To set up JMeter and Ant for automated enterface testing in a Jenkins container, follow these steps to install and configure the necessary components on Ubuntu.

Installing JDK on Ubuntu

1. Download the JDK package, such as jdk-8u74-linux-x64.tar.gz, and transfer it to the server using lrzsz. Install lrzsz with sudo apt-get install lrzsz. Use rz to upload files from your local machine to the server and sz to download files from the server.

2. Extract the JDK archive. Run tar -xvf jdk-8u74-linux-x64.tar.gz to create a directroy like jdk1.8.0_74.

3. Configure environment variables. Edit /etc/profile with vi and add:

   export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_74
   export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
   

   Apply the changes with source /etc/profile.

4. Verify the installation by running java -version.

Installing JMeter

1. Package the local JMeter files into a ZIP archive, such as apache-jmeter-3.2.zip, and upload it to the server using rz.

2. Install unzip if not present: apt-get install unzip.

3. Extract the archive with unzip apache-jmeter-3.2.zip, resulting in a directory like apache-jmeter-3.2.

4. Move the extracted directory to /usr/local.

5. Set JMeter environment variables. Edit /etc/profile and add:

   export JMETER=/usr/local/apache-jmeter-3.2
   export PATH=$JMETER/bin:$PATH
   

   Execute source /etc/profile to activate.

6. Check the setup by running jmeter -v.

Testing JMeter Scripts

Run a JMeter script in non-GUI mode with:

jmeter -n -t /tmp/apache-jmeter-3.2/bin/lsmsp.jmx -l log.jtl

Parameters:

• -n: Run without GUI
• -t: Specify the script file
• -l: Define the output log file

View results with cat log.jtl.

Enstalling Ant on Ubuntu

1. Install Apache Ant, such as apache-ant-1.9.9, in /usr/local using a similar method as JMeter.

2. Configure Ant environment variables. Edit /etc/profile and append:

   export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.9.9
   export PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH
   

   Apply with source /etc/profile and verify with ant -v.

3. Copy ant-jmeter-1.1.3.jar from jmeter/extras to ant/lib.

Configuring build.xml for Ant

Create a build.xml file to automate JMeter test execution with Ant. Two approaches are outlined below.

Option 1: Direct Script Execution This method runs scripts stored locally in the JMeter directory.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="jmeter-ant-run" default="execute" basedir=".">
    <tstamp>
        <format property="timestamp" pattern="yyyyMMddHHmm" />
    </tstamp>
    <property environment="sysenv"/>
    <property name="reportTitle" value="PerformanceTest" />
    <property name="jmeter.install" value="/usr/local/apache-jmeter-3.2" />
    <property name="jmeter.result.jtl" value="${sysenv.WORKSPACE}/output/${sysenv.BUILD_ID}/${sysenv.BUILD_ID}.jtl" />
    <property name="jmeter.result.html" value="${sysenv.WORKSPACE}/output/${sysenv.BUILD_ID}/${sysenv.BUILD_ID}.html" />
    <target name="execute">
        <echo message="Initiating test..."/>
        <antcall target="setup" />
        <antcall target="runTests" />
        <antcall target="generateReport" />
    </target>
    <target name="setup">
        <mkdir dir="${sysenv.WORKSPACE}/output/${sysenv.BUILD_ID}" />
    </target>
    <target name="runTests">
        <taskdef name="jmeterTask" classname="org.programmerplanet.ant.taskdefs.jmeter.JMeterTask" />
        <jmeterTask jmeterhome="${jmeter.install}" resultlog="${jmeter.result.jtl}">
            <testplans dir="/usr/local/apache-jmeter-3.2/bin/testScripts" includes="sample.jmx" />
            <property name="jmeter.save.saveservice.output_format" value="xml"/>
        </jmeterTask>
    </target>
    <target name="generateReport">
        <xslt in="${jmeter.result.jtl}"
              out="${jmeter.result.html}"
              style="${jmeter.install}/extras/jmeter-results-detail-report_21.xsl" />
    </target>
</project>

Option 2: Git-Based Script Retrieval This approach fetches scripts from a Git repository before execution.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="jmeter-git-ant" default="launch" basedir=".">
    <tstamp>
        <format property="currentTime" pattern="yyyyMMddHHmm" />
    </tstamp>
    <property environment="envVars"/>
    <property name="reportName" value="TestSummary" />
    <property name="jmeter.path" value="/usr/local/apache-jmeter-3.2" />
    <property name="result.dir" value="/usr/local/apache-jmeter-3.2/results/${envVars.BUILD_ID}" />
    <property name="result.jtl" value="${result.dir}/${reportName}.jtl" />
    <property name="result.html" value="${result.dir}/${reportName}.html" />
    <property name="git.local" value="${envVars.WORKSPACE}" />
    <target name="launch">
        <echo message="Starting process..."/>
        <antcall target="prepare" />
        <antcall target="executeTests" />
        <antcall target="createReport" />
    </target>
    <target name="prepare">
        <mkdir dir="${envVars.WORKSPACE}/results/${envVars.BUILD_ID}" />
    </target>
    <target name="executeTests">
        <taskdef name="jmeterExec" classname="org.programmerplanet.ant.taskdefs.jmeter.JMeterTask" />
        <jmeterExec jmeterhome="${jmeter.path}" resultlog="${result.jtl}">
            <testplans dir="${git.local}" includes="demo.jmx" />
            <property name="jmeter.save.saveservice.output_format" value="xml"/>
        </jmeterExec>
    </target>
    <path id="xslt.classpath">
        <fileset dir="${jmeter.path}/lib" includes="xalan*.jar"/>
        <fileset dir="${jmeter.path}/lib" includes="serializer*.jar"/>
    </path>
    <target name="createReport">
        <tstamp>
            <format property="reportDate" pattern="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm" />
        </tstamp>
        <xslt classpathref="xslt.classpath"
              force="true"
              in="${result.jtl}"
              out="${result.html}"
              style="${jmeter.path}/extras/jmeter.results.shanhe.me.xsl">
            <param name="dateReport" expression="${reportDate}"/>
        </xslt>
        <copy todir="${result.dir}">
            <fileset dir="${jmeter.path}/extras">
                <include name="collapse.png" />
                <include name="expand.png" />
            </fileset>
        </copy>
    </target>
</project>