702747 - Set up distributed / clustered JMeter nodes in the SeaMicro cluster in PHX

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Infrastructure & Operations Graveyard :: WebOps: Other, task)

Description

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Attachment: JMeter Distributed Testing (PDF)

The WebQA team has been talking with Corey + others about installing a bunch of JMeter nodes on the SeaMicro cluster in PHX (hope I got that right; Corey will correct me).

This bug is to track the _setup/configuration_work, not any actual performance/load-testing -- that'll be handled jointly with the AMO team, etc.

I've also attached a PDF guide on how to run distributed JMeter, in the hopes it makes the remote setup process smoother.

Comment 1

[Corey Shields [:cshields]]

we won't be able to get this done in a "major" time frame so I'm dropping that.

Will organize dep bugs and nodes today.

Comment 3

[Corey Shields [:cshields]]

(In reply to Corey Shields [:cshields] from comment #1)
> Will organize dep bugs and nodes today.

That day was a wash.. stuff came up.  Filing these today.  :|

Comment 4

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Will this be usable in Q4, or Q1, more realistically?  If the latter, can we investigate using a commercial service in the meantime, to augment?

Comment 5

[Corey Shields [:cshields]]

(In reply to Stephen Donner [:stephend] from comment #4)
> Will this be usable in Q4, or Q1, more realistically?  If the latter, can we
> investigate using a commercial service in the meantime, to augment?

heh, no, sorry, it didn't happen then..  This was a casualty of our data center move.

Will see if we can fit it in quickly.

Comment 6

[Chris Turra [:cturra]]

jmeter workers are in place and some testing has been done with them. we're waiting on some network routes to be put in place so we can complete basic remote testing. stay tuned for more updates soon :)

Comment 7

[Chris Turra [:cturra]]

good news! the master & workers are now in place.

:stephend - i have added you and all your direct reports that have postfix accounts and ssh keys setup to the master so they can remotely run their jmx tests. the following users have ssh access: sdonner, mbrandt, zcampbell, retornam and kraj. if ajalgaonkar and rbillings need access, we'll need ssh keys from them for their ldap accounts.

now onto the good stuff! you can access the jmeter master (client) at: master.jmeter.dmz.phx1.mozilla.com. and to run a test...

1. upload your jmeter test (jmx) to the jmeter master. you can do this by secure copying (scp) the the jmx to your home directly.

  $ scp my_awesome_test.jmx master.jmeter.dmz.phx1.mozilla.com:

2. login to the jmeter master and run the test you uploaded in step 1.

  $ ssh -A master.jmeter.dmz.phx1.mozilla.com
  $ jmeter -n -t my_awesome_test.jmx -l my_awesome_test.log -R worker1,worker2,worker3,worker4,worker5

3. profit++