feature to save output files for your JMeter and other load tests. In fact, there are a few useful things thisRead More →

JMeter Test Capacity Limits

Depending on your testing goals, whether using JMeter or something else, pushing your target application to a point of ultimate failure may be one of your objectives. In this post we will discuss what signs you might see in your load test when your target test application becomes “overwhelmed”. We will also explore some cases where problems in the test or the network can mimic an overwhelmed state. The extreme scalability of a cloud-based architecture enablesRead More →

Server Index is now a JMeter Property

JMeter tests running on RedLine13 with multiple load generators have visibility to the server “index” number as a JMeter property.  One of our customers was running large scale load tests across multiple servers.  They needed a way to correlate test plans running on individual server machines, something akin to the example described below.  Sometimes useful features come from our customers solving real-world issues, and this is an example of one such case. This property – rl13_agentindexRead More →