JMeter Introduction

Introduction

JMeter is an Open Source testing software. It is 100% pure Java application for load and performance testing. JMeter is designed to cover categories of tests like load, functional, performance, regression, etc., and it requires JDK 6 or higher. This tutorial will give you great understanding on JMeter framework needed to test an enterprise level application to deliver it with robustness and reliability.

                                                 

  Prerequisites

Before Installing JMeter , Java to be installed in the machine where JMeter is going to be Installed.

How to Install Java in the Machine.

1) If the Machine is 32 Bit , Download 32 bit Java and install in the Machine and then set the environment variables for java . Set JAVA_HOME in Environment Variables

2) Command to verify the java installation in the machine , type the below command in the command prompt. Link to download Java is Click Here

                         1) java -version

                         2) java -d32 -version or java -d64 -version

The second  command is to verify whether installed java version in 32 bit or 64 bit.

3) Then download JMeter ,to download Click Here.

4) After Downloading , extract the ZIP File in Drive(Preferably C: , Because Java will be installed in C Drive by default).

5) After extracting , go to bin folder , double click ApacheJMeter.jar or jmeter.bat file for windows and jmeter.sh for linux to start JMeter.

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A M Balaji