How do we configure Jenkins to usea particular instance/machine as a JMeter Master instance

Question

I tried solutions listed on Stackoverflow i.e.:

How to configure Jenkins for distributed load using multiple Jmeter-servers

However when I trigger a job from Jenkins, it looks for JMeter-server Master install in local machine.

Question: 1. How to configure Jenkins to look for Jemeter-server Master instance running on a specific machine 2. can I run my jmeter-server master instance on a separate machine than where Jenkins is running. 3. How Jenkins identify which instance is Master and which instance is slave

Answer 1

You need to familiarise yourself with the concept of Jenkins Distributed Builds feature.

1. On Jenkins Master open "Manage Jenkins -> Manage Nodes"

   

2. Click "New Node" and provide a meaningful name for it (I use "Windows" since my master is running on a Mac and I'm going to have a Windows slave)

3. Perform the necessary configuration (here I use Launch agent via Java Web Start option ) and save it.

   

4. On the machine which you are going to use as a slave open the same page ("Manage Jenkins -> "Manage Nodes"). You will see a new node called "Windows"

   

5. Use one of the provided ways to launch a Jenkins slave on the agent

   

6. Assuming everything goes well you should be able to see a new "Windows" slave machine

   

   7. So now you should be able to "tell" Jenkins where you would like the build to be executed via Restrict where this project can be run setting:

   

References:

• Step by step guide to set up master and slave machines on Windows
• Continuous Integration 101: How to Run JMeter With Jenkins