Jmeter Maven Plugin - Remote server config with parameters in pom.xml - jmeter

Question

I am trying to execute a jmeter test using the maven plugin on a remote server leveraging a pom.xml file that is completely parameterized as below.(I was able to successfully run a maven-jmeter remote test, where the servername, port, protocol and other info are all hard coded in the jmx file.
My pom.xml file is below
<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.example</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-demo</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>jmeter-demo</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<description>
Executes a JMeter test.
</description>
<properties>
<webapp.protocol>http</webapp.protocol>
<!--<webapp.host>www.mozilla.com</webapp.host>-->
<webapp.host>fsa-mia-dev2.fsalabs.io</webapp.host>
<webapp.port>80</webapp.port>
<test.duration>30</test.duration>
<test.threads>10</test.threads>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.9.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<!--
1)
first test run warms up the webserver.
Used to fill caches.
With a different set of properties since it runs much shorter than a normal test
and also the rate of requests/second may be much lower.
Maybe also use a different URL set.
-->
<id>warmup</id>
<phase>integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jmeter</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<propertiesUser>
<!--Accesses urls for warmup (compiles JSPs, fills caches, ...)-->
<!--************Setup Config for Threadgroup 23***************-->
<threadgroup23.name>S23_SFA_Org_CO</threadgroup23.name>
<threadgroup23.Transactionname>T23_SFA_Org_CO</threadgroup23.Transactionname>
<threadgroup23.ThinkTime>5000</threadgroup23.ThinkTime>
<threadgroup23.comment>T23_SFA_Org_CO</threadgroup23.comment>
<!--number of threads to use-->
<threadgroup23.numberOfThreads>5</threadgroup23.numberOfThreads>
<!--delay of the test in seconds-->
<threadgroup23.scheduledDelay>0</threadgroup23.scheduledDelay>
<!--duration of the test in seconds-->
<threadgroup23.scheduledDuration>60</threadgroup23.scheduledDuration>
<!--how long till all threads are up and running in seconds-->
<threadgroup23.rampUp>1</threadgroup23.rampUp>
<threadgroup23.dataFile>/home/ubuntu/mproj/data/S23_SFA_Org_CO.dat</threadgroup23.dataFile>
</propertiesUser>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<testFilesIncluded>
<testFilesIncluded>01_SA_CU_GetCPS.jmx</testFilesIncluded>
</testFilesIncluded>
<!-- protocol, server and port of tested webapp -->
<propertiesUser>
<protocol>${webapp.protocol}</protocol>
<server>${webapp.host}</server>
<port>${webapp.port}</port>
</propertiesUser>
<resultsFileFormat>csv</resultsFileFormat>
<testResultsTimestamp>false</testResultsTimestamp>
<ignoreResultFailures>true</ignoreResultFailures>
<remoteConfig>
<startServersBeforeTests>true</startServersBeforeTests>
<serverList>10.36.14.170</serverList>
</remoteConfig>
<suppressJMeterOutput>false</suppressJMeterOutput>
<propertiesSystem>
</propertiesSystem>
<propertiesJMeter><log_level.jmeter>DEBUG</log_level.jmeter></propertiesJMeter>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The issue is.. jmeter-server detects a request to execute and almost immediately stops.
Here is the info from log file post run
[debug] JMeter is called with the following command line arguments: -n -t /home/ubuntu/mProj/src/test/jmeter/01_SA_CU_GetCPS.jmx -l /home/ubuntu/mProj/target/jmeter/results/01_SA_CU_GetCPS.csv -d /home/ubuntu/mProj/target/jmeter -j /home/ubuntu/mProj/target/jmeter/logs/01_SA_CU_GetCPS.jmx.log -r -R 10.36.14.170
[info] Executing test: 01_SA_CU_GetCPS.jmx
[info] Created the tree successfully using /home/ubuntu/mProj/src/test/jmeter/01_SA_CU_GetCPS.jmx
[info] Configuring remote engine for 10.36.14.170
[info] Using remote object: UnicastRef [liveRef: [endpoint:[10.36.14.170:37913](remote),objID:[-10468c89:14fba100421:-7fff, -1854422229136130507]]]
[info] Starting remote engines
[info] Starting the test # Fri Sep 11 01:42:27 UTC 2015 (1441935747716)
[info] Remote engines have been started
[info] Waiting for possible shutdown message on port 4445
[info] Tidying up remote # Fri Sep 11 01:42:29 UTC 2015 (1441935749973)
[info] Completed Test: 01_SA_CU_GetCPS.jmx
[INFO]
[INFO] Test Results:
[INFO]
[INFO] Tests Run: 1, Failures: 0
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 25.280s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Sep 11 01:42:35 UTC 2015
[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/57M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(The pom-file works well without the remoteConfig - in localhost)
(There's no networking issues any where and the remote server is able to access the host and works when servername, port, protocol is hardcoded in jmx files)
Is this a known limitation of the maven-jmeter plugin?

Answer 1

First use a recent version of jmeter-maven-plugin, 2.8.3 as of 15th january 2019.
To pass parameters, enter in pom.xml as child of configuration:
<propertiesJMeter>
<BUILD_TAG>${project.version}</BUILD_TAG>
<threads>7</threads>
<duration>30</duration>
</propertiesJMeter>
And in jmeter, to use threads for example, you would use __P function:
${__P(threads,5)
This blog explains the whole process.