JMeter – quick start from setting up to increasing size.

To set up Jmeter at your local you need to follow some instructions I have mentioned below. And this will depend on the type of OS you are using.

As we all know Jmeter is an open-source tool and the Jmeter community is pretty active in taking questions over the issues, discussions of the tool. Let’s get started then!

How to get Jmeter?

Download Jmeter from http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi to your local.

Once this is done extract JMeter to a local directory say apache-JMeter-2.11.

How to set up JMeter?

You need not set any additional environment variables to make JMeter run all you need to do is unzip JMeter and that’s it.

JMeter has this much understanding that it can locate classes from jars in the here-under archives:

{JMETER_HOME}/lib

It is used for utility jars, so JMeter picks all the utilities from the lib folder automatically.

{JMETER_HOME}/lib/ext

This is used for JMeter components and plugins, as in if customizable plugins or components which the user has made.

What does the ext folder have?

In other words, if user has formed a new JMeter component, then the user should make a jar from them. And then copy that jar into {JMETER_HOME}/lib/ext. Now rest work JMeter will do on its own, such that it will automatically find JMeter components in any jars that can be found here.

What does the lib folder have?

Utility and dependency jars (libraries etc) can be placed in the lib directory. JMeter only accepts and understands the language of jars other archives like zipping, etc are not acceptable within JMeter scope.

In short, you need to copy all the libraries to lib.