This guide aims at enabling the readers to be able to configure and load test multiple API’s with the ease of Apache JMeter tool.
Configuring Apache JMeter:
1) Updating Packages
If you are logged into Ubuntu 20.04, then run the following command to update your base system with the latest available packages. Windows users can skip this step.
sudo apt-get update -y
2) Install Java
Apache JMeter is a Java based application. Therefore, it requires Java to be installed in your system. Java can be downloaded from the following link:
3) Install Apache Web Server
Apache Web Server is required to start the Apache service, which is responsible for accepting directory (HTTP) requests from Internet users and sending them their desired information in the form of files and Web pages.
Windows users can install the Apache Web Server from the following link:
Linux users can install it with the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 -y
After installation of the Apache Web Server, start the Apache service and enable it to start at system reboot using the following commands:
systemctl start apache2 systemctl enable apache2
Check if the service is running properly:
systemctl status apache2
4) Install and Configure Apache JMeter
You can install Apache JMeter (version 5.5 which is the latest) directly from the Apache JMeter Official Website
Windows users can follow the following link to install Apache JMeter:
Linux users can directly download the zip file using the following command:
https://downloads.apache.org//jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.5.zip
Once downloaded, unzip the downloaded file using the following command:
unzip apache-jmeter-5.5.zip
Change the directory to the bin in JMeter:
cd apache-jmeter-5.5/bin
Now start the JMeter application with the following command:
./jmeter
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