Hello people.

I'm using Jenkins as CI server and I need to run some performance test using Jmeter. I've setup the plugin and configured my workspace and everything works ok, but I have to do some steps manually and I want a bit more of "automation".

Currently i have some small programs in a remote server. These programs make some specific validations, for instance (just to explain): validates e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc. So, before I run the build in jenkins, I have to manually start the program (file.sh) I want: I have to use putty (or any othe ssh client) to conect to the server and then run, for instance, the command

./email_validation.sh

And the Jmeter test runs in a correct way, and when the test is done I have to manually "shut down" the program I started. But what I want is trying to start the program I need in Jenkins configuration (not manually outside Jenkins, but in "execute shell" or "execute remote shell using ssh" build step).

I have tried to start it, but it get stuck, because when Jenkins build finds the command

./email_validation.sh

the build stops, it waits for the command to finish and then it will continue the other build steps, but obviously, I need this step not to finish until the test is executed.

Is there a way to achieve this? Thanks