JMeter Installation And Setup
How To Install And Setup JMeter ?
As JMeter is a Java based software so, having JDK in the system is a prerequisite.
Prerequisite :
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Install and setup java(jdk)
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If you've already installed and configured java then, to verify the installation :
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Open cmd, and run command : java --version
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It will display the version and some other details about JDK.
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In case, if java haven't installed and configured then follow below steps to setup java first :
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Download .zip file for JDK from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#jdk18-windows
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Extract the .zip file at your preferred location.
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Copy the full path to the JDK.
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In my case it's 'C:\Java\jdk'.
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Now on windows, go to the Environment variables and under the System variables, click on New that will pop the input fields.
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Enter Variable name as 'JAVA_HOME' and enter the copied jdk path at Variable value.
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Click on OK to save all the changes.
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Edit path variable :
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Again in System variables, edit path variable as '%JAVA_HOME%\bin' and save all the changes.
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To verify the java installation, run command 'java --version' on the terminal.
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Download JMeter on Windows/Mac/Linux
The installaion of JMeter is so easy, it's just ready-to-use application. There's no requirements for any kind of configuration.
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Download JMeter .zip file from https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi .
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Extract the .zip file at your preferred location. I've extracted it at location 'C:\Users\softwares'.
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The JMeter directory structure should like this :
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apache-jmeter-5.5\bin
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apache-jmeter-5.5\docs
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apache-jmeter-5.5\extras
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apache-jmeter-5.5\lib
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apache-jmeter-5.5\licenses
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apache-jmeter-5.5\printable_docs
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Run JMeter on Windows/Mac/Linux
After downloading JMeter, navigate to the bin directory to run JMeter GUI. In my case, the directory is 'C:\Users\softwares\apache-jmeter-5.5\bin'.
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For Windows :
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Run jmeter.bat (jmeter Windows Batch FIle) file as administrator(recommended).
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Or open terminal (as administrator recommended), navigate to the jmeter bin directory using cd command and type 'jmeter', then execute the command.
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For MAC/Linux :
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Run jmeter.sh (jmeter Shell Script) file as administrator(recommended).
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After a short pause, jmeter Swing GUI application will be appeared as seen in the following screenshot :
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This is the main/default page of the application.
Refer next page Build JMeter Test Plan
