How to access testdata files stored in hierarchical directory structure in Azure Load Test?

Deepak Jha 20 Reputation points
2023-12-04T07:13:42.4633333+00:00

Hi,

My team has started using Azure Load testing service recently and is using Jmeter based script to run tests. We have a specific test where Jmeter script is supposed to access numerous data files which are organized in a directory structure which has files in sub-directories.

Uploading a zipped test data file with sub-directories is not supported by the Azure Load Testing as it gives a validation error as follows -
"Error uploading configuration file(s)

Zip validation failed. Zip file containing sub-directories in the zip entry are not supported."

Standalone Jmeter obviously supports it but for some reason Azure does not allow it. Is there a workaround to this? I think this is one of the MUST have feature Azure Load Testing should support.

Thanks
DJ

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  1. Sedat SALMAN 13,825 Reputation points
    2024-01-09T20:50:01.1733333+00:00

    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/load-testing/how-to-create-and-run-load-test-with-jmeter-script

    you can check the above document for full explanation and more details

    as you can see there are limits with the zip file

    the zip file being below 50 MB in size. Azure Load Testing can automatically unzip these files during the test run. The service permits up to five zip artifacts, each with a maximum of 1000 files, and an uncompressed total size of 1 GB

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