Using the JMeter Dummy Sampler

  When designing your JMeter test locally, it is useful to have target endpoints to test against. Depending on your test logic, this may even be a requirement. However, a suitable environment for making these requests is not always available. To avoid generating an unknown number of uncontrolled requests against real endpoints, there  the JMeter Dummy Sampler.  In this brief post, we will show you how to add the Dummy Sampler to your load test andRead 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 →

Speak the Lingo using Load Testing Terms

Load testing is a niche skill within the large trade of quality assurance. With any trade, being able to communicate effectively the nuances and concepts used is essential. In this brief post, we will go over several definitions that will allow you to speak the lingo using load testing terms. Below we have divided these into categories for better organization: General load testing terms Load generator server – Each load test is run on one orRead More →

JMeter Custom Thread Groups

With any JMeter test, thread groups constitute the basic container for test plan requests and other elements. The simplicity of the basic thread group is such that with enough ingenuity anything is possible. Through clever use of scripting, timing, and logic elements it is possible to simulate any user behavior. However, for simulating complex traffic patterns there is an easier way. One of the most useful plugins for JMeter comes as the “Custom Thread Groups” collection.Read More →

Install JMeter Plugins Automatically from Jenkins

Our RedLine13 plugin for Jenkins can automate performance testing at build time and in continuous deployment environments.  Recently, we extended this with the ability to install publicly available JMeter plugins automatically from within Jenkins.  In this brief article, we will explain in a few basic steps how to enable this feature.Read More →

RedLine13 was built for JMeter Cloud Load Testing. That gives you several advantages. This allows you to scale your JMeter tests to any size. It works with Apache JMeter and other open source platforms and plugins. And you can easily make testing part of your CI/CD environment with Jenkins and other platforms. Background Before the cloud, testing was very expensive to run. The costs associated with running and maintaining the hardware needed for performance tests wereRead More →

Sometimes, you need to use large files in your JMeter tests.  Instead of uploading the files to RedLine13 for each test, you can store the files on your own server and download them on the load agents.  Another advantage of hosting the files yourself is that you might have sensitive information in the file and don’t want to upload it to RedLine13 servers.  To download self-hosted files for JMeter tests, you can use the JMeter FileRead More →

apache-jmeter-redline13-load-testing

If you get a plugin from the JMeter plugin website you can attach it to your test and RedLine13 will put it in the right place! If you haven’t used JMeter with Redline13, first check out how to Get Started. Here are the steps to use a JMeter Plugin: 1. Download the plugin from https://jmeter-plugins.org/ 2. Next, download the latest, expand it, you will see a few .jar files 3. When starting your JMeter test justRead More →

We would like to introduce a RedLine13 plugin which supports sending load agent system and process metrics to InfluxDB via Telegraf.  There exists a multitude of reasons for wanting to do such, just as one customer has implemented a sophisticated real-time performance metrics dashboard using Grafana. In this step-by-step guide, we will cover the following: Using this plugin Using the plugin with JMeter BackEnd Listener Available stats How the plugin works on load agents Using thisRead More →