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Learning JMeter in 60 Minutes


Alon Girmonsky About Me

•  Hands-On Developer for the Past 20 Years •  Expertise – Large-Scale Web and Mobile Applications –  IP & Internet

•  Founder & CEO of BlazeMeter – A Load Testing Platform as a Service – 100% Compatible with Apache JMeter

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50,000

TESTS

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Comprehensive scripting at your fingertips

Any Script, Any Scenario

•  HTTP / HTTPS •  Login / Signup •  Form POSTing / Credit card transactions •  Web services •  Parameters extraction •  Mobile •  MSSQL, Oracle SQL, MySQL •  Multiple user profiles

»  Any script »  Any scenario »  Any protocol

100% Apache JMeter Compatible


Download the Latest Release of JMeter

How to Install JMeter?

•  http://jmeter.apache.org/


The Thread Group

•  What is this? - A group of virtual users where each distinct user will follow a certain business process

The Thread Group Properties: Property Description No of Threads

The maximum number of threads that will run concurrently at the end of the ramp up period

Ramp up The period is will take the load to ramp up from “idle” to maximum load

Iterations The number of iteration each thread will execute

Duration The duration of the test from start to end

The Thread The sequence of events that comprise the simulated business process


The Thread Group


The Sampler

•  What is this? - The actual request object with its properties Supported Protocols: •  HTTP •  FTP •  LDAP •  MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle SQL •  Mongo DB •  SOAP/XML-RPC •  Generic

•  SMTP •  oAuth •  Rest •  TCP •  UDP •  Many many more


The Sampler


The Listener

•  What is this? - A fancy name for a report •  Type of Listeners

–  Aggregated –  Detailed

•  Use for debugging only •  Consume a lot of memory •  Use when you want to build custom reports (e.g. for errors only)


The Timer

•  What is this? - A fancy name for delay or think time Type of Timers: •  Constant •  Constant Throughput

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Timers belong to a scope- We need to understand this

The Timer

•  Timers (as other controllers/elements) work in scope •  Once put in scope, applies to every element in the scope •  If scope is of one element, applies only to that element Upper Scope

Child Scope


Record Using a Proxy

•  A good way to start a script •  Don’t forget to clean and parametrize


Record Using a Chrome Extension


Creating a Script Using a List of URLs


Necessary for Every Test

Test Defaults

Header


Getting your hands dirty with Apache JMeter

Practice: Writing Your First Script

Goal •  Create a test simulating a gradual ramp up of up to 10 users against these two

pages: –  http:// .. –  http:// ..

How to go about it: •  Use a proxy to record •  Clean and label •  Add the defaults •  Add listeners and delays •  Run •  Analyze the results

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Advanced Scripting Concepts


Single Iteration

Single Iteration Vs Continuous Load

KPI: Number of Unique Users •  Simulate a ramp up of unique

users •  Low concurrency level For Example: •  I want only 25K users visiting my

website over 1 hour

Continuous KPI: Load Level •  Keep the load steady •  High concurrency level For Example: •  I want a constant and steady load

of 25K users visiting my website over 1 hour (I’ll probably end up with 200K users in that hour)


Assertions

•  Define Proprietary Errors •  Communicate Events


The best way to individualize each thread

Using CSV Files


External Properties

•  Pass external properties to the script •  Customize same script to support various scenarios Methods •  Command line arguments (-J) •  Properties file: user.properties


Extract from a page and use for the next page

Parameter Extraction


Variables

Variables and Properties

•  Usage: ${var} •  Scope: unique per thread

Properties •  Usage: ${__P(prop)} •  Scope: Test •  Pass external properties to the

script •  Customize same script to support

various scenarios Methods •  Command line arguments (-J) •  Properties file: user.properties


The Debug Sampler

Debugging

•  The developer’s best friend


Getting your hands dirty with Apache JMeter

Practice: Writing Your Second Script

Goal •  Create a test simulating a gradual ramp up of up to 10 users logging in to:

–  http:// .. How to go about it: •  Use a proxy to record •  Use RexEx to parameterize •  Clean, label, add defaults, listeners and delays •  Add a CSV file with user names and passwords •  Use assertions to validate responses •  Run •  Analyze the results


Performance 1-on-1


The Load Sensitivity Point What to look for?


Load Performance Types

Perfect Time

Sensitive

Bad



Perfect

The Perfect Load

Time



Sensitive

Sensitive to Load

Time



Bad

Bad Performance

Time



Perfect

Here They Are Again

Time

Sensitive

Bad


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