JMETER.md

JMeter tests

Install JMeter on your localhost , for example in Document directory in C: drive

Create a test plan for Hello-world website

Install Jmeter on your localhost, start JMeter and create the following test plan.

Start with your mouse over test plan and right click on it.
menu Add -> Config Element -> HTTP Request Defaults
Start with your mouse over test plan and right click on it.
menu Add -> Thread -> Thread Group
Start with your mouse over Thread group and right click on it.
menu Add -> Sampler -> Http request
Start with your mouse over Http request and right click on it.
menu Add -> Assertions -> Response assertion
Start with your mouse over Thread Group and right click on it.
menu Add -> Listener-> View Results Tree

Click on Response Assertion
In Pattern to Test click Add and enter bonjour
Click on HTTP Request
In Server Name or IP: < vm_ip_address>
Port Number : 30190 Path: /petclinic Click on View Results Tree
Save this file to your project directory and press the green triangle in the menu bar

Add the JMeter global variables in the test plan screen
Click on Add , click on the left part of the line, type IP
in right part of a line type ${__P(IP,<our_ip>)}
Click again on Add, click on the left part of the line, type PORT
in right part of a line type ${__P(PORT,30190)}

Click on Add , click on the left part of the line, type USERS in right part of a line type ${__P(USERS,1)}
Click again on Add, click on the left part of the line, type RAMP_UP
in right part of a line type ${__P(RAMP_UP,1)}

IN Http_Request_Defaults enter respectively ${IP} and ${PORT}

In Thread Group enter $USER in Number of Theads enter $RAMP-UP in Ramp-up period

Remove IP and port in HTTP Request
Clean up your view Results tree screen with the broom in the main menu
and test again your test plan
you should see the same result as before.

Save this test plan in your github repo project, a jmx file is generated

Create a Jmeter Jenkins Job

Add 2 Jenkins plugins

Go to manage-Jenkins -> Manage plugins -> Available Plugins
Search Log Parser and Performance
Tick both of them
Go to New Item type petclinic_jmeter
copy from petclinic_docker_build
Remove all code in Build Execute Shell build copy/paste the following script

jmeter -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.output_format=xml -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.response_data.on_error=true -n -t petclinic_test_plan.jmx  -l testresult.jlt

All jmeter default variables are used in this test

Add a Post-build actions

Remove Build another project Select Console ouptut (build log) parsing
Tick Mark build Failed on Error
Tick Use project rule
Path to rule file in workspace : parserules
In post-build Action add another step
Select Publish Performance test result report
Source data files : testresult.jlt Save

Commit and push the spring-framework-petclinic project

Go to build now

Load Test with 20 users

We will simulate the use of the Pectclinic web application with 20 users, using a ramp-up delay of 60 seconds. Replace the line in the job petclinic-jmeter

jmeter -JUSERS=20 -JRAMP-UP=60 -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.output_format=xml -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.response_data.on_error=true -n -t petclinic_test_plan.jmx  -l testresult.jlt

Recording a test plan for Petclinic website

Install in Firefox an add-on extension named FoxyProxy Standard

Select add in the foxyproxy extension
Enter a title: Jmeter
Proxy Type is HTTP
Proxy IP is localhost
Port is 8888
no username and no password

Create a New Test plan

Start with your mouse over test plan and right click on it.
menu Add -> Thread -> Thread Group
Righ click on Test plan -> Add -> Non-test-elements -> HTTPS Test Script Recorder

In target controller select Test Plan ->Thread Group Grouping : Put each group in a new controller Click on tab Request Filtering
Click Add in URL Patterns to Exclude
Copy and paste these excluded files

   .*\.(firefox.com|txt|bmp|css|js|gif|ico|jpe?g|png|swf|woff|woff2|ttf).*

switch firefox browser to user jmeter port

in jmeter click on the green triangle start in Https test script recorder

a Recorder Transaction Control dialog box is opened

Accept the temporary certificates created by JMeter

Open in Firefox a tab and copy/paste your petclinic URL

     http://<your ip address>:30190/petclinic  

Hit Enter
Immediately verify if JMeter is recording your actions, by selecting the Thread Group item in Test Plan
Carry on recording your action
Click on find owners, click add owner
Fill in all details
and click add owner click add a pet select veterinarians
Hit Stop recording in Recorder Transaction Control dialog box
Rename all Thread Group Item
Click file, select Save Test Plan As
Save your test plan to your git repo as petclinic_load_owner_and_pet.jmx

Set JMeter variables

As we have done previously set Test plan variable
Add HTTP Requests Defaults variables Remove all IP and port from other HTTP Request action Move over Thread group -> right click -> Add -> Listener -> View Results Tree

Create a Jenkins Job

Define

Go to manage-Jenkins -> Manage plugins -> Tab available -> Filter Log Parser Check and install without restart

Go New Item, Name petclinic-jmeter copy from hello-world-jmeter
Source Management
Git https://github.com/<your_repo>/spring-framework-petclinic.git Build
Execute shell copy /paste

jmeter -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.output_format=xml -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.response_data.on_error=true -n -t petclinic_test_plan.jmx  -l testresult.jlt

Post-build Actions

Select Console ouptut (build log) parsing
Tick Mark build Failed on Error
Tick Use project rule
Path to rule file in workspace : parserules
parserules file contains a regex for checking if there is an error

### Performance Plugin Go to manage-Jenkins -> Manage plugins -> Tab available -> Filter Performance
Check and install without restart
Go to configure petclinic-jmeter
Go to post-build Action
Select Publish Performance test result report
Source data files : testresult.jlt
Press apply and save