How to load test Kafka topics using Jmeter

Question

I want to do the Load/Performance Test of Kafka Topics using Jmeter. Scenarios: Request to Kafka Read Response from Kafka Request to Kafka Read Response from other MQ Request to other MQ read response from Kafka

Could anyone help with how we can achieve this, any setup or anything?

Answer 1

1. To send message to Kafka:

   • PepperBoxKafkaSampler
   • or JSR223 Sampler, you will have to write some Groovy code, check out Kafka Producer in Java and KafkaProducer class JavaDoc

2. To read message from Kafka:

   • JSR223 Sampler - you will have to write some Groovy code, check out Apache Kafka - How to Load Test with JMeter and Writing a Kafka Consumer in Java