Apache JMeter

{{Short description|Open-source performance testing software}}

{{primary sources|date=September 2013}}

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| screenshot = ApacheJMeter-5.0-screenshot.png

| caption = Screenshot of Apache JMeter 5.0 with HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder element

| developer = Apache Software Foundation

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}

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| programming language = Java

| genre = Load testing

| license = Apache License 2.0

| website = {{URL|jmeter.apache.org}}

| repo = {{URL|github.com/apache/jmeter}}

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Apache JMeter is an Apache project that can be used as a load testing tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of a variety of services, with a focus on web applications.

JMeter can be used as a unit-test tool for JDBC database connections,{{cite web|url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-db-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a Database Test Plan |publisher= jmeter.apache.org |access-date=2013-09-20}} FTP,{{cite web|url=http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-ftp-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building an FTP Test Plan |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2013-09-20}} LDAP,{{cite web|url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-ldap-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building an LDAP Test Plan |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2015-04-05}} web services,{{cite web|url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-ws-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a WebService Test Plan |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2013-09-20}} JMS,{{cite web|url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-jms-topic-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a JMS (Java Messaging Service) Test Plan |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2013-09-20}} HTTP,{{cite web|url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-web-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a Web Test Plan |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2013-09-20}} generic TCP connections and OS-native processes.{{Cite web|url=https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#OS_Process_Sampler|title=Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Component Reference|website=jmeter.apache.org|access-date=2020-01-07}} One can also configure JMeter as a monitor,{{cite web|url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-monitor-test-plan.html |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Building a Monitor Test Plan |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2013-09-20}} although this is typically used as a basic monitoring solution rather than advanced monitoring. It can be used for some functional testing as well.{{cite web |url= http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/intro.html#history |title= Apache JMeter - User's Manual: Introduction |publisher= Jmeter.apache.org |access-date= 2013-09-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060836/https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/intro.html#history |archive-date= 2013-09-21 |url-status= dead }} Additionally JMeter supports integration with Selenium, which allows it to run automation scripts alongside performance or load tests{{Cite web|url=https://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/WebDriverSampler/|title=Documentation :: JMeter-Plugins.org|website=jmeter-plugins.org|access-date=2020-01-07}}

JMeter supports variable parameterization, assertions (response validation), per-thread cookies, configuration variables and a variety of reports.

JMeter architecture is based on plugins. Most of its "out of the box" features are implemented with plugins