New Summary Metrics and Graph Updates

In a recent update we have added a few new calculated metrics to the summary section of load test results. These include a simple average of requests per second, errors per second, and data set per unit time. This request came from one of our users. We hope you will find it useful that we have calculated these data points in advance, as they are commonly used in final reports. Here is a preview of howRead More →

Real-time RedLine13 Graphs

This is one of our most popular blog posts. We’ve updated it again with information you may not know about with real-time RedLine13 graphs. RedLine13 graphs are aggregated from all load tests and can be viewed in real-time. What if you want to see specific time? It’s easy. Just select the time slice in the graph and see it immediately. Check out some of the updates to graphs that we highlighted in the past. After hearingRead More →

UBIK Video Streaming Plugin

JMeter Video Streaming with UBIK Load Pack Video Steaming Plugin 6.2.5 Our friends at UBIK-Ingénierie have recently updated their video streaming plugin. Prior to the launch of the original plugin, there wasn’t really an easy or efficient means to test JMeter video streaming. So the UBIK team created the UBIK Load Pack Video Steaming Plugin as a means to do so. We have also integrated this plugin into core RedLine13 testing services, so you can now cloudRead More →

To provide finer grain control over what instances RedLine13 can start, stop, terminate we have added support for launching EC2 load agents with instance profiles. Advanced Topic This is an advanced topic and only supported for premium customers. You can read the AWS Blog Post on Restricting with IAM Policy and instance-profiles. To get started you must set up an instance profile, which is documented at “How to create IAM instance Profile“. Setting up Policy To use this featureRead More →

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UBIK Load Pack Video Streaming Plugin 3.0.0 Our friends at UBIK-Ingénierie have recently updated their video streaming plugin. With the launch of version 3.0.0, UBIK has renamed the HLS Plugin to “UBIK Load Pack Video Streaming Plugin”. Prior to the launch of the original HLS plugin, there wasn’t really an easy or efficient means to test video streaming inside of Apache JMeter. So the UBIK team created the HLS Plugin as a means to do so. HLS, orRead More →

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We have updated the Overview Graphs by adding the ability to see the exact number of virtual users currently running at that time period. To support this change, we modified simple and custom languages tests to report when a user starts after the ramp up period: Now with our update, graphs will now give more accurate views of when a virtual user starts the test script:Read More →

EC2 Update

We’ve recently added EC2 region support for Ohio, and RedLine13 users now have access to even more servers on the East Coast of the United States. Amazon added the new server locations in Ohio in 2016, offering users more flexibility when it comes to EC2 instances. With this new addition, RedLine13 users can now run tests on servers in: Virginia (us-east-1) Ohio (us-east-2) California (us-west-1) Oregon (us-west-2) Ireland (eu-west-1) Frankfurt, Germany (eu-central-1) Sao Paolo, Brazil (sa-east-1)Read More →

Installing and using RedLine13 load testing plugins is a fairly easy and straightforward process that we will go over in this post. After you have already signed up and created a RedLine13 account, simply log in to get started. Once you have logged in, click the “Account” tab and then “Your Plugins”. We will then find ourselves at the Plugin Manager page. Here we can create and manage our various load testing plugins. To install a plugin, simply click theRead More →

  The Apache Software Foundation has updated JMeter to version 3.0 recently, and it was one of the largest updates the open source project has seen yet. This large update provides users with a host of new features, updates, bug fixes, and other improvements that make JMeter better than ever. RedLine13 fully supports Apache JMeter 3.0, and in case you missed the initial release notes, here’s what’s new in JMeter 3.0: 1. Updated UI and UX SimplerRead More →