What you need for this book
To successfully execute the code samples provided in this book, you need the following:
- A computer with an Internet connection
- Apache JMeter (http://jmeter.apache.org/)
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)
- In addition, for Chapter 5, Resource Monitoring, you need the following:
- Apache Tomcat (http://tomcat.apache.org)
- For Chapter 6, Distributed Testing, you need the following :
- Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com/)
- An AWS account (http://aws.amazon.com/)
- A BlazeMeter account (http://blazemeter.com/)
- A Flood.io account (https://flood.io/)
This book contains pointers and additional helpful links in setting all these up.