Apache JMeter Initial Setup

AlexLogan - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead, Performance Engineering at ENEL

JMeter is simple to install. We did it in-house, and it takes a day or two to deploy it to the cloud. There's no maintenance required. 

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SY
Sr Consultant at Capgemini

Setup isn't complicated. I would rate the setup as eight out of ten.

The speed of setup will depend on your internet speed, but deployment usually takes one to two hours to complete. If you've already written the script, you can easily upload those scripts in JMeter and trigger them. It will take one to two hours to set up all the configurations for JMeter.

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Alex Logan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Performance Engineering at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was very easy.

We used it on a desktop computer. It is also used in the cloud. The idea behind using it in the cloud was to spread loads across multiple machines.

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SD
Senior Consultant at Capgemini

The implementation process is not so easy. It's difficult to configure.

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Shashidhara Allalappa - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Capgemini

It is very easy to set up. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

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SR
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Apache JMeter is an open-source tool that you can install directly from the web with binary files, so setting it up on one to two machines is easy. The setup could be tricky if you hook Apache JMeter to three or more different machines, and it's also tricky when you execute it after.

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ArtemCheremisin - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Engineer at BETBY

If someone is completely new to Apache JMeter, it might take around one hour to half an hour to set it up initially. This includes spending time reading manuals, watching YouTube videos, and getting familiar with the tool. For those with some experience, the setup process could take as little as ten minutes. This involves downloading and installing JMeter, configuring Java if necessary, and adjusting path variables. The overall time may vary based on the machine's readiness and the user's familiarity with the setup process.

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Jitendra Jena - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights

The initial setup is very easy. We always use the latest version. It doesn't take much time to deploy the solution. 

It's a matter of hours to run a full test. However, it may take some time if you need to configure a project and create the skill to run it. Debugging can also be time-consuming. To set up an end-to-end process, it may take several days.

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Tushar Shankar - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead - QA at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I rate the solution's initial setup as an eight. It is easy.

Regarding deployment, you have to download the installation file and save it in the system. If it has specific prerequisites, such as installing Java, you need to ensure it is compatible with JMeter's current version.

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GK
Senior Cloud Performance Engineer at Oracle

It is straightforward, but for JMeter 5, since they have introduced SSL handshake at the slave level, that becomes a little bit of a challenge for somebody who is doing it for the first time if you're doing a distributed execution, that becomes a challenge.

But since there was not enough documentation, I had to do a lot of troubleshooting on my own, since it was new. Now there's a lot of documentation available, but initially, there was not much documentation.

JMeter is pretty easy to use if you are using it for the purpose of only developing scripts. You can just uninstall the file and you can start using it. The only challenge happens if you're trying to access the internet over any kind of proxy. Then, you'll have to start it via the proxy mode.

Otherwise, deploying JMeter is pretty easy compared to other tools. You just have to download, unzip, and you are ready to go.

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Gonçalo Teixeira - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development and Product Owner at wrightia

In terms of setup, it's quite simple. It has its benefits, but we are already used to it. In terms of experience, it could be nicer, to be honest. Sometimes, I get a little bit lost.

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GV
Senior Engineer at Apexon

The solution's initial setup process was straightforward since setup can be done by opening a JAR file. It can be deployed in half an hour. Experienced people can deploy it in 15-20 mins, and newer ones may take up to an hour.

Also, we don't deploy on any server. Normally, the tests are on local ones.

For deployment and maintenance, you need knowledge of scripting and APIs. But otherwise, maintenance should be easy. Once you record and have the script ready, until and unless there are modifications to the application, maintaining it should not be much hassle.

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Harish Kawade - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Specialist at DKATALIS

I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy. Even for new users, the installation is straightforward based on the documentation. 

However, customizing and building something extra can be complex. But overall, it's easy enough to download and start working with.

Our main system is on the cloud, so we primarily use JMeter on the cloud. However, some use cases require on-premises deployment, and we use it there as well.

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CB
Consultant at Capgemini Invent

The initial setup is straightforward as long as you do not require an advanced setup, which can be difficult. The basic setup takes only one hour.

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PankajSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Specialist at Qualitest

The initial setup of Apache JMeter is easy and simple to configure. The whole process of implementation takes approximately half an hour. The first step is to download Java and install it. The last step is to download Apache JMeter and install it. 

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Tushar Shankar - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead - QA at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup of this solution was quite straightforward, and deployment only took one to two minutes.

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MA
Product Manager at Worex Technology

Setting up JMeter is straightforward. It doesn't need an installation like other tools. There is a batch file for Windows. Around four people in my organization are responsible for maintaining and managing JMeter.

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GeetikaVerma - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Development Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was straightforward and took about five to six months.

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Hind Zahraoui - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Project and Quality Manager at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup process is very complicated for the on-premises version. It would be better to use the cloud version.

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RajeevSAwant - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Automation CoE at Truglobal

The installation can be a bit complex. There are quite a lot of things and issues if you go deep into it and if you're setting up JMeter. For example, direct script captioning is slightly different. It's a bit more complex, the correlation parametrization. Setting up the workload model can be complex as it is based on a Java service mechanism.

It becomes a bit challenging to manage. If I want to put a 50,000 user load, I have to be very careful how the memory is utilized. I must be very aware of the underlying system's capability to execute this. I have to make it into multiple nodes and run them in parallel. There are some calculations, and there are some good power processes that will be required when you are using JMeter. You need to understand its limitations and load work them on.

The solution doesn’t really need maintenance. They're open-source tools, so we don't expect any maintenance. What we typically do is we pick up a particular version and understand the limitations of it. We then play within those limitations.

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AR
Azure Cloud Test Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It was rather complex. It is a complex product, but that part of it was very well-documented. I didn't have any problems with it.

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Deepak Dhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior delivery manager at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is straightforward. We found it quite easy. For us, it wasn't complex at all. The solution is up and running quite quickly and doesn't take long at all to set up and deploy.

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SrinivasPakala - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Consulting Expert at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is complex.

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Shubhashish Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup is not straightforward. It's simple and not complex at all. 

We only need two people to maintain the product. It doesn't take a lot of staff. 

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Rahul Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Automation Engineer at PubMatic

The initial setup is straightforward.

We have a small team to maintain this solution.

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SB
I.T. Architect, Analyst, Developer at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

Apache JMeter setup is easy. However, there is a medium-to-heavy learning curve for developing tests and getting started using it for practical uses. Depending on its intended uses, there could be a significant configuration task for a given set of tests.

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Abin K Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Architect Applications and Performance at Max Stack Labs

The solution is straightforward to set up. I'd rate it five out of ten. There is a bit of a learning curve at first, however, once you start using it and taking advantage of its capabilities, I'd rate it nine out of ten. 

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RodrigoRozas Moser - PeerSpot reviewer
Jefe de QA & Arquitectura at Azurian

The product is simple to set up. 

For example, you can just support Apache JMeter with the Java installer feature, which downloads the JDK or Java Runtime from the Oracle pages, for example. Or you can add the Runtime as a part of your installer, and after the installation, have a common user in Windows, for example, as an option. There is some knowledge of Java needed, and you do need to use the command line. Some may feel a bit lost when they start. However, there are different ways to do it according to your comfort level. 

It should have something for the front-end user to help them prepare the environment correctly, however.

We have two to three people handling the maintenance of the product at this time. 

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AK
Technical Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It is very easy to set up. There have been no issues, it's hassle-free, and it doesn't require a lot of expertise or specialization to configure and set up JMeter. 

It is very straightforward and very easy. That is something that anyone can do.

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Rajesh Chouhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at Marsh McLennan

Apache JMeter's initial setup is easy.

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Alona Tupchei - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering manager I - Quality at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward.

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ArtemCheremisin - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Engineer at BETBY

This solution isn't actually deployed, it is a zip file, which is extracted. It can also be deployed via public cloud, if an organization chooses the cloud-based model.

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SJ
Engineer 2 at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is pretty straightforward and easy to implement. It's not overly complex. 

I'd rate it a five out of five in terms of ease of implementation. 

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OL
Senior Automated Tester & Test Manager & AnalystSenior at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is straightforward. The documentation is very detailed.

I created a resource group in our private Azure cloud, and then I had multiple agents. This included one master and four or five slaves of Apache JMeter. I configured the Apache JMeter and began the distribution and testing.

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SN
Associate Test Engineer at OSI Consulting, Inc.

The initial setup can be complex depending on the application you want to test. 

If the application is straightforward without much logic, then setup is easy and only requires a simple transaction controller. This scenario is common for users who log in, perform simple actions within 15 minutes, and log out. 

Applications with internal logic require scripting that includes sample JSON extractors, pre- and post-processes, transition and throughput controllers, and precision throughput timers. This scenario is common for users who perform multiple actions over a longer period of time, is not straightforward, and involves multiple transaction controllers. 

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AK
Technical Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup took only 10 minutes but there were some complications with the product initially having less features. That has been greatly improved. It's easy to do maintenance of the test tools which we develop, and it's easy to maintain as a product. We have around 20 users of this solution. 

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SD
Senior Performance Engineer II at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup for Apache JMeter is pretty simple. There isn't much dependency, in general. For example, in macOS, you can just download the tar files entirely and just untar the files. There's no installation of specific extensions required. That's for macOS. For Windows, there would be .exe files. From that perspective, setting up Apache JMeter is quite easy. You can just run it locally, untarring it in any particular location. Just one setup that's required to be done is setting the Java home path to start the app. Otherwise, it's pretty straightforward and very quick to set up.

On a scale of one to five, I'm rating the initial setup a four because there's always some room for improvement.

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RABBAHMahmoud - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at RABBAH SOFT

The initial setup is straightforward. 

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Prashanth Hallur - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President at Narwal

I don't have hands-on experience with it, but based on what I have heard from people, it's pretty straightforward in terms of the setup. 

The setup probably takes a week or two, and then the execution is probably a three to four weeks exercise.

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Harish Kawade - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Specialist at DKATALIS

Its initial setup was straightforward.

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SB
Quality Analyst at Hiup Solution

On a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup a ten out of ten.

The solution's deployment process took only a couple of hours. I believe it took me around an hour or so at the beginning during the initial setup phase. Right now, I can deploy the solution in fifteen to twenty minutes.

Maintenance for the application is only required when the application crashes due to its overuse.

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RS
Quality Assurance Test Manager at a printing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward. I would not say that it is complex and if you already have the file downloaded then it will only take about half an hour to deploy.

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SV
Sr Manager - Quality Engineering at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

The solution's initial setup process was straightforward since one only needs to download Apache JMeter and use it after that. Basically, there is no need to do any installation.

There is no need for any maintenance in the solution since it is an open-source product.

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AmilaDantanarayana - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales manager at Mitra Innovation

The solution can be easy to set up depending on the target system that we are testing. However, there are situations where Apache JMeter is not supported.

The deployment took two to three weeks to set up and deploy.

We have a team of five people that can handle deployment and maintenance. 

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SG
Quality Engineering Delivery Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. My team was very hands-on. They didn't struggle with the UI at all and it wasn't too complex for them. That said, if a person with lesser skill levels, maybe someone who has a lower skillset, may struggle a bit with the implementation. It's geared slightly towards more technical users.

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SH
Software Solution Architect at Beltone Financial

The product's setup is not complex. The tool's installation was very smooth.  It doesn't have any deployment process. You just need to implement a set of packages to get started with the product. 

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SM
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Apache JMeter was straightforward to install.

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RR
Associate at Tech Mahindra Limited

The initial implementation is very simple. Initially, when setting up JMeter, you have to follow the proper documentation. It's very simple, however, if you do make some mistakes, you'll not be able to set up the distributed system. You need to have a little bit of networking knowledge so that all the systems should be in the same network and subnet. Connectivity should be established. It can be very difficult to execute. If you try to do everything all at once. I had some experience and I did it in the parts. It's very simple for me.

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Anto Infanta - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup of this solution was very simple; the product is open-source, so only requires a download in order for the implementation to be executed.

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AP
Technology Competency and Solution Head at LearningMate

Its deployment is easy. It didn't take much time. It took less than 15 minutes.

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Vasim Ansare - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Engineer at mPHATEK System

The initial setup was very easy and took around five minutes.

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SG
Performance Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is quite easy. There is no deployment process, you download a file from the web application service from your JMeter site, and you can use it. Any user with a little bit of knowledge can do it. The download takes about 15 minutes so you can be using JMeter in about half an hour. From time to time there are version upgrades but they don't affect existing assets. We have four people using JMeter and they don't have any issues. 

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it_user1274523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Test Engineer at Loyal Hospitality Pvt. Ltd

It is easy to set up and administer JMeter.

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JK
Automation and Nft Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Initial setup is quite straightforward, it takes about two hours, no more, although each project is different. It depends on the scripting that goes into the environment. In terms of the product alone, the deployment doesn't take long. If you include the hardware, it can take about a week because the hardware calls for a lot of couplers and storage units and that takes time.

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MA
DevOps Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup was easy for Apache JMeter.

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IB
Software Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is simple. It is not a hard tool to use. It has a very nice UI and the end-users are very comfortable using the tool. People deploy it themselves.

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MP
Intermediate Technical Test Analyst (Mobile Lab SME HP Mobile Center and Appium) at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The general setup of the solution is straightforward.

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it_user324075 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Initial setup is straight forward. You need to have have JDK or JRE for running JMeter.

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SV
Sr Manager - Quality Engineering at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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RD
Founder and Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I reviewed some YouTube videos and went through them. It wasn't necessarily intuitive.

There was some configuration, and file that had to be set up.

It wasn't like LoadRunner where they have an automatic installer and wizard that does everything for you.

It wasn't as easy, but anyone who is technical can work through it.

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PP
Executive Director/Consultant at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is easy and straightforward.

You can have it running within thirty minutes.

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Fatih Mehmet HARMANCI - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Testing Services Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is not so difficult.

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UK
Lead SDET at Unify Technologies

The initial setup is straightforward. We have not yet completed our full deployment with all of the tests.

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DS
Test Team Lead at Passed Informatikai Kft.

The initial setup was complex. We did have it done in a day. It took approximately one hour. We have about five to six people that manage the solution.

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it_user145347 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Leader with 501-1,000 employees

Initial setup of JMeter is simple. A user can go ahead and start using it just by following it's documentation.

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it_user110658 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Yes, the initial setup IS easy after following the blogs or Apache JMeter page. View full review »
RP
Programmatore software at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup is quite easy because this is just a compressed archive. There is no real installation of the tool. You just need to extract it to integrate with Jenkins Pipelines and automatic tools by using the command-line calls. After you expand the archive, you have to adjust Apache JMeter to its proper configuration, which is not a big issue.

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GN
Performance Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The setup is easy, it is not that complex.

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Buyer's Guide
Apache JMeter
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Apache JMeter. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.