Running JMeter on multiple servers
In this recipe, we'll extend the Creating a web service test using JMeter recipe to run our JMeter test from multiple locations.
Getting ready
You will need to install Oracle SOA Suite 11g for this recipe.
You'll need to have completed the Installing Apache JMeter recipe for a single machine, and have the SOAP composite test configured and working correctly from the Creating a web service test using JMeter recipe.
You'll need network access to the SOA Suite server hosting your composite, and the machine hosting the first JMeter installation.
We'll refer to the installation folder for JMeter as $JMETER_HOME for this recipe.
How to do it…
By following these steps, we can configure JMeter to use multiple machines to generate load on your application:
Follow the steps in the Installing Apache JMeter recipe to install JMeter on the second machine. Ensure that you install the same version of JMeter on the second machine. We'll refer to the original instance of JMeter...
