Use Jmeter desktop application as web app

Solution 1:

Currently running JMeter as a "pure" web application is not possible, however if all you need to do is to make JMeter GUI available to yourself or someone else via a web interface/browser you can install JMeter into a Docker container and expose the virtual desktop via i.e. noVNC so you (or someone else) will be able to open specific hostname/port in the browser and see JMeter GUI and create, edit or debug a script.

Example Dockerfile:

FROM uphy/novnc-alpine
RUN \
    apk add --no-cache curl openjdk8-jre bash \
    && curl -L https://archive.apache.org/dist/jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.4.1.tgz >  /tmp/jmeter.tgz \
    && mkdir -p /opt \
    && tar -xvf /tmp/jmeter.tgz -C /opt \
    && rm /tmp/jmeter.tgz \
    && cd /etc/supervisor/conf.d \
    && echo '[program:jmeter]' >> supervisord.conf \
    && echo 'command=/opt/apache-jmeter-5.4.1/bin/./jmeter' >> supervisord.conf \
    && echo 'autorestart=true' >> supervisord.conf

So given you follow next steps:

1. Build the image:

   docker build -t jmeter .
   

2. Run the image as the container:

   docker run -it --rm -p 8080:8080 jmeter
   

3. Open http://localhost:8080/vnc.html URL in your browser (must be Websocket-capable)

4. You will see a virtual desktop with JMeter

   

More information: Get Started With JMeter: Installation & Tests