Index

A

• Advance REST Client
  • URL / Posting JSON data
• anatomy, JMeter test
  • Test Plan / Test Plan
  • Thread Groups / Thread Groups
  • Controllers / Controllers
  • samplers / Samplers
  • logic controllers / Logic controllers
  • test fragments / Test fragments
  • listeners / Listeners
  • timers / Timers
  • assertions / Assertions
  • configuration elements / Configuration elements
  • pre-processor element / Pre-processor and post-processor elements
  • post-processor element / Pre-processor and post-processor elements
• Apache Tomcat Server
  • setting up / Setting up Apache Tomcat Server
• assertions
  • about / Assertions
• AWS (Amazon Web Service) / Leveraging the cloud for distributed testing

B

• baseline
  • about / Baselines
• basic server monitoring
  • about / Basic server monitoring
• browser configuration
  • about / Setting up your browser to use the proxy server
  • browser extension, using / Using a browser extension
  • machine system settings, changing / Changing the system settings
  • recorded scenario, running / Running your first recorded scenario
• BSF (Bean Scripting Framework) / Using the BSF PostProcessor
• BSF PostProcessor
  • using / Using the BSF PostProcessor

C

• checkboxes, simple forms
  • handling / Handling checkboxes
• Chrome developer tools
  • URL / Posting JSON data
• cloud, leveraging for distributed testing
  • about / Leveraging the cloud for distributed testing
  • access key, obtaining / Obtaining your access key, secret key, and key pair
  • secret key, obtaining / Obtaining your access key, secret key, and key pair
  • key pair, obtaining / Obtaining your access key, secret key, and key pair
  • AWS instance, launching / Launching an AWS instance
  • test plan, executing / Executing the test plan
  • results, viewing from virtual machines / Viewing the results from the virtual machines
• command-line options, JMeter
  • xml.parser / Configuring JMeter
  • remote_hosts / Configuring JMeter
  • not_in_menu / Configuring JMeter
  • user.properties / Configuring JMeter
  • search_paths / Configuring JMeter
  • user.classpath / Configuring JMeter
  • system.properties / Configuring JMeter
  • ssl.provider / Configuring JMeter
• configuration elements
  • about / Configuration elements
• Constant throughput timer
  • about / The Constant throughput timer
• Constant timer
  • about / The Constant timer
• controllers
  • about / Controllers
  • sampler controllers / Controllers
  • logical controllers / Controllers
• cookies
  • used, for managing sessions / Managing sessions with cookies

D

• debug sampler
  • about / The Debug sampler
• dummy sampler
  • adding / A Dummy sampler

E

• executable scripts, JMeter
  • jmeter.sh / Running JMeter
  • jmeter-n.sh / Running JMeter
  • jmeter-n-r.sh / Running JMeter
  • jmeter-t.sh / Running JMeter
  • jmeter-server.sh / Running JMeter
  • mirror-server.sh / Running JMeter
  • shutdown.sh / Running JMeter
  • stoptest.sh / Running JMeter

F

• file downloads, simple forms
  • handling / Handling file downloads
• file uploads, simple forms
  • handling / Handling file uploads
• Firebug
  • URL / Posting JSON data

G

• Gaussian random timer
  • about / The Gaussian random timer

H

• H2 database
  • setting up / Setting up an H2 database

J

• Java JDK
  • installing / Installing Java JDK
• JavaScript Object Notation / Posting JSON data
• JAVA_HOME
  • setting / Setting JAVA_HOME
  • setting, on Windows / On Windows
  • setting, on Unix / On Unix
• JDBC Connection Configuration component
  • configuring / Configuring a JDBC Connection Configuration component
• JDBC Request sampler
  • about / The JDBC Request sampler
  • H2 database, setting up / Setting up an H2 database
  • JDBC Connection Configuration component, configuring / Configuring a JDBC Connection Configuration component
  • adding / Adding a JDBC Request sampler
  • , adding / Adding a JDBC Request sampler
• JMeter
  • about / JMeter to the rescue, Remote testing with JMeter
  • features / JMeter to the rescue
  • installing / Installation
  • downloading / Installation
  • folder / Installation
  • bin folder / Installation
  • docs folder / Installation
  • extras folder / Installation
  • lib folder / Installation
  • printable_docs folder / Installation
  • Java JDK, installing / Installing Java JDK
  • JAVA_HOME, setting / Setting JAVA_HOME
  • running / Running JMeter
  • executable scripts / Running JMeter
  • command-line options / Command-line options, Configuring JMeter
  • classpath / JMeter's Classpath
  • proxy server, configuring / Configuring the proxy server
  • non-GUI mode, running / Running in non-GUI mode
  • server mode, running / Running in server mode
  • properties, overriding / Overriding properties
  • errors, tracking / Tracking errors during test execution
  • configuring / Configuring JMeter
  • monitor controller, setting up / Setting up a monitor controller in JMeter
  • monitor listeners, adding / Adding monitor listeners to the test plan
  • remote testing / Remote testing with JMeter
• jmeter-n-r.sh script / Running JMeter
• jmeter-n.sh script / Running JMeter
• jmeter-server.sh script / Running JMeter
• jmeter-t.sh script / Running JMeter
• jmeter.sh script / Running JMeter
• JMeterEngine / Remote testing with JMeter
• JMeter functions
  • about / JMeter functions
• JMeter GUI
  • about / Running JMeter
• JMeter HTTP proxy server
  • configuring / Configuring the JMeter HTTP proxy server
• JMeter plugin
  • used, for monitoring server / Monitoring the server with a JMeter plugin
• JMeter plugins
  • installing / Installing the plugins
• JMeter properties
  • about / JMeter properties and variables
• JMeter slave nodes
  • configuring / Configuring JMeter slave nodes
  • one slave per machine, configuring / Configuring one slave per machine
  • master node, configuring / Configuring the master node to be tested against one slave per machine
  • multiple slave nodes, configuring on single box / Configuring multiple slave nodes on a single box
  • master node, configuring for testing multiple slave nodes / Configuring the master node to be tested against multiple slave nodes on a single box
• JMeter test
  • anatomy / Anatomy of a JMeter test
• JMeter variables
  • about / JMeter properties and variables
• JMX
  • about / Basic server monitoring
• JSON data, simple forms
  • posting / Posting JSON data
  • reading / Reading JSON data
  • BSF PostProcessor, using / Using the BSF PostProcessor
• JSON Path Extractor element
  • about / The JSON Path Extractor element

L

• listeners
  • about / Listeners
• load testing
  • about / Load and stress testing
• logical controllers
  • about / Controllers
• logic controllers
  • about / Logic controllers

M

• master node
  • configuring, for testing against one slave per machine / Configuring the master node to be tested against one slave per machine
  • configuring, for testing against multiple slave nnodes / Configuring the master node to be tested against multiple slave nodes on a single box
• mirror-server.sh script / Running JMeter
• monitor controller, JMeter
  • setting up / Setting up a monitor controller in JMeter
• multiple slave nodes
  • configuring, on single box / Configuring multiple slave nodes on a single box

N

• not_in_menu, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter

O

• one slave node per machine
  • configuring / Configuring one slave per machine

P

• PerfMon Metrics Collector listener
  • adding / Adding monitor listeners to the test plan
• performance testing
  • about / Performance testing
  • test environment, identifying / Performance testing
  • acceptance criteria, identifying / Performance testing
  • plan and design test / Performance testing
  • test environment, preparing / Performance testing
  • test plan, recording / Performance testing
  • tests, running / Performance testing
  • results, analyzing / Performance testing
  • tuning / Performance testing and tuning
  • baselines / Baselines
  • load testing / Load and stress testing
  • stress testing / Load and stress testing
• Poisson random timer
  • about / The Poisson random timer
• post-processor element
  • about / Pre-processor and post-processor elements
• pre-processor element
  • about / Pre-processor and post-processor elements

R

• radio buttons, simple forms
  • handling / Handling radio buttons
• Regular Expression tester
  • about / The Regular Expression tester
• remote_hosts, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter
• resource monitoring
  • basic server monitoring / Basic server monitoring
  • server, monitoring with JMeter plugin / Monitoring the server with a JMeter plugin
• Response Times vs Threads listener
  • adding / Adding monitor listeners to the test plan
• Response Time vs. Threads listener
  • adding / Adding monitor listeners to the test plan
• REST (REpresentational State Transfer) / Posting JSON data
• REST Client
  • URL / Posting JSON data
• RESTful web services
  • handling / Handling RESTful web services

S

• sampler controllers
  • about / Controllers
• samplers
  • about / Samplers
  • HTTP Request / Samplers
  • JDBC Request / Samplers
  • LDAP Request / Samplers
  • Soap/XML-RPC request / Samplers
  • Web service (SOAP) request / Samplers
  • FTP Request / Samplers
• search_paths, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter
• server
  • monitoring, with JMeter plugin / Monitoring the server with a JMeter plugin
• session management
  • with cookies / Managing sessions with cookies
  • with URL rewriting / Managing sessions with URL rewriting
• shutdown.sh script / Running JMeter
• simple forms
  • capturing / Capturing simple forms
  • checkboxes, handling / Handling checkboxes
  • radio buttons, handling / Handling radio buttons
  • file uploads, handling / Handling file uploads
  • file downloads, handling / Handling file downloads
  • JSON data, posting / Posting JSON data
  • JSON data, reading / Reading JSON data
  • BSF PostProcessor / Using the BSF PostProcessor
  • XML response, handling / Handling the XML response
• stoptest.sh script / Running JMeter
• stress testing
  • about / Load and stress testing
• Synchronizing timer
  • about / The Synchronizing timer
• system.properties, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter

T

• test fragments
  • about / Test fragments
• testing tools
  • about / JMeter to the rescue
• Test Plan
  • about / Test Plan
• Thread Groups
  • about / Thread Groups
• timers
  • about / Timers
  • using / Using timers in your test plan
  • Constant timer / The Constant timer
  • Gaussian random timer / The Gaussian random timer
  • Uniform random timer / The Uniform random timer
  • Constant throughput timer / The Constant throughput timer
  • Synchronizing timer / The Synchronizing timer
  • Poisson random timer / The Poisson random timer
• Tomcat users
  • configuring / Configuring Tomcat users
• Transactions per Second listener
  • adding / Adding monitor listeners to the test plan

U

• Uniform random timer
  • about / The Uniform random timer
• URL rewriting
  • about / Managing sessions with URL rewriting
  • used, for managing sessions / Managing sessions with URL rewriting
• user.classpath, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter
• user.properties, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter

X

• XML (Extensible Markup Language) / Handling the XML response
• xml.parser, command-line options
  • about / Configuring JMeter
• XML response, simple forms
  • handling / Handling the XML response