A Gentle Introduction to Load Testing

Suppose you are suddenly tasked with the responsibility to prove application performance through load testing. You have never done this before. Where would you begin? In this article, we will discuss how to approach the planning, selection of tools, and architecture through the typical phases of load testing. Defining Capacity Metrics First, you would have some homework to do. Based on testing goals, there are a number of key performance metrics that should be defined. ItRead More →

We have created a plugin for RedLine13 users to execute Gatling tests using SBT + Java. Gatling Older SBT-Plugin If you are using the older Gatling SBT-Plugin, you can package your JAR to be complete with everything required to run the test.   After the package is created, you can test locally A community member provided an example project that can be used to model here. After we have used SBT to package our JAR, we can take the generatedRead More →

Janesh Kodikara, is a Software Quality Assurance Architect, trainer and mentor with over 23 years of working experience.  Janesh created this Pugh matrix to evaluate JMeter alternatives: k6 and Gatling.  A Pugh matrix is used to “identify the most probable solution among all alternatives“. As you can see, JMeter is the baseline and alternatives are compared to the baseline. We thought his matrix was detailed and comprehensive. So we asked him to create an additional alternative: JMeterRead More →

comparing k6, gatling and jmeter

K6 was released on GitHub not long ago in 2017 and since then has gained increasing popularity. Five years before then, in 2012, Gatling was released and also had very fast growth. You can see how active they have both become with the number of stack overflow questions and GitHub forks. There are some clear differences between the K6 and Gatling. K6 is JavaScript-based and Gatling is Scala-based. K6 is developer-centric and Gatling is not. ButRead More →

popular load test type

JMeter continues to increase its lead as the most popular load test type on RedLine13. But it wasn’t always like that. RedLine13 supports different load test types: Simple URL JMeter Gatling Custom Tests in PHP, NodeJS, Python Simple URL Tests In the beginning of RedLine13 in 2013, the majority of tests were simple URL tests. As the name says, they are simple to do and they can quickly provide valuable information. Here’s how to run aRead More →

apache-jmeter-redline13-load-testing

Be the first to load test with JMeter 5.2. Check out what’s new in Apache JMeter 5.2. That means you can now load test with all of the JMeter 5.2 capabilities. JMeter Nightly Have you seen that Apache JMeter also supports Nightly builds for developers? RedLine13 support Nightly, meaning one could be adventurous. Gatling, Chrome and Firefox RedLine13 also supports the new versions of Gatling, Chrome and Firefox. Gatling now supports Latest build – giving us GatlingRead More →

If you’ve never run a load test, here’s where to figure out how to run your first load test. Simple URL – This post and video will demonstrate how to run a simple URL test to gauge performance of a website. If you’re new to load testing, this is the easiest test to run on RedLine13. JMeter – Apache JMeter is one of the most popular tools for load testing and scaling out your JMeter testRead More →

Test Types with Jenkins and RedLine13

This blog will be a deeper dive into Jenkins and RedLine13 and look at executing different test types with Jenkins and RedLine13. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) is a convenient way to build and test your application. Jenkins, one of the most popular open source tool used to perform CI/CD tasks, can also be used to schedule load tests on RedLine13. If you haven’t configured Jenkins with RedLine13, follow this article. You can execute theRead More →

We have released version 2.0(beta) of our Jenkins RedLine13 plugin including support for Jenkins Pipelines.  The following is available in Pipeline or FreeStyle project form. redlineJMeter – Launch JMeter tests redlineGatling – Launch Gatling tests redlineCustom – Launch Custom tests in PHP, NodeJS, and Python redlineScenario – Launches tests marked Jenkins Templates on RedLine13. All types include support for Thresholds marking a build as unstable or failed based on criteria, Success Ratio – Percentage of tests/virtual users passed ResponseRead More →

We are pleased to announce that RedLine13 now supports Gatling version 2.2.X, scaled-out Gatling-Reports, and everything that it has to offer. We’ve made a few other updates and improvements to the RedLine13 and Gatling services that will make cloud load testing easier and cheaper for our users. Features and Updates include:  Added full support for Gatling 2.2.x See what’s new in Gatling 2.2 Additionally, we have removed support for Gatling 2.0.x Added Support for using Maven &Read More →