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| A P A C H E J M E T E R |
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| What is it? |
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| Apache JMeter is a 100% pure Java application designed to test |
| and measure performance. It may be used as a highly portable |
| server benchmark as well as multiclient load generator. |
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| Apache JMeter features include: |
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| Ability to load and performance test many different server/protocol types: |
| o Web - HTTP, HTTPS |
| o SOAP / REST |
| o FTP |
| o Database via JDBC |
| o LDAP |
| o Message-oriented Middleware (MOM) via JMS |
| o Mail - SMTP(S), POP3(S) and IMAP(S) |
| o Native commands or shell scripts |
| o TCP |
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| Full multithreading framework allows concurrent sampling by many threads |
| and simultaneous sampling of different functions by separate thread groups. |
| Careful GUI design allows faster Test Plan building and debugging. |
| Caching and offline analysis/replaying of test results. |
| Highly Extensible core: |
| o Pluggable Samplers allow unlimited testing capabilities. |
| o Several load statistics may be chosen with pluggable timers . |
| o Data analysis and visualization plugins allow great extensibility as well as personalization. |
| o Functions can be used to provide dynamic input to a test or provide data manipulation. |
| o Scriptable Samplers (BeanShell, BSF- and JSR223- compatible languages) |
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| The Latest Version |
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| Details of the latest version can be found on the Java Apache |
| Project web site (http://jmeter.apache.org/). |
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| Requirements |
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| The following requirements exist for running Apache JMeter: |
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| o Java Interpreter: |
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| A fully compliant Java 7 (or later) Runtime Environment is required |
| for Apache JMeter to execute. |
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| o Optional jars: |
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| Some jars are not included with JMeter. |
| If required, these should be downloaded and placed in the lib directory |
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| JDBC - available from database supplier |
| JMS - available from the JMS provider |
| Bouncy Castle - available from http://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html |
| (currently only needed for SMIME Assertion) |
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| o Java Compiler [OPTIONAL]: |
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| A Java compiler is not needed since the distribution includes a |
| precompiled Java binary archive. Note that a compiler is required |
| if you plan to build plugins for Apache JMeter. |
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| Installation Instructions |
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| Note that spaces in directory names can cause problems. |
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| - Release builds |
| Unpack the binary archive into a suitable directory structure. |
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| Running JMeter |
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| Change to the bin directory |
| Run the jmeter (Un*x) or jmeter.bat (Windows) file. |
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| For Windows there are also some other scripts. |
| Drag-drop a JMX file onto one of them: |
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| jmeter-n.cmd - runs the file as a non-GUI test |
| jmeter-n-r.cmd - runs the file as a non-GUI remote (client-server) test |
| jmeter-t.cmd - loads the file ready to run it as a GUI test |
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| Documentation |
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| The documentation available as of the date of this release is |
| also included, in HTML format, in the printable_docs/ directory, |
| and it may be browsed starting from the file called index.html. |
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| Build instructions |
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| - Release builds |
| Unpack the source archive into a suitable directory structure. |
| Most of the 3rd party library files can be extracted from the binary archive |
| by unpacking it into the same directory structure. |
| You can also use Ant to download the required library files: |
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| ant download_jars |
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| Any optional jars (see above) should be placed in lib/opt and/or lib. |
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| Jars in lib/opt will be used for building JMeter and running the unit test, |
| but won't be used at run-time. |
| [This is useful for testing what happens if the optional jars are not |
| downloaded by other JMeter users]. |
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| JMeter is built using Ant. |
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| Change to the top-level directory and issue the command: |
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| ant download_jars ! only needs to be done once; |
| will download any missing 3rd party jars |
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| ant |
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| This will compile the application and enable you to run jmeter from the bin |
| directory. |
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| ant test [-Djava.awt.headless=true] |
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| This will compile and run the unit tests. |
| The optional property definition is required if the system |
| does not have a suitable GUI display. |
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| Developer information |
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| The code is maintained in SVN at https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jmeter/trunk |
| There is a read-only mirror at GitHub: https://github.com/apache/jmeter |
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| Licensing and legal issues |
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| For legal and licensing issues, please look the files: |
| LICENSE |
| NOTICE |
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| Cryptographic Software Notice |
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| This distribution may include software that has been designed for use |
| with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside |
| may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export |
| to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption |
| software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies |
| concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption |
| software, to see if this is permitted. See <http://www.wassenaar.org/> |
| for more information. |
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| The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and |
| Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity |
| Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security |
| software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric |
| algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation |
| distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception |
| ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS |
| Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object |
| code and source code. |
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| The following provides more details on the included software that |
| may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software: |
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| Apache JMeter interfaces with the |
| Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) API to provide |
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| - HTTPS support |
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| Apache JMeter interfaces (via Apache HttpClient3) with the |
| Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) API to provide |
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| - NTLM authentication |
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| Apache JMeter does not include any implementation of JSSE or JCE. |
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| Thank you for using Apache JMeter. |
