#Using tunnelling with apache jmeter how to#

The latter mistake is not as damaging as the first, however I consider it annoying because JMeter will hang for a fairly long time attempting to connect to the remote machines. This is in order for me to make sure I do not accidentally start a test from servers that I should not be using or which are simply not available at the time. Each customer that has it’s own remote machines, will receive a separate line, which is used when working for that particular customer. When looking at my personal setup I have several instances of the remote_hosts line, where only one is active at any given point in time. This can become a relatively long list of addresses, since you can technically add as many as you desire. The two items just edited are the settings for the remote hosts, so the IP addresses of the servers you want to use within your grid. In order to do so take your favorite file-editor and open up “jmeter.properties” on your own, local machine and edit the following section: #. These names, or addresses will, after starting JMeter show up in the “Run” menu of Jmeter under the “Remote start” item. Client Configurationįirstly we need to add the fully qualified domainnames or IP addresses of the servers to JMeter.

#Using tunnelling with apache jmeter how to#

How to setup JMeter locally to work with remote machinesĬonfiguring JMeter to work with your own (or your customers) load generating servers is relatively easy, however it is not as straightforward as one might hope and expect.

Remote should be considered any machine that will be running a (headless) JMeter instance and will help generate load on an object.

the machine you use to build your JMeter scripts. Local is to be read as your workstation, e.g.I will use the terms Local and Remote to identify the different sides of the configuration needed to get things working. This is my attempt at giving a readable explanation on how to setup JMeter with remote instances. What I have heard from colleagues and what I experienced myself, is that that explanation is not always as clear and concise as may be preferred. The Apache Jmeter pages of course have an explanation on how to setup remote tests. In this article I will elaborate a bit on how to setup your machines. In my previous post I discussed why you might want to run your own servers for load & performance testing.