JMeter: run tests using ANT

Do you run your test cases in jmeter GUI, i really never like to run my tests in it. I always like to have command line options or preferably ANT. Following are the steps to run any JMeter test cases using ANT:

1. Install ANT and JMeter
2. Copy ant-jmeter.jar ant ANT_HOME/lib directory.
3. Create a common.xml file (as mentioned below) which can be referred by any Jmeter Test plan.
4. Create a build.xml for every test plan, which refers to common.xml
5. Use xslt task to create the html report of the test cases.

common.xml

<project name="jmeter-test-common" default="run" basedir=".">

<property name="jmeter.dir" value="C:/Jmeter"/>
<taskdef name="jmeter" classname="org.programmerplanet.ant.taskdefs.jmeter.JMeterTask"/>

<target name="run-test">

<echo message="${jmeter.dir}"/>
<jmeter jmeterhome="${jmeter.dir}"
testplan="${test.dir}/${jmeter.file}.jmx"
resultlog="${test.dir}/${jmeter.file}.jtl">
<property name="jmeter.save.saveservice.output_format" value="xml"/>
<property name="jmeter.save.saveservice.assertion_results" value="all"/>
<property name="request.threads" value="${request.threads}"/>
<property name="request.loop" value="${request.loop}"/>
<jvmarg value="-Duser.dir=${test.dir}"/>
</jmeter>

<echo message="Generating Report ..."/>

<xslt in="${test.dir}/${jmeter.file}.jtl"
out="${test.dir}/${jmeter.file}_summary.html"
style="${jmeter.dir}/extras/jmeter-results-report_21.xsl"/>

<xslt in="${test.dir}/${jmeter.file}.jtl"
out="${test.dir}/${jmeter.file}_detailed.html"
style="${jmeter.dir}/extras/jmeter-results-detail-report_21.xsl"/>
</target>
</project>


build.xml


<project name="my-test" default="run" basedir=".">

<import file="${ant.file.my-test}/common.xml"/>

<target name="run">
<antcall target="run-test">
<param name="jmeter.file" value="LOGIN"/>
<!-- here LOGIN is the jmx file name -->
<param name="test.dir" value="${ant.file}/.."/>
<param name="request.threads" value="5"/>
<param name="request.loop" value="1"/>
</antcall>
</target>

</project>