An open-source tool, written in Python, for generating load. Besides JMeter scripts, Azure Load Testing accepts Locust ones (testType: Locust).
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Terms in this definition
- Chat message roles
Labels on chat messages: instructions go under system, the person's input under user, the model's previous answers under assistant, and results returned by a called tool under tool (or function).
- ELT
Extract, load, transform: raw data lands in the target system first and is transformed there. See ETL for the opposite order.
- Azure Load Testing
Managed service generating heavy traffic, from Locust or JMeter scripts or simple URL tests, against apps wherever they're hosted. For Azure apps it also captures server metrics, and test criteria can fail a CI/CD run.
Related terms
- Apache JMeter
An open-source tool for load testing. Azure Load Testing runs its JMX scripts with support for every JMeter protocol and plugin, and also supports Locust.
- JMX
Apache JMeter saves test plans in this format. Azure Load Testing can run such scripts, with any JMeter protocol or plugin, by setting testType to JMX; it also handles Locust and URL-based tests.