5 Steps to Setup Apache JMeter on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Apache JMeter is a free & open-source load testing tool, written is Java language. It is a desktop application to measuring performance of a variety of services. It is used for analysis of a system’s performance under a load test.

There are few steps to setup Apache JMeter on ubuntu:

Step 1: Update the system.

apt-get update

Step 2: Install Java.

apt install default-jre

  • Check Java version.

java -version

  • Here is the command output.

root@ip-172-31-21-58:/home/ubuntu# java -version
openjdk version "11.0.11" 2021-04-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.11+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu2.20.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.11+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu2.20.04, mixed mode, sharing)

Step 3: Download the Apache JMeter on system.

  • Apache JMeter version 5.3.

wget https://downloads.apache.org//jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.3.zip

  • Apache JMeter version 5.4.

wget https://dlcdn.apache.org//jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.4.1.zip

  • Here is the command output.

root@ip-172-31-21-58:/home/ubuntu# wget https://downloads.apache.org//jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.3.zip
--2021-11-09 08:27:24-- https://downloads.apache.org//jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-5.3.zip
Resolving downloads.apache.org (downloads.apache.org)... 88.99.95.219, 135.181.214.104, 2a01:4f9:3a:2c57::2, ...
Connecting to downloads.apache.org (downloads.apache.org)|88.99.95.219|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 70648749 (67M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘apache-jmeter-5.3.zip’
apache-jmeter-5.3.zip 100%[===========================================================================================>] 67.38M 7.37MB/s in 13s
2021-11-09 08:27:38 (5.27 MB/s) - ‘apache-jmeter-5.3.zip’ saved [70648749/70648749]

  • Install Unzip.

apt-get install unzip

  • Extract the downloaded folder.

unzip apache-jmeter-5.3.zip

  • Here is the command output.

root@ip-172-31-21-58:/home/ubuntu# unzip apache-jmeter-5.3.zip
Archive: apache-jmeter-5.3.zip
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/LICENSE
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/NOTICE
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/Saxon-HE-9.9.1-7.jar/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/Saxon-HE-9.9.1-7.jar/LICENSE
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/asm-7.3.1.jar/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/asm-7.3.1.jar/LICENSE
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bootstrap-3.3.4/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bootstrap-3.3.4/LICENSE
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bootstrap-social-4.8.0/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bootstrap-social-4.8.0/LICENSE
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bsf-2.4.0.jar/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bsf-2.4.0.jar/LICENSE.txt
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/bsf-2.4.0.jar/NOTICE.txt
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/caffeine-2.8.0.jar/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/caffeine-2.8.0.jar/LICENSE
creating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/checker-qual-2.10.0.jar/
inflating: apache-jmeter-5.3/licenses/checker-qual-2.10.0.jar/LICENSE

Step 4: Check Apache JMeter version.

./apache-jmeter-5.3/bin/jmeter --version

  • Here is the command output.

Step 5: To open Apache JMeter using command line.

  • Change the directory.

cd apache-jmeter-5.3/bin

  • Run the following command ,to start Apache JMeter.

./jmeter

  • Here is the command output.

  • Now,Apache JMeter is Ready.

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