JMeter Remote Testing
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Remote Testing
- AKA Distributed Testing
- More reliable than testing from one machine
- JMeter allows you to control all remote machines from one client (GUI or command line)
- Sometimes necessary if the load in real world will come from different locations
- Very similar in concept to DDoS
Remote Testing
Selecting servers
- Edit bin/jmeter.properties
- Set remote_hosts=jms1,jms2,jms3
- Start JMeter server (jmeter-server.bat or jmeter-server.sh)
- Start test:
- In GUI Start Remote
- From CLI
jmeter -R192.168.0.8 -r -t "./Desktop/Test Plan.jmx" -n
Number of Threads
- Each jmeter-server will run the number of threads specified in the Thread Groups
