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Summertime update: OctoPerf 9.2
Another batch of quality of life features in OctoPerf, including using your own AWS or DO account to autostart/stop load agents.
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.
New Features Private hosts 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 v9: The New Unified Docker Agent
OctoPerf v9.0.0 and above feature a much simpler Unified Docker + Monitoring Agent. Learn what’s new and the changes implied to the hosts management.
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:
How OctoPerf currently works and why it’s not optimal, And the changes we’ve made in the upcoming OctoPerf v9.
Minor version major features
Today we look at our latest release, because OctoPerf now offers entirely custom load policies. And many other minor features to make your life easier.
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:
Custom load policy It is now possible to create the exact load you want:
Not only can you add points to the graph, but you can also edit them:
Nothing compares to OctoPerf v8
While we’re all dieting back to our regular weight, OctoPerf shamelessly got bigger with the new v8. Featuring report comparison, new UI and other features.
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: Comparison is the thief of joy. Theodore Roosevelt
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.
How to Find a Business Idea
How to find what business to launch when you have no idea? The answer is surprisingly easy to figure out yet not so obvious.
Before revealing the secrets behind every successful business idea to you, let’s first dive into the story of some of the most successful business men who bootstraped their companies.
Philip Knight (Nike) Philip Knight, originating from Oregon, is a runner. He deeply embraces this sport since he is young. Running six miles a day, he enjoys the relaxation you feel when completing a new milestone. The endorphins build up in your body, giving you this joyful sensation of being completely relaxed and safe.
Your monthly dose of new features
Thanksgiving is over, but it’s Christmas before time with OctoPerf 7.5. The biggest present being the addition of Service Level Agreements.
Now that we prepare to enter winter, our developers (Jérôme & Gérald) do not need an excuse to stay at home and code new features. Plus since the weather is cool here they will not be distracted by snow. Which is why even though our latest post about new features was just 6 weeks ago, here we are again with a new batch. Oh and don’t worry for them, as long as we pay them 1€ at the end of each month; it’s technically not slavery!
Another batch of fresh new features
As the summer goes by, we keep adding new features to make your tests easier.
I know it’s hot outside and you feel like you’re missing out on your precious sun tan, but that doesn’t mean folks at OctoPerf stopped working. In fact we’ve been working on major features, but more on that in a later post, today, I’d like to talk about the little things that will make you life even easier.
Advanced rights management Well the first one is a not-so-little thing, we listened to feedbacks regarding the workspace and rights system and implemented an upgraded version.
Search and replace in HTTP actions feature review
Speeding OctoPerf’s Virtual Users design by using the new Search And Replace feature.
The latest version of OctoPerf comes with an improvement to the Search HTTP actions: You can now replace values in the flagged HTTP requests actions!
How it works You could already flag HTTP actions that match some search criteria, for example:
HTTP actions with a specific header’s name, HTTP actions with a particular query parameter’s value, POST requests whose content contains some data, etc. Now you can directly update these HTTP actions by using the replace features:
Collaborative JMeter Testing
OctoPerf Workspaces for QA Teams enables collaborative JMeter testing.
Performance Tester Teams struggle to share their work when using JMeter. Sharing JMeter projects can be a tedious task. OctoPerf solves this issue by allowing Teams to share their load tests.
Workspaces allow teams to share JMeter projects (Virtual Users, Scenarios and test reports). A Workspace is a collection of projects accessible by one or more people with different rights.
Workspace members have different rights depending on their role:
Full JMeter Support
OctoPerf now fully supports all JMeter features including open-source and custom JMeter plugins.
We have made a major step toward full JMeter support. Until now, OctoPerf supported only a limited subset of JMeter features. Many customers were asking to extend the JMeter support to fit their own needs. We had to find an elegant solution to fit all needs without compromising simplicity of use.
JMeter can be easily extended by creating your own plugins. There are numerous open-source JMeter plugins which greatly increase JMeter capabilities.
