Cloud JMeter Load Testing at Scale

LoadFocus
3 min readOct 29, 2020

Load Testing Your Application Using JMeter just got way easier with JMeter Load Testing Cloud tool from LoadFocus.

You can upload your JMeter test scripts and run tests in just a few steps with our new JMeter Cloud Load Testing Tool.

1. How to run a new load test:

  1. Choose from multiple world cloud locations
  2. Set the number of virtual users (threads), duration, ramp up time and ramp up steps that your JMeter test will use
  3. Upload your JMeter test script (.jmx) file and click Execute.

Note: you can also upload a configuration CSV file (.csv) along your JMeter test script.

New JMeter Load Test Configuration from LoadFocus
New JMeter Load Test Configuration

You can run your JMeter tests in the cloud with 10k+ virtual users (threads) from multiple locations in the world.

It’s takes only few seconds to simulate a 1000 concurrent user load using Apache JMeter tests.

You can start with a simple load or performance test, set the number of virtual users to 10VU, 100VU, 1000VU or even 10,000 VU.

2. Overview: Dashboard with Live Results and Charts

All metrics in one place with the new Overview Dashboard.

JMeter Load Test Results Dashboard
JMeter Load Test Results Dashboard with Full Performance Metrics

The live performance metrics help you get early feedback about how your load test is doing, so you can keep the test running or stop it straight away.

Virtual Users over Response Time Chart

Virtual Users (threads) over Response Time Chart
Virtual Users (threads) over Response Time Chart — 1 second granularity

Easily check if your response time increases when you add more Virtual Users to your test.

Hits per second and Errors

Virtual Users (threads) over Hits/s & Errors Chart
Virtual Users (threads) over Hits/s & Errors Chart — 1 second granularity

You should planning your website and APIs for high concurrency, and you can achieve by understanding how your application behaves using a gradual approach when you run your load tests and performance tests.

Create your free account today: https://loadfocus.com

3. Full PDF Reports

Download your test results easily using our Print option, so you can easily share the full results of your load tests with your team and peers.

Full Performance Metrics Reports
Full Performance Metrics Reports

4. Dynamic Performance Metrics Charts

With our customizable performance metrics charts, it’s simple to add or remove metrics on the chart and understand better the behaviour of the application under test.

Performance Metrics Charts from LoadFocus
Performance Metrics Charts from LoadFocus

5. Apache JMeter Log Files

The original uploaded JMeter (.jmx) file and the JTL results file along with the JMeter.log file are available to download to your environment.

Apache JMeter Load Test Log Files
Apache JMeter Load Test Log Files to View/Download

We made it quite easy to run and debug JMeter load tests, start today https://loadfocus.com.

Written by Bogdan Vazzolla.

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