for details, please refer to my git repo and docker file

notes:

• it’s easy to run jmeter with Java 8 as a Docker container, but it requires extra work to show jmeter GUI on macOS while jmeter is running in Docker container.
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• the solution is to use XQuartz X11 on macOS.
  • https://gist.github.com/sorny/969fe55d85c9b0035b0109a31cbcb088
  • https://medium.com/@mreichelt/how-to-show-x11-windows-within-docker-on-mac-50759f4b65cb
  • https://www.ccc.tc/article/how-to-run-gui-app-in-docker-container
  • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-understanding-x11-wrong-vijay-bheemineni/?trk=articles_directory
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  • Install XQuartz via brew
    • brew install –cask xquartz
  • Start XQuartz
    • open -a XQuartz
  • Go to Security Settings and ensure that “Allow connections from network clients” is on
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• we also need install following packages in our container
  • libxext-dev
    • https://zoomadmin.com/HowToInstall/UbuntuPackage/libxext-dev
  • libxrender-dev
    • https://zoomadmin.com/HowToInstall/UbuntuPackage/libxrender-dev
  • libxtst-dev
    • https://zoomadmin.com/HowToInstall/UbuntuPackage/libxtst-dev
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ref sites:

• https://medium.com/@vinodkrane/how-to-use-the-docker-container-with-jmeter-5dbf47aaa26d
• https://tongiwei.com/jmeter/
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• https://github.com/symbiote/docker-jmeter-ui
• https://vepo.medium.com/dockerized-jmeter-84228733e306
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• https://kaichu.io/posts/build-jmeter-docker-with-plugins/
• https://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/articles/10271231
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extra:

• install Homebrew on macOS
  • https://brew.sh/index_zh-tw
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• ==> Next steps:
• Run these two commands in your terminal to add Homebrew to your PATH:
  • (echo; echo ‘eval “$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)”’) » /Users/lukechimbp2023/.zprofile
  • eval “$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)”
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• Run “brew help” to get started
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shell script to run jmeter in docker

• it’s important to set DISPLAY environment variable
  -e DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0

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open -a XQuartz

ps aux | grep Xquartz

xhost +localhost

xhost

# run jmeter with X11 forwarding GUI to macos and keep running until it quits
docker run --rm -e DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0 --name=jmeter-v1 --net=host \
-v /Users/lukechimbp2023/WorkEnv/jmeter/test/input/jmx:/opt/test/input/jmx \
-v /Users/lukechimbp2023/WorkEnv/jmeter/test/input/testdata:/opt/test/input/testdata \
-v /Users/lukechimbp2023/WorkEnv/jmeter/test/report/html:/opt/test/report/html \
-v /Users/lukechimbp2023/WorkEnv/jmeter/test/report/jtl:/opt/test/report/jtl \
-v /Users/lukechimbp2023/WorkEnv/jmeter/test/report/outputputdata:/opt/test/report/outputdata \
-it -d jmeter:v1