Configuration

Configure the logs with logback.xml, the configuration with gatling.conf, and the zip bundle command options

Gatling can be configured and optimized in three ways:

  • with configuration files, located in conf directory
  • with command line options
  • with $JAVA_OPTS environment variable

Configuration files

logback.xml

This file allows you to configure the log level of Gatling. For further information, you should have a look at Logback Documentation.

gatling.conf

Gatling configuration is based on the great Typesafe Config library.

Gatling configuration files, such as the default configuration file uses the HOCON format.

Gatling uses a fallback strategy, where:

System properties > gatling.conf > gatling-defaults.conf

In the bundle packaging, gatling.conf is placed in the conf directory. It serves as an easy-to-edit base: all properties are commented and all values are the defaults.

In maven/sbt/gradle projects, it must be placed in the resources.

The name of this file can be overriding from a System property named gatling.conf.file, eg -Dgatling.conf.file=gatling-special.conf.

gatling-defaults.conf is shipped in the gatling-core jar and should not be edited.

If you want to override default values, you have two possibilities:

  • change the value in gatling.conf.
  • set a System property (the name of the property must match HOCON Path)

Zip Bundle Command Line Options

Gatling can be started with several options listed below:

Option (short) Option (long) Description
-h --help Help
-nr --no-reports Runs simulation but does not generate reports
-ro <folderName> --reports-only <folderName> Generates the reports for the simulation log file located in](gatling_home>/results/<folderName>
-rf <path> --results-folder](path> Uses <path> as the folder where results are stored
-rsf <path> --resources-folder](path> Uses <path> as the folder where resources are stored
-sf <path> --simulations-folder](path> Uses <path> as the folder where simulations are stored
-bf <path> --binaries-folder](path> Uses <path> as the folder where simulation binaries are stored
-s <className> --simulation](className> Uses <className> as the name of the simulation to be run
-rd <description> --run-description](description> A short <description> of the run to include in the report

$JAVA_OPTS

Default command line options for JAVA are set in the launch scripts. You can use the JAVA_OPTS var to override those defaults, eg:

JAVA_OPTS="myAdditionalOption" bin/gatling.sh

Default configuration file

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