Apache JMeter

Apache JMeter is a graphical and open source tool used to load test a server's performance. JMeter is completely written in Java, so it is compatible with all operating systems that have Java installed. JMeter has a complete set of extensive tools for every kind of load testing, from static content to dynamic resources and web services.

Its installation is simple. We need to download it from the JMeter website and then just run the application. As mentioned before, it will require Java to be installed on the machine.

Note

JMeter can test FTP servers, mail servers, database servers, queries, and more. In this book, we can't cover all these topics, so we will only load test web servers. Apache JMeter's list of features can be found at http://jmeter.apache.org/.

When we run the application at first, we will see the following window:

To run any kind of test, you need to first create a test plan. A test plan has all the components required to execute this test. By default...