Jenkins & JMeter
Jenkins is a the leading open source automation server, Jenkins provides hundreds of plugins to support building, deploying and automating any project.
As part of automation you can install many plugins, one of which is the Performance Plugin. This allows Apache JMeter to run within Jenkins and capture it’s output and results.
PRE-REQSJenkins
Taurus / Apache JMeter
PERFORMANCE PLUGINThe performance plugin is an addition to the base build of Jenkins. To install it follow the steps below:-
Click Manage Jenkins
Click Manage Plugins
Click Available Tab
Type “Performance” in the Filter bar
Click on the “Performance” radio box and click Download now and install after restart
Click the “Restart Jenkins when installation is complete and no jobs are running” .
Once restarted login back into Jenkins.
JENKINS JOB
Inside Jenkins we will need to create a new job.
Click on New Items
Enter an Item Name e.g. “JMeter”, click Freestyle project and then click OK.
Click on the radio box for This project is parameterized
Add string parameter 1
String Parameter
Name = USERS
Default Value = 1
Description = Number of users
Add string parameter 2
String Parameter
Name = ITERATIONS
Default Value = 1
Description = Total number of iterations
Under build tab add build step Run Performance Test and Taurus parameters
$SCRIPT_PATH -o execution.0.concurrency=$USERS -o execution.0.iterations=$ITERATIONS -o execution.0.ramp-up=$RAMPUP -o modules.blazemeter.token=$API_KEY:$API_SECRET -o modules.blazemeter.project=$PROJECT_NAME -o modules.blazemeter.test=$TEST_NAME -report
Save and Execute
Click Save and build with parameters
Enter your parameter values and click build
The build will start and your test will execute.