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Unable to launch gatling 3.6.1 server

Unable to launch gatling and it fails with the following issue using JDK 14.0.2 or JDK 8 on a Mac | Ubuntu machine

./gatling.sh 
GATLING_HOME is set to /Users/foo/work/software/gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-3.6.1
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Multiple garbage collectors selected
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Multiple garbage collectors selected
Solution

  • Because you have set a JAVA_OPTS env var that defines a garbage collector algorithm and it conflicts with the one set in gatling.sh. Edit one or the other to resolve the conflict.