How to Configure Load Generators in JMeter (Master & Slave)

How to configure Load Generators (Slave & Master)

Adding Load Generators in JMeter should follow some basic steps like

Things to do on JMeter – Controller (Master):

Step 1:

Go to bin directory in JMeter and open JMeter.properties file using Notepad

            apache-jmeter-2.11 à bin à jmeter.properties

Step 2:

Add the slave computers IP address in the “remote_hosts=xxx.x.x.x”

Note: We can add multiple IP’s by separating using the “,” operator

Things to do on Load Generator Machines (Slave):

Invoke the jmeter-server.bat file in the slave machines before connecting to the master machine.

           apache-jmeter-2.11 à bin à jmeter-server.bat

Note: Do refer the following link for detailed information on configuring the load generators

https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/jmeter_distributed_testing_step_by_step.pdf