JMeter: remote test with file upload

Question

My JMeter test should upload a file to a web service.

The upload request contains the Username and the filename in the Header. The Username and the filename are listed in a CSV file.

On my local machine the jmx file, the csv file and all test data are in the same directory. The test works great here.

However, if I start the test remote, the remote machine uses the correct username and filename but won't find the file because it's obviously not in JMeter's BaseDir.

Is there a best practice to send the test data to the remote server or do I have to manually put them there in the right directory every time?

Answer 1

JMeter sends only .jmx test plan in form of HashTree to the remote machines. It is also possible to pass some JMeter properties to remote engines via -G command line argument

Apart from this, remote JMeter engines are absolutely independent, if your test explicitly relies on an external file (.csv file used in the CSV Data Set Config or other file, which will be used for uploading)- you need to copy this file to all remote engines (manually or in automated manner), JMeter isn't smart enough to do this for you.