Parameter	Description
General
Java install path	This must indicate the path to the java install. Default value is: `C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_17`
Test root path	This must indicate where are located all the JMeter tests. This is a root path. Each test in XStudio has a canonical path that will be appended to this path. This path MUST not include an ending slash. Default value is: `C:/test_repository/tests/jmeter`
Connection timeout (seconds)	This must indicate the connection timeout value. Default value is: `30`
Request timeout (seconds)	This must indicate the request timeout value. Default value is: `30`
Acceptable failure rate (%)	This must indicate the acceptable failre rate. Default value is: `0`
Nb simulated users	This must indicate the number of simulated users. Default value is: `100`
Time to reach max load (seconds)	This must indicate the time to reach the max load. Default value is: `60`
Nb requests per user	This must indicate the number of request sent per user. Default value is: `3`
Nb values to compute max time	This must indicate the number of values measured to calculate the request max time. By default, the declared max time will be the average of the 3 biggest times. Default value is: `3`
JMeter
JMeter install directory	This must indicate where JMeter has been installed. Default value is: `C:/jakarta-jmeter-2.4`
Temporary folder	This must indicate the path of a folder where we are going to store temporary data. Default value is: `C:/WINDOWS/Temp`

These values can be changed while creating the campaign session from XStudio.

Requirements

The launcher will first take care about running the JMeter server. Do NOT run the server by yourself.
The tests must be named with the extension .web and contain description of command executed on the website.

For instance:


    url=http://192.168.10.104/index.html port=8080

    method=POST

    param=login value=johndoe

    param=password value=foobar

    param=request value=account

    url=http://192.168.10.104/index.html port=8080

    method=GET

    param=login value=johndoe

    param=password value=foobar

    param=command value=33552422

    url=http://192.168.10.104/view_command.php port=8080

    method=GET

    param=login value=johndoev
    param=password value=foobar

    param=command value=34620263

The JMX tests are generated dynamically from these tests and executed by the launcher.
At the end of the test execution, a chart is generated by the launcher based on the JTL results produced by JMeter and uploaded to XStudio. All the logs are also attached to the testcase execution in XStudio. The test will be marked as passed or failed depending on the failure rate measured by JMeter.

Tutorial: Creating and executing JMeter Web tests

In this tutorial, we will learn to run some JMeter load tests.

Prerequisites

Install JMeter in the folder C:\jakarta-jmeter-2.4
Create a file Test1.web in the folder C:\test_repository\tests\jmeter\folder1.
Open this file and copy the following in it:


    url=http://192.168.10.104/index.html port=80

    method=POST

    param=login value=johndoe

    param=password value=foobar

    param=request value=account

    url=http://192.168.10.104/index.html port=80

    method=GET

    param=login value=johndoe

    param=password value=foobar

    param=command value=33552422

Create a dedicated category for JMeter Web tests and create a test

create a category JMeter SQL associated to the launcher jmeter_web.jar
under this category, create (somewhere in the tree) a test with name Test1 and with a canonical path set to folder1.

Creating a test campaign

create a campaign including only the test Test1
create a campaign session using a configuration having all the default values.

Run a campaign session

Run the campaign session

After the session's execution is completed, you can look at the results from XStudio:

the messages indicate the failure rate and the average time to execute the queries
you can also check that all the log files (including the JMX, the JTL and the log files) are attached as well as a chart which looks like: