Load testing Moodle with JMeter
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The Apace JMeter has always been the most common load testing resp. performance measurement tool for Moodle. Since release 2.5, Moodle makes the process vastly simpler through two built-in scripts Make test course (Site administration > Development > Make test course) and Make JMeter test plan (Site administration > Development > Make JMeter test plan) augmented by the add-ons Moodle performance comparison. This document is about the two built-in scripts.
Warning: Do not run these scripts on a production system!
These tests load the server to its limits and beyond, making it nonreponsive. Even if you can afford down-times don't run them on a separate Moodle instance on the production server: their effect on the DBMS is undocumented.
Make test course
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Make JMeter test plan
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Running the test plan on JMeter
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