One of the greatest strengths of JMeter is its extensibility with plugins. You can add a plugin to a JMeter test to perform just about any action you can think of for a load test. We will summarize the abilities of the most popular JMeter plugins in the JMeter Plugin Catalog, giving insight to how the top users of JMeter are constructing their load tests. Thread Groups and Test Architecture Custom Thread Groups – This isRead More →
In a related post, we discussed how to parameterize your JMeter tests from a CSV source file. In this article we will take things a step further, and show you how to introduce variability into your requests by pulling from your CSV source file to have random data in your JMeter performance tests. Random CSV Data Set Config Plugin Building upon the functionality of the CSV Data Set Config plugin that ships with JMeter, there isRead More →
When you run a JMeter load test on RedLine13 with output files enabled, a JMeter Dashboard Report is automatically generated. The results complement the RedLine13 test results page. In certain use cases it may be necessary to filter the data displayed and recreate the report on a subset of that data. In this post, we will cover how the report is generated, and how to filter the JMeter Dashboard Report to display customized results. How isRead More →
We have made RedLine13 security updates that address a JMeter security vulnerability and we’ve added MFA for RedLine13 login. These changes are available for Enterprise users. JMeter Vulnerability JMeter has an active security vulnerability #5766 that will be fixed in JMeter 5.5.1. But that release is not available yet so RedLine13 has fixed this vulnerability until JMeter 5.5.1 is available. This has a severity of critical and exploiting this vulnerability could potentially allow for remote codeRead More →
One of the primary functions of a load test is to vet target test applications to see how well they can hold up to production conditions. In that endeavor it is sometimes necessary to provide login credentials and other protected information to be used in conjunction with these tests. This can present a challenge in protecting sensitive data when load testing in the cloud. In this post, we will cover how to test with JMeter inRead More →
When building your JMeter test, samplers provide the core functionality. They are responsible for sending the actual HTTP requests and handling those responses. However, as your test becomes more complex and sophisticated, it may be desirable to add conditional logic to your requests. Furthermore, you may wish to dynamically process the inputs and outputs to these. JMeter provides this functionality though a host of preprocessors and postprocessors. This brief post will serve as a guide toRead More →
Some of the most versatile components in JMeter are timers. Without JMeter timers, elements of a JMeter test plan are executed sequentially without pausing. This can potentially overwhelm your target test application by generating too many requests in a short period of time. In this brief post, we will cover most of the available types of timers that can be used in JMeter test plans. You can find all available timer elements under the “Timers” submenuRead More →
Once some users have written their load tests, they want to schedule a load test to run at a particular time or as part of a continuous integration build process. Or even run a recurring test at the same time on a schedule. The RedLine13 API makes this all possible. A Practical Example In a previous post we showed how to get started using the RedLine13 API. Building upon this, you can use your scripting languageRead More →
Eldad Uzman, Automation Architect at Merck, is the guest author on IoT load testing. You can read more from Eldad at Medium. Abstract In this article, I’ll discuss some of the challenges of load testing in the IoT world, and try to provide some practical solutions to these problems based on my personal experience. What is IoT? The internet-of-things refers to connecting physical devices such as sensors or computational devices to the internet. It is oftenRead More →
RedLine13 is committed to supporting users in India and is ideally suited for the load testing and performance testing community in India. In a previous post we talked about why: cost effective solution free version JMeter support support for all AWS Regions including the new Hyderabad region support team in India RedLine13 Load Testing Users in India RedLine13 users in India include companies based in India, such as Tata Elxisi, Viacom18, Philips India and Thomson Digital.Read More →