Have SBT plugin installed
- Create a new project in IDEA ( File > New Project ...)
- Make sure you select a maven module
-
Add the gatling archetype by clicking Add archetype... on the next screen (if you don't already have it)
- groupId: com.excilys.ebi.gatling.highcharts
- artifactId: gatling-highcharts-maven-archetype
- version: 1.4.2
- repository: http://repository.excilys.com/content/groups/public
- Select the newly create archetype and click next
- Click Finish button to complete project creation
If all goes well, the project will be set up and ready to use
Recorder.scala - run this to launch the gatling recorder to record simulations
Engine.scala - run this to execute existing simulations
When creating the archetype, even though IDEA says the repository is optional, it is important you specify the one for the gatling archetype. This is because gatling archetype is not hosted on maven central and if you fail to provide the URL (http://repository.excilys.com/content/groups/public), you will end up with error like
Downloading:
http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/maven-metadata.xml
Downloaded:
http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/maven-metadata.xml
(701 B at 2.7 KB/sec)
[INFO]
[INFO]
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[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO]
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[INFO]
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @
standalone-pom >>>
[INFO]
[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @
standalone-pom <<<
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @
standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Generating project in Batch mode
[INFO] Archetype defined by properties
Downloading:
http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/excilys/ebi/gatling/highcharts/gatling-highcharts-maven-hetype/1.3.0/gatling-highcharts-maven-archetype-1.3.0.jar
[INFO]
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO]
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate
(default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does
not exist
(com.excilys.ebi.gatling.highcharts:gatling-highcharts-maven-archetype:1.3.0)
-> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with
the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions,
please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1]
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
You can also generate the archetype from the command line directly using
mvn archetype:generate \
-DarchetypeCatalog=http://repository.excilys.com/content/groups/public/archetype-catalog.xml
and then import it as a maven module from within IntelliJ. A longer way to archieve the same thing :)
I found this to be the most recent and accurate documentation: http://gatling.io/docs/2.2.0/extensions/maven_archetype.html