UbikLoadPack : Video Streaming load testing and how to emit requests from multiple IPs

Question

We're using UbikLoadPack to load test streams delivered in :

• Apple HLS
• MPEG-DASH
• MS Smooth
• Adobe HDS

We now want to distribute the load from multiple IPs to check our load balancing policies and localization rules.

How can we do that ?

Answer 1

Option 1 : You have multiple IP interfaces for 1 machine

You can use the IP Spoofing Host/IP field and put :

• ${ip}

• Add a CSV Data Set element that will reference a CSV file containing the IPs you have and declare ip variable

Option 2 : You don't or want to use multiple machines, you can have a look at distributed testing

• https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/jmeter_distributed_testing_step_by_step.html

For reporting, pay particular attention to requirements:

• https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/generating-dashboard.html#configuration_requirements

Option 3 : Use the Cloud

Run from the Cloud using any cloud provider or PAAS solutions like:

• Redline13, UbikLoadPack is available on it

• Blazemeter : UbikLoadPack is compatible using Taurus test type to run

• Flood.io