Warming up the server before starting the test

[Mayumi_Liyanage]

What is the best way to warm up the server before starting the actual load tests?
In the doc, there is an option:

// override warm up URL to http://www.google.com
val httpConf = http.warmUp("http://www.google.com")

However I want to warm up the server for, let’s say 10 minutes before proceeding.
Not just a single request. Is this possible?

Thanks

[Mayumi_Liyanage]

Another note, I do not want to include this warm up data in the statistic gathered.

[Pierre_DAL-PRA]

Hi,

warmUp’s use is for warming up Gatling itself.

To warm up your server, you can either

• silence some of your requests (http://gatling.io/docs/2.1.4/http/http_request.html#silencing)
• or run a simulation which is only used to warm up your server

Cheers,

Pierre