Configuring the jvm that the jmeter process runs in

The JMeter Maven plugin will run the JMeter process in its own JVM. You have full control over this JVM and can set the -Xms and -Xmx as well as any command line arguments you require. We suggest that you set the -Xms and -Xmx to the same values for optimal performance.

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<project>
    [...]
        <build>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
                    <artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.0.3</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>jmeter-tests</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>jmeter</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                    <configuration>
                        <jMeterProcessJVMSettings>
                            <xms>1024</xms>
                            <xmx>1024</xmx>
                            <arguments>
                                <argument>-Xprof</argument>
                                <argument>-Xfuture</argument>
                            </arguments>
                        </jMeterProcessJVMSettings>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </build>
    [...]
</project>
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SOCKS proxy configuration relies on JVM arguments, socksProxyHost and socksProxyPort:

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<project>
    [...]
        <build>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
                    <artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.0.3</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>jmeter-tests</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>jmeter</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                    <configuration>
                        <jMeterProcessJVMSettings>
                            <arguments>
                                <argument>-DsocksProxyHost=localhost</argument>
                                <argument>-DsocksProxyPort=8080</argument>
                            </arguments>
                        </jMeterProcessJVMSettings>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </build>
    [...]
</project>
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