Jmeter – Http Request

Let’s start the fist web page load testing  http://nowherewoman.com/

1. The first step you want to do with every JMeter Test Plan is to add a Thread Group element. 

The Thread Group tells JMeter the number of users you want to simulate, how often the users should send requests, and the how many requests they should send.

Go ahead and add the ThreadGroup element by first selecting the Test Plan, clicking your right mouse button to get the Add menu, and then select Add –> ThreadGroup.

You should now see the Thread Group element under Test Plan. If you do not see the element, then “expand” the Test Plan tree by clicking on the Test Plan element.

Next, you need to modify the default properties. Select the Thread Group element in the tree, if you have not already selected it. You should now see the Thread Group Control Panel in the right section of the JMeter window

Number of users (called threads)

Ramp-Up Period , This property tells JMeter how long to delay between starting each user. For example, if you enter a Ramp-Up Period of 5 seconds, JMeter will finish starting all of your users by the end of the 5 seconds. So, if we have 5 users and a 5 second Ramp-Up Period, then the delay between starting users would be 1 second (5 users / 5 seconds = 1 user per second). If you set the value to 0, then JMeter will immediately start all of your users.

Loop Count, This property tells JMeter how many times to repeat your test. If you enter a loop count value of 1, then JMeter will run your test only once. To have JMeter repeatedly run your Test Plan, select the Forever checkbox.

2. Adding default HTTP Request Properties

Begin by selecting the JMeter Users (Thread Group) element. Click your right mouse button to get the Add menu, and then select Add –> Config Element –> HTTP Request 

Server Name/IP, For the Test Plan that you are building, all HTTP requests will be sent to the same Web server

3. Adding HTTP Request

 

Start by adding the first HTTP Request to the JMeter Users element (Add –> Sampler –> HTTP Request). Then, select the HTTP Request element in the tree and edit the following properties 

Change the Name Filed to ‘Home Page’

Set the Path field to “/”. Remember that you do not have to set the Server Name field because you already specified this value in the HTTP Request Defaults element.

 

4. Adding a Listener to View Store the Test Result

Select the JMeter Users element and add a Graph Results listener (Add –> Listener
–> Graph Results). 

Next, you need to specify a directory and filename of the output file. You can either type it into the filename field, or select the Browse button and browse to a directory and then enter a filename.

 

5. Click Plan button to start one time http request testing