This example is based on the official documentation from the following websites;

• http://gatling.io
• https://jenkins.io/

Requirements

• A CentOS box
• Java 8
• Gatling 2.2.3

Explanation

Using Jenkins to kick of a pipeline job, or using CLI to execute a Gatling (load) simulation on multiple url's stored in a CSV...

Install Gatling Jenkins (master/slave) nodes

$ mkdir /opt/gatling/
$ wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/gatling/highcharts/gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle/2.2.3/gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-2.2.3-bundle.zip -P /opt/gatling/
$ unzip -o /opt/gatling/gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-2.2.3-bundle.zip -d /opt/gatling

Install the Jenkins gatling plugin

• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Gatling+Plugin

Create a pipeline job in Jenkins

Pipeline job post configuration

Or; run gatling simulation from the command line

• firstly; setting all variables

$ export JAVA_OPTS="-DcsvFile=TestApiSimulation.csv -Dduration=10 -DrampNUsers=1 -DrampDuration=1 -DrunInvalidator=false"

• secondly; running the actual simulation

$ ./gatling.sh -s my.gatling.TestApiSimulation -sf /opt/gatling-tests/TestApiSimulation -df /opt/gatling-tests/TestApiSimulation -rf /opt/gatling-tests/TestApiSimulation