Jmeter Cluster in Kubernetes

Prerequisits

• Kubernetes Cluster version 1.27+
• Kubectl access

Setup Guide

• Create jmeter cluster. Script inputs are namespace (for default press enter) & Slave count (Default count depends on worker nodes).

  ./jmeter_cluster_create.sh

• Create grafana, reporter & Influxdb for dashboard (optional)

  ./dashboard.sh
  

• To access the Grafana dashboard use LB url from grafana service. Or use Kube port-forward to access.

  kubectl port-forward svc/jmeter-grafana 3000

• To generate Grafana-reporter add reporter endpoint http://<GRAFANA_LB_URL>:8686/api/v5/report/ltaas as dashboard link. Visual guide. Or use port-forward both to access.

  kubectl port-forward svc/jmeter-grafana 3000 8686

• To Start jmeter load test

  ./start_test.sh <jmx_file_path>

Start load-test with csv

• To run the load test

  ./start_csv_copy.sh <jmx_dir>
  ./start_csv_test.sh <jmx_dir>

• To copy the results file as tar.gz

  ./copy_results.sh

• To stop the load test during the execution

  ./jmetet_stop.sh

Changelog

• Edited namespace as default
• Added grafana-reporter as a sidecar container in grafana's k8s deployment
• Grafana datasource (influxdb) & dashboard provisioning automated
• Added LB support to grafana service
• Move kube manifest separate directory
• Separated csv copy & load test function
• Added support to generate native jmeter report & copy back to local

Reference

• "Load Testing Jmeter On Kubernetes" medium blog post: https://goo.gl/mkoX9E
• Original Github repo: https://github.com/kubernauts/jmeter-kubernetes
• Grafana-reporter - https://github.com/IzakMarais/reporter