How to pass the parameters from command line to JMX file (Jmeter Test Plan)

[Vinay Prasad]

I have a test plan which uses connectHostname to send the requests.

Current pom looks like below

<properties>

<performancetest.connectHostname>some_default_hostname</performancetest.connectHostname>

</properties>

<profiles>

<profile>

<id>jenkins</id>

<properties>

<performancetest.connectHostname>hostname_for_jenkins_profile</performancetest.connectHostname>

</properties>

</profile>

</profiles>

<plugin>

<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>

<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>

<version>1.9.0</version>

<configuration>

<testResultsTimestamp>false</testResultsTimestamp>

<overrideRootLogLevel>DEBUG</overrideRootLogLevel>

<suppressJMeterOutput>false</suppressJMeterOutput>

<ignoreResultFailures>true</ignoreResultFailures>

<propertiesJMeter>

<jmeter.save.saveservice.thread_counts>true</jmeter.save.saveservice.thread_counts>

</propertiesJMeter>

<jmeterPlugins>

<plugin>

<groupId>kg.apc</groupId>

<artifactId>jmeter-plugins</artifactId>

</plugin>

</jmeterPlugins>

</configuration>

<executions>

<execution>

<id>execute-jmeter-tests</id>

<goals>

<goal>jmeter</goal>

</goals>

<phase>integration-test</phase>

</execution>

</executions>

</plugin>

I want to pass the hostname from command line e.g. 

clean -Pjenkins verify -Dperformancetest.connectHostname=dayrhemwkd083.enterprisenet.org

Test plan (jmx file) looks like below

 <elementProp name="connectHostname" elementType="Argument">

            <stringProp name="Argument.name">connectHostname</stringProp>

            <stringProp name="Argument.value">${__P(performancetest.connectHostname}</stringProp>

            <stringProp name="Argument.desc">Entrypoint host</stringProp>

            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>

</elementProp>

- If I hardcode the hostname the tests are working fine but when I try to use the command line variable like above, it is not able to execute.

I want to know how to achieve this. Appreciate any help!!

[Vinay Prasad]

debug] JMeter is called with the following command line arguments: -n -t C:\Users\prasvi02\workspace\jmeter-maven-collections\src\test\jmeter\mcsEventTestPlan.jmx -l C:\Users\prasvi02\workspace\jmeter-maven-collections\target\jmeter\results\mcsEventTestPlan.jtl -d C:\Users\prasvi02\workspace\jmeter-maven-collections\target\jmeter -L DEBUG -j C:\Users\prasvi02\workspace\jmeter-maven-collections\target\jmeter\logs\mcsEventTestPlan.jmx.log

[info] Executing test: mcsEventTestPlan.jmx

[Richard Olsson]

Hi,

Maybe some input. It was at least working for me in 2.x:

 <propertiesUser>

                                <NUMBER_OF_LOOPS>${number_of_loops}</NUMBER_OF_LOOPS>

                                <DURATION>${duration}</DURATION>

                                <NUMBER_OF_CLIENTS>${number_of_clients}</NUMBER_OF_CLIENTS>

                                <THREAD_DELAY>${thread_delay}</THREAD_DELAY>

                                <RAMP_UP>${ramp_up}</RAMP_UP>

                                <CDRS_HOST_INIT>${cdrs_host_init}</CDRS_HOST_INIT>

                                <CDRS_PORT>${cdrs_port}</CDRS_PORT>

                                <PROT>${prot}</PROT>

                                <TEST_ID>${test_id}</TEST_ID>

                                <START_DELAY>${start_delay}</START_DELAY>

</propertiesUser>

.....

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<hashTree>
      <Arguments guiclass="ArgumentsPanel" testclass="Arguments" testname="User Defined Variables" enabled="true">
        <collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments">
         ...
          <elementProp name="START_DELAY" elementType="Argument">
            <stringProp name="Argument.name">START_DELAY</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.value">${__P(START_DELAY,0)}</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.desc">Start delay in sec used in Thread Group. Delay the start of the real test execution against CDRS. Default=0 sec.</stringProp>
          </elementProp>
          <elementProp name="THREAD_DELAY" elementType="Argument">
            <stringProp name="Argument.name">THREAD_DELAY</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.value">${__P(THREAD_DELAY,0)}</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.desc">Time delay until starting next thread group loop iteration. Default:0 ms.</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
          </elementProp>
          <elementProp name="NUMBER_OF_CLIENTS" elementType="Argument">
            <stringProp name="Argument.name">NUMBER_OF_CLIENTS</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.value">${__P(NUMBER_OF_CLIENTS,1024)}</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.desc">How many users that are simulated concurrently to send data to CDRS. Default=1024.</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
          </elementProp>
          <elementProp name="NUMBER_OF_LOOPS" elementType="Argument">
            <stringProp name="Argument.name">NUMBER_OF_LOOPS</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.value">${__P(NUMBER_OF_LOOPS,1000000000)}</stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.desc">Number of loops for each thread. Total number of CDRS connections = CLIENTS * LOOPS. Default:1000000000. (Avoid stopping before Duration)  </stringProp>
            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
          </elementProp>

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15:52:56 Executing Maven:  -B -f /var/opt/jenkins-slave/workspace/xxxxx/xxxxxx_GCS_load_test-xxxxx-583_B_feature_branch_man/pom.xml -s /var/opt/jenkins-slave/workspace/xxxxx/xxxxxx_GCS_load_test-xxxxxx-583_B_feature_branch_man/settings.xml verify -Djmx-file=xxxxxx_gcs_load_test.jmx -Dcdrs_host_init=stb-xxxxx-cdrs-04.nix.cydmodule.com -Dnumber_of_loops=1 -Dduration= -Dnumber_of_clients=1 -Dcdrs_port= -Dprot= -Dtest_id= -Dramp_up= -Dthread_delay= -Dstart_delay=
15:52:57 [INFO] Scanning for projects...

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BR
Richard