Run GeoServer stress tests via Maven JMeter plugin

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Run the JMeter stress tests via Maven to capitalize on the report output and html results produced by the plugins. Also, the tests are run in a non-GUI mode, as recommended by JMeter when performing load tests.

• Create a pom.xml file to load the maven plugins and execute a test plan against a running GeoServer instance.
• Leverage ant tasks to copy and save test results.

JMeter plugin

<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.0</version>

JMeter Analysis plugin

<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-analysis-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.6</version>