Executing a test script

Sometimes, the test scripts to execute have already been recorded and handed over to you to run. In this recipe, we will show you just how to go about executing a script that was prerecorded.

How to do it…

To execute a test script, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the command line prompt.
  2. Change to the directory of your JMeter install. We'll refer to this as JMETER_HOME.

    Note

    Refer to Appendix for JMeter installation instructions.

  3. Change JMETER_HOME to the bin directory.
  4. To launch the JMeter GUI on Windows, type in jmeter.bat. Alternatively, for Unix/Mac OS, type in ./jmeter.
  5. Navigate to File | Open.

    Note

    Alternative key binding: Mac OS (Command + O), Windows (Ctrl + O).

  6. Navigate to the script you want to execute. For example,

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