https://abygeorgea.com/categories/gatling/Recent content in Gatling on Aby GeorgeHugoen-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +1000https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/06/11/scaling-gatling-distributed-load-and-maintenance/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +1000https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/06/11/scaling-gatling-distributed-load-and-maintenance/What to do when a single Gatling instance cannot generate enough load, and how to keep a Gatling and Java performance testing framework healthy over time.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/05/28/running-gatling-in-cicd-pipelines-and-environments/Thu, 28 May 2026 07:30:00 +1000https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/05/28/running-gatling-in-cicd-pipelines-and-environments/Wiring a Gatling and Maven project into a GitHub Actions pipeline, with clean environment configuration for dev, staging, and production targets.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/05/14/reading-gatling-reports-percentiles-and-throughput/Thu, 14 May 2026 07:30:00 +1000https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/05/14/reading-gatling-reports-percentiles-and-throughput/A practical guide to Gatling's HTML report, covering the global stats page, response time distribution, and how to actually find a problem in the details.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/04/30/setting-performance-slas-with-gatling-assertions/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +1000https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/04/30/setting-performance-slas-with-gatling-assertions/Using Gatling's global and per-request assertions to turn subjective load test results into an objective pass or fail build.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/04/16/load-stress-soak-spike-testing-with-gatling/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +1000https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/04/16/load-stress-soak-spike-testing-with-gatling/The difference between load, stress, soak, and spike testing, and how to configure each type of performance test in Gatling.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/04/02/modeling-realistic-user-journeys-in-gatling/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/04/02/modeling-realistic-user-journeys-in-gatling/Designing Gatling scenarios that mimic real user behavior, using pause, think time randomization, and weighted user paths.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/03/19/gatling-checks-and-validations/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/03/19/gatling-checks-and-validations/Going beyond status code checks in Gatling, with response body validation, header checks, and why a fast response is not the same as a correct one.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/03/05/gatling-correlation-and-authentication/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/03/05/gatling-correlation-and-authentication/Extracting session tokens and other dynamic values from Gatling responses with check, and reusing them across an authenticated scenario.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/02/19/gatling-feeders-csv-json-data-driven-tests/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/02/19/gatling-feeders-csv-json-data-driven-tests/Using Gatling feeders to parameterize load tests with CSV, JSON, and custom Java data sources, without every virtual user hitting the exact same data.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/02/05/gatling-scenarios-virtual-users-injection-profiles/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/02/05/gatling-scenarios-virtual-users-injection-profiles/A guide to Gatling's injection profiles, from atOnceUsers and rampUsers to constantUsersPerSec and staged load patterns.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/01/22/your-first-gatling-simulation-java-dsl/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/01/22/your-first-gatling-simulation-java-dsl/A practical walkthrough of Gatling's Java DSL, covering exec, chaining, HTTP protocol configuration, and separating scenarios from simulations.https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/01/08/getting-started-gatling-java-project-setup/Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:30:00 +1100https://abygeorgea.com/blog/2026/01/08/getting-started-gatling-java-project-setup/How to set up a Gatling performance testing project with Java and Maven, from an empty folder to your first passing build.