Remote Start And Stop Of Servers Via <remoteConfig>
Setting the <startServersBeforeTests> option will result in a --runremote command being send to JMeter which will start up any remote servers you have defined in your jmeter.propertieswhen your first test starts.
Setting the <stopServersAfterTests> option will result in a --remoteexit command being send to JMeter which will shut down all remote servers defined in jmeter.properties after your last test has been run.
<startServersBeforeTests> and <stopServersAfterTests> can be used independantly so that it is possible to use another process to start and stop servers if required.
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<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>jmeter-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>jmeter</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<remoteConfig>
<startServersBeforeTests>true</startServersBeforeTests>
<stopServersAfterTests>true</stopServersAfterTests>
</remoteConfig>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
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You can configure the plugin to perform a remote start and stop for each individual test by setting the <startAndStopServersForEachTest> variable to true. If you set this along with<startServersBeforeTests> and <stopServersAfterTests> the <startServersBeforeTests>and <stopServersAfterTests> settings will be ignored.
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<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>jmeter-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>jmeter</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<remoteConfig>
<startAndStopServersForEachTest>false</startAndStopServersForEachTest>
</remoteConfig>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
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Instead of starting all remote servers, you can specify which ones to start by using the<serverList> option, this will accept a comma separated list of servers for JMeter to start (these must be defined in your jmeter.properties, see the remote testing page in the JMeter manual).
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<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>jmeter-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>jmeter</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<remoteConfig>
<startServersBeforeTests>true</startServersBeforeTests>
<serverList>server1,server2</serverList>
<stopServersAfterTests>true</stopServersAfterTests>
</remoteConfig>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
