StresStimulus can monitor various metrics of Linux/Unix-based servers during the load test execution using the SNMP protocol. The next two sections provide examples of configuring SNMP services on different versions of Linux.


To configure monitoring performance counters, navigate to the Linux/Unix Servers section (1) located under the Monitoring node. Any counters added previously, and their properties are displayed in the tree (2), and the property grid (3).


To delete a selected counter or all counters, click the appropriate delete button (4).


To add one or several counters, click Add (5) to start Add SNMP Counters dialog (6). After that:

  1. Enter a host IP address or domain name without "//". Example: 10.2.2.169 or WEB_SRV5.
  2.  Change Community, if necessary.
  3. Select a counter from the drop-down. The boxes OID and Name will be populated
  4. To add a counter which is not on the list, enter its OID and Name.


Tip: To find other system and application performance counters available via SNMP protocol, search for MIB object definitions, accessible from multiple sources, for example, http://www.mibdepot.com/ .


  1. Click Test.
  2. Make sure that the object is available and the SNMP connection works.

Info: For configuring and troubleshooting SNMP protocol on the server, see the next sections


g. Click Add to add the counter to the New Counter List.

h. Click Delete to remove the highlighted counters from the New Counter List.

i. When finished adding new counters, click Save to add the New Counter List to the Test.


The selected set of performance counters is stored with the test configuration. After reopening a test, its list of performance counters will be retrieved.

CentOS RedHat Configuration

Ubuntu Debian Configuration

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