Automating jmx files in CircleCI - jmeter

Question

I have couple of jmx files which I recorded and downloaded using blazemeter plugin.
I would like to know
How Can I integrate to CircleCI?
How can I set it to run daily?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

When you add a CircleCI project you have a variety of languages to choose from:
I would recommend going for Maven(Java) as JMeter Maven Plugin is the easiest option for setting up and using out of other JMeter non-GUI execution options.
Organise your project structure as follows:
yourproject
.circleci
config.yml
src
test
jmeter
test.jmx
pom.xml
Make sure that config.yml file looks as follows:
# Java Maven CircleCI 2.0 configuration file
#
# Check https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-java/ for more details
#
version: 2
jobs:
build:
docker:
# specify the version you desire here
- image: circleci/openjdk:8-jdk
# Specify service dependencies here if necessary
# CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images
# documented at https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/circleci-images/
# - image: circleci/postgres:9.4
working_directory: ~/repo
environment:
# Customize the JVM maximum heap limit
MAVEN_OPTS: -Xmx3200m
steps:
- checkout
# Download and cache dependencies
- restore_cache:
keys:
- v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
# fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
- v1-dependencies-
- run: mvn dependency:go-offline
- save_cache:
paths:
- ~/.m2
key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
# run tests!
- run: mvn verify
- store_artifacts:
path: target/jmeter/reports
Make sure your pom.xml looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>maven</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.0</version>
<executions>
<!-- Run JMeter tests -->
<execution>
<id>jmeter-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>jmeter</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<!-- Fail build on errors in test -->
<execution>
<id>jmeter-check-results</id>
<goals>
<goal>results</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<generateReports>true</generateReports>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
That's it, now your build will be triggered on each commit:
You will be able to see HTML Reporting Dashboard in build artifacts
Scheduling your builds is also possible via cron-like expressions