JMeter 5 is out, be the first to test with it from the cloud with OctoPerf!
This brand new version of JMeter brings a lot of new features and fixes. As usual we've worked hard to migrate all our load generators to JMeter 5 as fast as possible. Compatibility with previous scripts is still guaranteed since the number of core changes remains small.
Wondering what's new in OctoPerf? You've come to the right place. Don't worry I know you have plans for summer so I will keep it short.
OctoPerf now allows using your own Amazon Web Services or Digital Ocean account. This way OctoPerf will automatically start the load generators for you in your private cloud. And of course we will start them on demand and stop them once the test is finished. OctoPerf manages the entire test lifecycle remotely. Thanks to this you only get billed for the duration of the test.
It also works with Elastic/Floating IP adresses in case you need to whitelist them in advance.
OctoPerf Enterprise-Edition is OctoPerf fully installable on your own hardware. Up to OctoPerf v8.x.x, OctoPerf EE uses Rancher to manage load generators.
After multiple setup sessions with our customers, we came to the conclusion that we needed to improve the way load generators and monitoring agents are managed. We had to make core improvements to make OctoPerf EE much easier to install. Let's see:
OctoPerf v9.0.0 to greatly improve the situation.Let's go!
Why the hell have we based OctoPerf on Rancher? That's a fair question I'm going to answer.
Initially, back in 2015, when we released OctoPerf's first version, it was based on Apache Mesos and Singularity. As explained on their website today:
It's been two months since our last major release. Which is a bit more than ordinary for us. But as a result we have even more features to show this time.
And let's start with the star of this OctoPerf 8.2 release:
It is now possible to create the exact load you want:
We know it's unhealthy to compare yourself to others.
In particular since it is the time for new year's resolutions and this looks like a good candidate.
There's even a famous quote that states:
But sadly, tests results in OctoPerf won't get this chance. Now you can compare up to 4 test results in OctoPerf! We've also improved our UI again to make a better use of the space available.
Allow me to give you a tour.