Installation

Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware

• Multi-core processor (2+ cores)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended for load generation)
• 1 GB available disk space

Software

XLT will work on any operating system for which a current JVM and the other software prerequisites are available, so make sure you have the following:

• Java 21 or later (see release notes for currently recommended version)
• A browser to view the HTML load test reports (JavaScript must be enabled)

Installation

Download

The XLT archive can be obtained from the Xceptance website or from Maven Central (see below) which allows users of Maven and Gradle to conveniently integrate XLT and all of its dependencies into their build processes.

Extract

Unzip the XLT archive to a file system location of your choice. The root directory is part of the archive, so you don’t need to create it separately. XLT supports spaces in the path; however, it’s easier to code tests when the path is free of them.

Maven

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.xceptance</groupId>
        <artifactId>xlt</artifactId>
        <version>9.2.2</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Updating

Backup

Before you update XLT, it’s highly recommended to back up all modified files and project-specific or customized settings. In particular, this includes:

• All your test suites (especially when stored in a sub-folder of the XLT installation directory)
• Result files (stored in <XLT>/results by default)
• Generated load test reports (stored in <XLT>/reports by default)
• Modified XLT properties files (<XLT>/config)

Download and install

As described above in the installation section, download and install the latest XLT version from the Xceptance website. You can have multiple XLT versions simultaneously existing in the same directory since the name of the unpacked installation folder includes the version number by default.

Copy Backed-up Files

Copy your backed-up files and directories to the corresponding place in the new XLT installation directory.

Copy test suite settings

New test suite settings are provided in the default.properties file of the test suite testsuite-template. Copy it from <LatestXLTversion>/samples/testsuite-template/config to the config directory of your test suites <YourTestSuite>/config.

Uninstallation

Before uninstalling XLT, make sure to back up all test results and test reports you want to keep. To uninstall XLT, simply delete its installation directory.