JMeter
Steps to Install JMeter
Step 1) Install Java
Because JMeter is pure Java desktop application, it requires a fully compliant JVM 6 or higher. You can download and install the latest version of Java SE Development Kit. Download Java Platform (JDK)
After installation is finished, you can use the following procedure to check whether Java JDK is installed successfully in your system
- In Window/Linux, go to Terminal
- Enter command java -version
If the Java runtime environment is installed successfully, you will see the output as the figure below
If nothing displays, please re-install Java SE runtime environment
Step 2) Download
As of this writing, the latest version of JMeter is Apache JMeter 4.2. You can download it here But this tutorial demos installation of version 2.9, the install process remains the same.
Choose the Binaries file (either zip or tgz) to download as shown in the figure below
Step 3) Installation
Installation of JMeter is extremely easy and simple. You simply unzip the zip/tar file into the directory where you want JMeter to be installed. There is no tedious installation screen to deal with! Simply unzip and you are done!
Once the unzipping is done installation directory structure should look like as figure below
Given below is the description of the JMeter directories and its importance JMeter directory contains many files and directory
- /bin: Contains JMeter script file for starting JMeter
- /docs: JMeter documentation files
- /extras: ant related extra files
- /lib/: Contains the required Java library for JMeter
- /lib/ext: contains the core jar files for JMeter and the protocols
- /lib/junit: Junit library used for JMeter
- /printable_docs:
Step 4) Launch JMeter
You can start JMeter in 3 modes
- GUI Mode
- Server Mode
- Command Line Mode
Start JMeter in GUI Mode
If you are using Window, just run the file /bin/jmeter.bat to start JMeter in GUI mode as shown below
The following figure annotates the various components in the JMeter GUI
How to run JMeter in Non-GUI Mode
Start JMeter in Server Mode
Server mode is used for distributed testing. This Testing works as a client-server model. In this model, JMeter runs on a server computer in server mode. On a client computer, JMeter runs in GUI mode.
To start the server mode, you run the bat file bin\jmeter-server.bat as below figure
Start JMeter in command line mode
JMeter in GUI mode consumes much computer memory. For saving the resource, you may choose to run JMeter without the GUI. To do so, use the following command options
This is a command line example
$jmeter -n -t testPlan.jmx - l log.jtl -H 127.0.0.1 -P 8000
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