start_test.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#Script created to launch Jmeter tests directly from the current terminal without accessing the jmeter master pod.
#It requires that you supply the path to the jmx file
#After execution, test script jmx file may be deleted from the pod itself but not locally.

namespace="$1"

[ -n "$namespace" ] || read -p 'Enter the Jmeter Namespace: ' namespace

kubectl get namespace | grep $namespace >> /dev/null

if [ $? != 0 ];
then
    echo "Namespace does not exist in the kubernetes cluster"
    echo ""
    echo "Below is the list of namespaces in the kubernetes cluster"

    kubectl get namespaces
    echo ""
    echo "Please check and try again"
    exit
fi

jmx="$1"
[ -n "$jmx" ] || read -p 'Enter path to the jmx file ' jmx

if [ ! -f "$jmx" ];
then
    echo "Test script file was not found in PATH"
    echo "Kindly check and input the correct file path"
    exit
fi

test_name="$(basename "$jmx")"

#Get Master pod details

master_pod=`kubectl -n $namespace get po | grep jmeter-master | awk '{print $1}'`

kubectl -n $namespace cp "$jmx" "$master_pod:/$test_name"

## Echo Starting Jmeter load test

kubectl -n $namespace exec -ti $master_pod -- /bin/bash /load_test "$test_name"