JMeter Getting Started

Running JMeter

GUI mode should only be used for creating the test script, CLI mode (NON GUI) must be used for load testing

  • jmeter.bat run JMeter (in GUI mode by default)

  • jmeterw.cmd run JMeter without the windows shell console (in GUI mode by default)

  • jmeter-n.cmd drop a JMX file on this to run a CLI mode test

  • -jmeter-n-r.cmd drop a JMX file on this to run a CLI mode test remotely

  • -jmeter-t.cmd drop a JMX file on this to load it in GUI mode

  • -jmeter-server.bat start JMeter in server mode

  • -mirror-server.cmd runs the JMeter Mirror Server in CLI mode

  • -shutdown.cmd Run the Shutdown client to stop a CLI mode instance gracefully

  • stoptest.cmd Run the Shutdown client to stop a CLI mode instance abruptly

CLI Mode

For load testing, you must run JMeter in this mode (Without the GUI) to get the optimal results from it. To do so, use the following command options:

  • -n: This specifies JMeter is to run in cli mode

  • -t: [name of JMX file that contains the Test Plan].

  • -l: [name of JTL file to log sample results to].

  • -j: [name of JMeter run log file].

  • -r: Run the test in the servers specified by the JMeter property “remote_hosts”

  • -R: [list of remote servers] Run the test in the specified remote servers

  • -g: [path to CSV file] generate report dashboard only

  • -e: generate report dashboard after load test

  • -o: output folder where to generate the report dashboard after load test. Folder must not exist or be empty

The script also lets you specify the optional firewall/proxy server information:

  • -H: [proxy server hostname or ip address]

  • -P: [proxy server port]

Example

jmeter -n -t my_test.jmx -l log.jtl -H my.proxy.server -P 8000

If the property jmeterengine.stopfail.system.exit is set to true (default is false), then JMeter will invoke System.exit(1) if it cannot stop all threads. Normally this is not necessary.

Tests

jmeter -n -t my_test.jmx -l report.csv -e -o report

References