How to use Jmeter with Docker in a Virtual Machine? - image

Question

I am working on Jmeter, that I have to install in a Virtual Machine. To install applications, we usually use Docker. Thus, I'd like to know if it's possible to install in my Virtual Machine the Jmeter application.
I have tried to run a lot of Docker Images but I can't understand anything about it... I tried to run and pull with docker this image : https://hub.docker.com/r/justb4/jmeter/ but when I tried to run it, I can't on GUI mode...
The thing is that I have a test plan test.jmx that I worked on in my PC, and I would like to create it in my VM (with the GUI Jmeter mode) or to export it in my VM so that I could launch it.
I don't know if anyone could help me!
Thank you in advance. Have a nice day.

Answer 1

To install applications, we usually use Docker.
this is very weird use case for Docker.
If you want to use Docker for running JMeter in GUI mode for tests development I doubt that you will be able to find a suitable image in the DockerHub, most probably you will need to build one yourself, an example Dockerfile would be something like:
FROM alpine:edge
ENV DISPLAY :99
ENV RESOLUTION 1366x768x24
RUN echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories \
&& apk add --no-cache curl xfce4-terminal xvfb x11vnc xfce4 openjdk8-jre bash xrdp \
&& curl -L https://archive.apache.org/dist/jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.2.1.tgz > /tmp/jmeter.tgz \
&& tar -xvf /tmp/jmeter.tgz -C /opt \
&& rm /tmp/jmeter.tgz \
&& curl -L https://jmeter-plugins.org/get/ > /opt/apache-jmeter-5.2.1/lib/ext/jmeter-plugins-manager.jar \
&& echo "[Globals]" > /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "bitmap_cache=true" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "bitmap_compression=true" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "autorun=jmeter" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "[jmeter]" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "name=jmeter" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "lib=libvnc.so" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "ip=localhost" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "port=5900" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "username=jmeter" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini \
&& echo "password=" >> /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
EXPOSE 5900
EXPOSE 3389
CMD ["bash", "-c", "rm -f /tmp/.X99-lock && rm -f /var/run/xrdp.pid\
&& nohup bash -c \"/usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 ${RESOLUTION} -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset && export DISPLAY=99 > /dev/null 2>&1 &\"\
&& nohup bash -c \"startxfce4 > /dev/null 2>&1 &\"\
&& nohup bash -c \"x11vnc -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -display :99 -forever -bg -nopw -rfbport 5900 > /dev/null 2>&1\"\
&& nohup bash -c \"xrdp -p 3389 > /dev/null 2>&1\"\
&& nohup bash -c \"/opt/apache-jmeter-5.2.1/bin/./jmeter -Jjmeter.laf=CrossPlatform > /dev/null 2>&1 &\"\
&& tail -f /dev/null"]
Save the above Dockerfile somewhere on your local drive
Build the image like:
docker build -t jmeter:gui .
Run the image like:
docker run -d -p 3389:3389 -p 5900:5900 jmeter:gui
You should be able to connect to the GUI of the running image using RDP or VNC client
For running your JMeter tests in Docker refer to Make Use of Docker with JMeter - Learn How article